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We’ve previously blogged about Compatibility View ; this post is a follow-up on compatibility and Internet Explorer 8 RC1. As you are browsing the web with Internet Explorer 8 RC1, you might come across some web sites where everything is not displayed correctly:   These issues can ...
The European Commission and Microsoft
blog.lizardwrangler.com — Last month the European Commission stated its preliminary conclusion that “Microsoft’s tying of Internet Explorer to the... Windows operating system harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces ... (more) The European Commission and Microsoft
Rapid - Press Releases
europa.eu — MEMO/09/15 Brussels, 17 th January 2009 Antitrust: Commission confirms sending a Statement of Objections to Microsoft on... the tying of Internet Explorer to Windows The European Commission can confirm that it has sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to ... (more) Rapid - Press Releases
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-002 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet ...
microsoft.com — This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a... user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user ... (more) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-002 - Critical: ...
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Compatibility View mode in IE8 RC1
D' Technology Weblog — ... content designed for older web browsers to still work well in Internet Explorer 8. By default, Internet Explorer 8 displays a site using its most standards compliant mechanism. Compatibility View is domain specific – if you click the Compatibility View button on abc.example.com, all pages on example.com will be rendered in Compatibility View. Internet Explorer 8 remembers the setting – next time you come back to example.com, we will render it in Compatibility View. Full Article ...

Microsoft’s IE 8 Compatibility List: Is it working?
All about Microsoft — ... .) The Compatibility View list includes some major sites — Apple.com, CNN.com, eBay, Facebook, Google.com, NYTimes.com — even Microsoft.com (!) — and lots, lots more. Users also have the option of adding IE-8-incompatible sites they visit that didn’t make it onto the list that will be appended to the schema list they download. The Compatibility List has made my IE 8 browsing a lot more stable. When I go to the NYTimes.com site now, it just works. The Compatibility View button (the icon for which looks like a broken Web page and is typically located directly to the right of ...

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