Microsoft should save themselves all the hassle and use the Geko engine. There IE still gets shipped with every version of Windows.
They have created a nice operating system for general users and by changing their engine to an open source one is not going to decrease sales in their O/S. This isn't the end of the IE bugs. I can put my house on it there will be more to come. On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Sam Sherlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks like another quagmire is about to open up; > > funny how I still feel that I am getting over ie6 > > 2008/4/29 Dave Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Don't fix or change anything in your site to be compatible with a beta >> version. >> >> The beta version is available so that developers can report problems to >> Microsoft so that any bugs can be fixed for the final release. By changing >> your code now, you're likely to find that you'll need to change it again >> when the final release of IE8 is made available. >> >> If you're already getting a significant number of IE8 users (which is >> probably unlikely) then do as Rahul suggests and use the meta tag to force >> IE7 rendering mode. >> >> Hope that helps? >> >> Dave >> ---------- >> http://www.dave-woods.co.uk >> >> >> >> 2008/4/29 Rahul Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On 29-Apr-08, at 12:40 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff wrote: >>> >>> we just did some testing of our sites in IE8 beta and got some ahhhs and >>>> ohhhs - not because of its standard compliance, rather because all sites >>>> seem to be broken: logos disappeared, elements misplaced, Google maps >>>> blown up, etc. >>>> >>> >>> Dare I say: >>> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" /> >>> >>> Does that not give you enough time to fix the issues with the new layout >>> engine and then remove it/set it to content="IE=8"? >>> >>> Or have I misunderstood how IE works? I frequently do. >>> >>> Best, >>> - Rahul. >>> >>> >>> >>> ******************************************************************* >>> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >>> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >>> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ******************************************************************* >>> >>> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
