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Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes

Posted by kdawson on from the no-i'm-an-expert-really-i-am dept.

Dak RIT writes "In a blog post this week, Microsoft's IE Platform Architect, Chris Wilson, confirmed that IE8 will use three distinct modes to render web pages. The first two modes will render pages the same as IE7, depending on whether or not a DOCTYPE is provided ('Quirks Mode' and 'Standards Mode'). However, in order to take advantage of the improved standards compliance in IE8, Web developers will have to opt-in by adding an additional meta tag to their web pages. This improved standards mode is the same that was recently reported to pass the Acid 2 test, as was discussed here."

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  1. The web was invented in 1989 by p3d0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been developing web pages for more years than I can count You can't count up to 19?
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  2. My Suggested Meta Tag by pergamon · · Score: 5, Funny

    />

  3. Re:Forcing? Look on the bright side. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get that a lot actually.

    Unfortunately, I get it when I'm using iceweasel.

  4. as long as they don't touch my <blink> tag by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    as long as they don't touch my tag, they can do whatever they want

    <blink>i heart you</blink> blink tag, no one loves you like i do

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