Hi there,
since IE 8 seems to have serious problems with Javascript at all, you can change the mode in which you are running IE 8 in. You can choose from three different modes:
IE5 Quirks - your page has no doctype, page renders like IE5 did
IE 7 Standards Mode - you have a doctype, but either opted out of IE8 standards mode, or are running on localhost, or in "Compatibility Mode"
IE 8 Standards Mode - you have a doctype, and are on the INTRANET (default mode)
Following the Microsoft documentation you should change the mode to “Compatibility Mode” to workaround this issues.
See following documentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956197
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Christian
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