Chris Knowles wrote:
Christian Snodgrass wrote:
The biggest problem is the fact that if they don't have it be the
"opt-in" option, that any older sites that used all of the hacks that
made it work in IE6 and IE7 won't work in IE8. That probably includes
even a lot of your own sites. Beyond that (since they could just make
it ignore those types of hacks which wouldn't be difficult), is pages
even older, and especially those web-based applications that relied
on those hacks.
It's the lesser of two evils, but it's still a huge pain.
If you have a web-based application that will break in IE8, then whats
so wrong with adding an HTTP header or a meta tag to say 'use IE7' ?
What's so wrong with adding a tag that says "use IE8"?
Plus, not everyone will know this. I doubt that when you open up IE8
there will be this popup that says "Hello, if you are a web developer,
please add a meta tag to any existing documents that you have created
that rely on the rendering prior to IE8, because they will now fail."
Existing software is more difficult to update then to slightly modify
the way you create new software.
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Christian Snodgrass
Azure Ronin Web Design
http://www.arwebdesign.net/ <http://www.arwebdesign.net>
Phone: 859.816.7955
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