Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Tatham Oddie wrote: Tee, IE8 is shown as a Windows Update. If you're in Uninstall or Change Programs, make sure you have "Show Updates" ticked at the top of the window. Tatham Oddie http://tath.am Hi Tatham, THanks for this info. I did find out how to unins

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

Eyemax Studios wrote: You can have a look, it's www.studiojunkyard.com I would be more inclined to fix it, when have time hehe. Well, it definitely isn't what Microsoft believes the Standards should be. All KHTML/WebKit and Presto browsers agree with IE8 (in Standards mode), and only Gecko brow

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

m: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Tatham Oddie Sent: 07 April 2009 07:34 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode Would you mind sending me the link so I can take a look and diagnose why it is not rendering properly without compatibility

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

Eyemax Studios wrote: Personally I think this is just another Microsoft attempt at trying to enforce what it believes the Standards should be. The beta program lasted for quite some time, you could have provided feedback if you thought they were deviating from actual standards. I too, spent se

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

n Behalf Of tee Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2009 4:02 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Nick Hodge wrote: >> >> A heads up, I was using Classic View for my Vista, in IE8 with >> standard mode the sites all had

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

37 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode Personally I think this is just another Microsoft attempt at trying to enforce what it believes the Standards should be. I too, spent several minutes trying to fix problems in ie8, when my wife noticed the main busin

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

: Tuesday, 7 April 2009 3:37 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode Personally I think this is just another Microsoft attempt at trying to enforce what it believes the Standards should be. I too, spent several minutes trying to fix problems in ie8, when my wife

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

essage- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2009 4:02 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Nick Hodge wrote: A heads up, I was using Classic View

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Nick Hodge wrote: A heads up, I was using Classic View for my Vista, in IE8 with standard mode the sites all had a few paddings/margins issue in a number of pages where absolute position is declared, and on few areas where there is darken background color with light

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

> On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > > > tee wrote: > > > >> Sorry for my ignorant, is IE8 out? > > > > Yes, as of March 19th. > > > > Keep an eye on a site like this... > > > > ...and you'll at most only be a few days off regarding new re

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

"I was aware of the X-UA-Compatible thing, but have no intention of going down that route: I have no way of knowing whether my code is compatible with IE9 or not, so how can I decide which mode it should render in next year? (As you can all see, I'm not too sure whether it is compatible with IE8

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

> Oh, forgot to kudos the IE8 team, that I find the page load performance is on par with Safari :) It's actually on par with Firefox 3 - running six parallel downloads per url. Safari and Opera should do slightly better running 8 concurrently. But either way it's far better than the original

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

-Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Chris F.A. Johnson Sent: 25 March 2009 18:03 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Gunlaug S?rtun wrote: > The start tag

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:58 AM, tee wrote: Strange that Microsoft is a bit shy with the new release because I have not been prompted to update the browser each time I turned on the PC. None of my clients' sites that I have access to their analytics, show IE 8 stats, except mine. Good new

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: tee wrote: Sorry for my ignorant, is IE8 out? Yes, as of March 19th. Keep an eye on a site like this... ...and you'll at most only be a few days off regarding new releases. Georg, thanks. I have de

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

> > James Leslie wrote: > > > Using will also > > have the same effect (getting rid of the compatibility view button > > and forcing standards mode), but may be a bit more stable against > > future releases of IE. > > But, may also lock documents to IE8's rendering capabilities even if > future IE

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

James Leslie wrote: Using will also have the same effect (getting rid of the compatibility view button and forcing standards mode), but may be a bit more stable against future releases of IE. But, may also lock documents to IE8's rendering capabilities even if future IE releases can handle

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Gunlaug S?rtun wrote: The start tag is missing in your page - you have directly followed by . That should make no difference. The HTML, HEAD and BODY tags are optional. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster = Do not

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

tee wrote: Sorry for my ignorant, is IE8 out? Yes, as of March 19th. Keep an eye on a site like this... ...and you'll at most only be a few days off regarding new releases. regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

On Mar 25, 2009, at 4:58 AM, > wrote: Hi, One of the very first pages that I tested in the released version of IE8 Sorry for my ignorant, is IE8 out? I did a google search, and only see Released Candidate, the IE8 page on MSDN site is abit vague about this. tee **

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

> If in doubt, place this meta in page head... > ...and the "Compatibility view" button will disappear in IE8. Using will also have the same effect (getting rid of the compatibility view button and forcing standards mode), but may be a bit more stable against future releases of IE. James *

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

michael.brocking...@bt.com wrote: http://www.calcresult.com/reference/text/unicode-reference.html The rendering of that page is slightly broken (at the moment) in IE6 and IE7 in that the right-hand column overlaps some of the content. What confused me though, was that IE8 insisted on renderin

[WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

Hi, One of the very first pages that I tested in the released version of IE8 was: http://www.calcresult.com/reference/text/unicode-reference.html The rendering of that page is slightly broken (at the moment) in IE6 and IE7 in that the right-hand column overlaps some of the content. What confused m