window.setInterval jQuery function does not work on IE8

window.setInterval(function(){
   $('#Notify-Bar').ht开发者_JAVA技巧ml('a new notification');
}, 5000);

Did not work on IE, however works fine on other major web browsers (like Chrome, Firefox, Opera)...

You should use something like

setInterval("myFunc()",5000);

function myFunc()
{
    $('#Notify-Bar').html('a new notification');
}