IE Not using redirected URL for resolving relative URLs

Question

I have a servlet that generates CSS for a given colorScheme name if it exists in the database. However, should the colorScheme not be found, it issues a response.sendRedirect() to the location of the actual file on our CDN.

This works in all browsers except for IE when the CSS contains relative links to images for icons, backgrounds, etc. Every other browser uses the redirected URL (CDN url) to resolve the relative URLs in the CSS file, but IE still uses the original request URL (servlet URL).

I can't change the relative URLs to absolute URLs in the CSS files for a number of reasons I can't go in to. Is there a way to get IE to use the redirected URL instead of the request URL for the relative URL resolution?

Answer 1

Sounds like more of a code design problem. Personally I don't rely on IE to do anything as it should. It always lets me down :(. I would always include your CSS from the CDN at the begining of the head using the HTML LINK tag, then let the JS import overwrite it afterword. This way your website will also look decent in noscript browsers.