Comments on: The implications of IE8 http://rc3.org/2008/01/23/the-implications-of-ie8/ Strong opinions weakly held Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:46:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rafe http://rc3.org/2008/01/23/the-implications-of-ie8/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Rafe Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:24 +0000 http://rc3.org/2008/01/23/the-implications-of-ie8/#comment-2310 <p>That's discouraging news.</p> That’s discouraging news.

]]> By: Mark Pilgrim http://rc3.org/2008/01/23/the-implications-of-ie8/comment-page-1/#comment-2309 Mark Pilgrim Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:31:12 +0000 http://rc3.org/2008/01/23/the-implications-of-ie8/#comment-2309 <blockquote> <p>developers who code to standards can pick a DOCTYPE that IE will use to render pages in its newest, most standards compliant mode</p> </blockquote> <p>Not quite. Chris Wilson has said that the HTML 5 DOCTYPE will trigger IE8 mode, not the latest and greatest. When IE9 comes around, HTML 5 will trigger <em>its</em> backward-compatibility mode (IE9 pretending to be IE8). So that is just a game of "kick the can", not a real solution.</p>

developers who code to standards can pick a DOCTYPE that IE will use to render pages in its newest, most standards compliant mode

Not quite. Chris Wilson has said that the HTML 5 DOCTYPE will trigger IE8 mode, not the latest and greatest. When IE9 comes around, HTML 5 will trigger its backward-compatibility mode (IE9 pretending to be IE8). So that is just a game of “kick the can”, not a real solution.

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