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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2006-08-22
I do just exactly that with Opera on a daily basis. Set up your bookmarks right, and no tapping required. It's less intrusive than text messaging.