hide link to JavaScript in IE7 only

[webguync]

Is there a way to just hide an external link to a JS file specifically in IE7? I have some JQuery slide in effects working fine in every browser I tested in except IE7.(the functiality is completely screwy in that browser) It's not a necessary functionality to the page, so instead of racking my brain trying to fix in IE7, I was just hoping to hide/disable the link (IE7 only). That way nothing will happen in IE7 which is what I want.

[Adam]

You could use IE conditionals to only include the script for IE8+, but I would build the logic into the JS, not the HTML. Using jQuery you have access to $.browser which makes it easy. In the document ready function or however your code is initialised, just add a return statement when the browser is IE7 (or less I'm guessing too?)

$(function() {


    if ($.browser.msie && parseInt($.browser.version) <= 7) {

        return;

    }


    bindAllTheThings();

});

[Adam]

Alternatively if you were to only bindAllTheThings() when the browser is NOT IE7 or less, you could still bind certain functionality and not others:

$(function() {


    var isIe7 = ($.browser.msie && parseInt($.browser.version) <= 7)

        ? true : false;


    if (!isIe7) {

        bindSomeThings();

    }


    bindRestOfThings();

});