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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I have no problem using a keyboard for mobile browsing, the lack of QWERTY input is a pain, but that's about it. I also don't see why Safari Mobile on the iPhone is miles ahead in the mobile browsing experience than it's competitors. While the iPhone is popular, this doesn't necessarily mean that Apple has the best mobile browsing implementation.
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I have no problem using a keyboard for mobile browsing, the lack of QWERTY input is a pain, but that's about it. I also don't see why Safari Mobile on the iPhone is miles ahead in the mobile browsing experience than it's competitors. While the iPhone is popular, this doesn't necessarily mean that Apple has the best mobile browsing implementation.