blogs.msdn.com - 12/4/2008
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The next public update of IE8 (for Windows Vista- and Windows XP-based operating systems as well as the Windows 7 Beta) includes improvements to Compatibility View that help end-users when they visit web sites that are not yet ready for IE8’s new, more standards-compliant defaults. This blog ...
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IE8’s Compatibility View improvements for Vista, XP and Windows 7
D' Technology Weblog —
... standards-compliant defaults.
The Compatibility View button enables savvy end-users to resolve compatibility problems they encounter with sites that rely on legacy IE behavior. Specifically, the button enables users to treat specific websites in a non-default way so that they work in the browser. This is a good thing – with Beta 2, a site that relies on IE7 behavior from IE8 but has not specified it explicitly can still work for someone visiting it in IE8.
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Microsoft seeks 'community' help to make IE8 Standards Mode work out
Betanews —
... promises compliance with standards officially set forth by committees such as W3C. But the big problem major Web sites have all experienced (guilty as charged) is that they must support the somewhat standards-skewed rendering mode of previous versions of IE, up to version 6, in order to accommodate a majority of browser users. "Despite all the outreach to sites, we saw from the telemetry data that IE8 Beta 2 users still have to use Compatibility View a lot," wrote IE8 Program Manager Scott Dickens yesterday on his team's blog . "Looking at our instrumentation, there were ...
Microsoft to tweak ‘compatibility view’ with next IE 8 test build
All about Microsoft —
... . Microsoft officials announced the new IE 8 compatibility-view plans via the IEBlog in a December 3 posting. The details from the post:“When users install Windows 7 Beta or the next IE8 update, they get a choice about opting-in to a list of sites that should be displayed in Compatibility View. Sites are on this list based on feedback from other IE8 customers: specifically, for what high-volume sites did other users click the Compatibility View button? This list updates automatically, and helps users who aren’t web-savvy have a better experience with web sites that aren’t yet ...
IE8: Standards Mode Opt-In is Back From the Dead
SitePoint —
... Despite this minor victory, the story does not end here. A recent Microsoft blog article describes Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8: ...
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