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Does Google Plus Button API Support Internet Explorer 8

Does anyone know if the Google Plus Button is supported in IE8? This question suggests that it does not support IE7: Google +1 Button not working in IE7?. Additionally, the question links to a page (http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1151309) that suggests that IE8 is supported. Interestingly, when I visit that page in Chrome, I get the G+ button, but when I visit it in IE8, I do not.

Any thoughts?

Solution

  • There's one odd-ball version of IE8 (version 8.0.7600.16385 only) that is hard to come by and it causes a rendering error with the Plus1 button rendering. Here's the code you will need to use to get around this issue:

        var gPlusOne = document.createElement('g:plusone'); 
    gPlusOne.setAttribute("size", "medium");
    gPlusOne.setAttribute("annotation", "bubble");
    gPlusOne.setAttribute("width", "120");
    googlePluginDiv[0].appendChild(gPlusOne);

    Notice I am not using jQuery as jQuery doesn't like the element named g:plugone, but it can be rendered with document.createElement