h5bp/html5-boilerplate — Issue #865: Media Queries not working in IE8
Author: AndrejVasso
Created: 2011-11-23 10:47:49+00:00
State: open

I am using the Boilerplate 2.0 and I have noticed that the media queries are not working in IE8. (although the Modernizr script includes respond.js)

To make sure its not related to my code, I have tested it on http://html5boilerplate.com/ too:

In FF, Chrome and IE9, the content resizes depending on the current browser window size.

However, in IE8 (and below) the custom media styles are applied by default and the site looks like the smallest version possible. No matter how big/small the browser window is.

After a initial question on StackOverflow, I noticed I am not the only one having problems with it and so I figured out its not something related only to myself. I did also test it in "IE Tester" with the same results.