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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Dec 2007 21:48 UTC, submitted by RJop

"As a team, we've spent the last year heads down working hard on IE8. Last week, we achieved an important milestone that should interest web developers. Internet Explorer 8 now renders the 'Acid2 Face' correctly in IE8 standards mode." Insert freezing and hell joke.

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RE[3]: Great!

by danB on Wed 19th Dec 2007 22:54 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Great!"

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2005-08-20

Actually, my guess is that "standards mode" simply refers to the "usual" mode for rendering web sites which have a correct DOCTYPE declaration etc... (as opposed to the so-called 'quirks' mode, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode )

This strategy of having two modes is pretty common, not just with IE but also with other browsers.

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danB

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RE[4]: Great!

by sappyvcv on Wed 19th Dec 2007 23:05 in reply to "RE[3]: Great!"

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2005-07-06

Ah, of course. I knew that, just wasn't thinking.

That would be even better!

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Render Modes

by zlynx on Thu 20th Dec 2007 02:25 in reply to "RE[3]: Great!"

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2005-07-20

Yep. Firefox 2.0 has three modes even: standard, semi-standard (had a doctype but quirked) and quirks.

I know this because I found a site that rendered fine for me, but the other guy claimed it was broken in Firefox. It was ... in Firefox 1.5, because 1.5 really enforced the claimed doctype.

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