Linked by Kroc on Wed 5th Mar 2008 19:02 UTC
Microsoft decided that due to their new interoperability initiative, they would reverse a previous decision to make IE8 default to the IE7 engine, instead of supporting standards-compliance by default. No article or musing I have yet read has delved into what is increasingly likely, the reason for this sudden change in decision -- and that is this: the mobile web is coming.
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2005-07-30
I would dispute the statement about Apple having the only decent mobile web browser for non-geeks. This is obviously not true, anyone who can use Safari mobile can use the S60 web browser or even Opera mini.
The thing that Apple shines at is providing a consistent, end to end user experience and portraying their products as cool. Anyone who felt like using Facebook (or any website) on the mobile web could have done so a while before the iPhone was released. Apple's marketing and their focus on a consistent "out of the box" experience is what pushes people to make the switch.
Regarding the theory on why MS decided to default to the standards compliant mode, I think it's a combination of several different factors. I am sure the mobile web had something to do with it, but for some reason I don't feel that it's the main reason.