tee wrote:
Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone
version?
Well, in my case I have a Conditional Comment for [if lt IE 8] that's
supposed to make my h1 red if true; green if not. Now I installed IE 8
and not only IE 8 shows green (as expected) but in Compatibility
Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone
version?
There is an incentive for me to test older versions in compatible mode
because I can use Developer Tools, so I am curious how reliable it is,
I meant if problem I see in IE8 compatible mode is identical to IE7
Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone version?
It doesn't cover IE6; and IE8-as-IE7 is not 100% the same as IE7 -
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/03/12/site-compatibility-and-ie8.aspx-
so you would still need to double-check standalone IE7 anyway to be
sure.
Thanks Ben for the link, I am going to read it later.
It doesn't cover IE6;
This is strange. Wasn't that the whole Compatible Mode was to not
break the web because of the massive IE6 users in corporate world?
tee
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It doesn't cover IE6;
This is strange. Wasn't that the whole Compatible Mode was to not break
the web because of the massive IE6 users in corporate world?
MS's position, near as I can tell, is that they don't want to break the web
*with IE8, for people already running IE7 or IE7-only web
