IE8 - the joy continues
In January 2008 Microsoft announced that if you wanted IE8 to operate in standards mode, a meta element must be inserted into the head of your document.
There was a huge uproar.
On 3rd March 2008, The Microsoft development team had a change of heart.
We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.
Today, Hakon Lie writes that Microsoft’s IE8 breaks this interoperability promise.
Interesting times again.
August 30th, 2008
4:06 pm
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Pretty much confirms my suspicion that the whole thing was more about protecting MS-based intranets than anything to to with the internet.
August 31st, 2008
8:57 am
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Erm, what’s the problem? IE 8 renders by default, all INTERNET content in standards mode - whether in accessing it from home or in from a company’s intranet, but renders all INTRANETs by default in compatibility mode so as to ensure intranet content is supported and not broken. Now, I don’t know about you, but most intranets aren’t standards compliant and won’t be unless the IT/web department decides to upgrade - in which case they can make standards rendering the default for intranets by changing the IE 8 settings on all their machines. For the others, they can still have the IE6-style rendering but can take advantage of IE 8 standards mode when on the www - the internet.
And I have to say, that article is a big Lie…
August 31st, 2008
2:16 pm
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@ben: have to agree.
@michael: a Microsoft beat up, you think?
September 1st, 2008
4:14 pm
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Hello Michael
are you sure? is that lie?
thank you