diff --git a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
index bd1f0053..5204e2a1 100644
--- a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
+++ b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
 
         if (linesWrapped > 0)
         {
-          if(!browser.ie){
+          if(!browser.msie){
             // chrome decides in it's infinite wisdom that its okay to put the browsers visisble window in the middle of the span
             // an outcome of this is that the first chars of the string are no longer visible to the user..  Yay chrome..
             // Move the browsers visible area to the left hand side of the span
@@ -1910,6 +1910,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
     if (charsLeft === 0)
     {
       var index = 0;
+      browser.msie = false; // Temp fix to resolve enter and backspace issues..
       if (browser.msie && line == (rep.lines.length() - 1) && lineNode.childNodes.length === 0)
       {
         // best to stay at end of last empty div in IE
@@ -3583,6 +3584,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
     // On Mac and Linux, move right moves to end of word and move left moves to start;
     // on Windows, always move to start of word.
     // On Windows, Firefox and IE disagree on whether to stop for punctuation (FF says no).
+    /*
     if (browser.windows && forwardNotBack)
     {
       while ((!isDone()) && isWordChar(nextChar()))
@@ -3605,6 +3607,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
         advance();
       }
     }
+    */
 
     return i;
   }
@@ -4867,7 +4870,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
     })
 
     // CompositionEvent is not implemented below IE version 8
-    if ( !(browser.msie && browser.version < 9) && document.documentElement)
+    if ( !(browser.msie && parseInt(browser.version) < 9) && document.documentElement)
     {
       $(document.documentElement).on("compositionstart", handleCompositionEvent);
       $(document.documentElement).on("compositionend", handleCompositionEvent);
diff --git a/src/static/js/contentcollector.js b/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
index b7b3c568..1759d865 100644
--- a/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
+++ b/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
@@ -625,13 +625,11 @@ function makeContentCollector(collectStyles, browser, apool, domInterface, class
         _ensureColumnZero(state);
       }
     }
-
     if (browser.msie)
     {
       // in IE, a point immediately after a DIV appears on the next line
       _reachBlockPoint(node, 1, state);
     }
-
     state.localAttribs = localAttribs;
   };
   // can pass a falsy value for end of doc