event.preventDefault() not working in Mozilla or IE

Question

I\'m finally at the point of testing my site in other browsers (built it mostly in Chrome). Unfortunately, a lot of stuff seems to function differently. I\'ll begin with the v

Answer 1

In addition to the ajax issues mentioned by others, IE8 doesn't do preventDefault().

PreventDefault alternative for IE8

(event.preventDefault) ? event.preventDefault() : event.returnValue = false;