Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Jan 2008 13:00 UTC, submitted by gonzo
"Internet Explorer 8 is going to be the most standards-compliant IE yet, but it's going about it in a way that has some people scratching their heads. With Internet Explorer 8, you have a choice in standards compliance modes. Sound oxymoronic? Shouldn't there be one standards mode by default? Heck, shouldn't the only mode be standards mode? Ah, idealism." Please note, however, that John Resig of Mozilla Corporation spotted something interesting: "Internet Explorer 8 will support DOCTYPE switching for new DOCTYPEs (like HTML5). This really does change any frustration that someone should have concerning the new meta tag. This means that you can write your web pages in a completely standards-based way (CSS, HTML5, JavaScript) and not have to use a single browser-centric tag in order to do so."
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2005-11-09
this is why the meta tag is a good idea.
you and I as devs can write the page and lock it to the browser versions that he client uses, the client can then upgrade the software as they wish and not worry about breaking the pages because the new browsers will be able to switch their rendering to the older render system and keep the intended look of the page.
this will end up being a boon for web developers who have to deliver long term applications to clients.
It will also be a boon for independent web devs who work in the wild of the Internet because when corporations are free to update their browsers with out fear of breaking their investments, the movement to newer, more standards compliant browsers will be accelerated.