[_] IE8 Version targeting
Tim Beadle
tim.beadle at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 14:48:35 GMT 2008
I imagine some of you have already seen this, but there are two articles up on A List Apart, which outline Microsoft's proposal for how IE8 will behave such that it doesn't "break the web" in the way that IE7 did (for developers of sites who thought only to test on IE6 and relied on its non-standard behaviour) when it was released. The idea is similar to the DocType switch we've been using for the best part of a decade to ensure IE6 uses "Standard-compliance mode". Have a read of the articles, then we'll talk. I don't want to taint anyone's opinion :) http://alistapart.com/articles/beyonddoctype http://alistapart.com/articles/fromswitchestotargets Tim