Is UI 1.5b the "IE Ready Release"

Is UI 1.5b the "IE Ready Release"


OK - i just read the thread that to avoid having selects show through
dialogs in IE
The devloper has to:
add the bgiframe plug in
set an option in the dialog initialization.
I don't mean to be harsh - and I know we are concerned about code size
- but this seems wrongheaded.
Every other dialog solution I've used solves this internally. (detects
IE and puts in the IFRAME. The code for this should not need to be
much given the base jQuery functions to detect IE, and the triviality
of inserting and IFRAME).
It seems crazy to have the developer have to go an set options (and
have another file dependency on another plug in with more code than is
necessary to solve the problem) for what is - WITHOUT QUESTION - one
of the oldest and most classic & well understood browser bugs IN THE
WORLD.
IE is still far far far far far away the most used browser in the
world. I wish there were only Firefox as well - but in the real world
anything less than TOTAL focus and understanding of IE bugs and issues
is a recipe for failure.
I was Also playing with the sortables demos in the trunk and they
don't work in IE6.
I don't want to suggest a bias against IE with the UI team. I like
developing on Firefox better as well. But it feels like making it
work in IE is frequently near the last thing to do. I would ALWAYS
pick a library that is ROCK solid as steel in IE - but a little wobbly
in Firefox for real commercial apps (with the only exception being an
intra net or corporate app where one has the insane luxury of being
able to control the client).
Can anyone address if there is an anti IE bias with JQuery UI?
I will continue to have trouble gaining trust the library (and yes I
jumped in early on 1.0 and lost time with all the IE bugs) if I don't
know it is iron clad in IE - especially IE6 - which has 70% market
share.
Now I know 1.5b is not supposed to be Bug Free - but I was told to
wait for 1.5b and not use 1.5a if I wanted to see it work in IE. So a
simple question:
Is 1.5b the release for finding and then hammering out IE bugs in a
big way?
If so - has the Entire UI team - shut off their Firefox browsers and
shifted their daily habits to spend 100% of the day in IE - eating the
dogfood? I stronly suggest that if Firefox is even on on a UI members
computer in the next few weeks that it be uninstalled.
IE Sucks Eggs - I admit it. But anything less than total focus wont
work for IE.
Thanks!
(and i love all you UI developers - I am not complaining -- but I am
just seriously concerned about IE - because I don't have time to
participate in every tweak to the trunk - but every time I come back
and try out the Demos, they feel about the same - great in Firefox, &
still wobbly in IE)