IE8 to demand meta-tag to render in full compliance
Thrax
🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
<p>More evidence of Microsoft ruling much of the interweb has bubbled to the surface today, and it's more absurdity in a day that has been jam-packed with it. It seems that IE8 will feature three render modes when it comes to web pages: Two feature IE7-like rendering, but the third will be fully standards-compliant.</p>
<p>Here's where the absurdity comes in: In order to enable the IE8 standards-compliance, the onus will fall to the <em>web developers</em> to <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1837244&from=rss">embed a meta tag</a> that switches this feature on. Without it, the browser is no better than IE7, leaving the internet to struggle with its broken self.</p>
<p>Here's where the absurdity comes in: In order to enable the IE8 standards-compliance, the onus will fall to the <em>web developers</em> to <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1837244&from=rss">embed a meta tag</a> that switches this feature on. Without it, the browser is no better than IE7, leaving the internet to struggle with its broken self.</p>
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Plan B: Get everyone to use Firefox.
Which one would be easier?
From Eric Meyer in "A Standardista's Journey":
I guess the short version is people are saying "well, let's stop and think about this... maybe this could be a good thing after all". The move from IE6 to IE7 broke a lot of websites, and Microsoft doesn't want to do that again.
Jeremy Keith says "good idea, but bad default":
To which Zeldman replies: It's fun being a web developer some days
//edit: We all know you can't stand inside jokes, though. Soooo, not really baited. TRY AGAIN NAO.