Internet Explorer 8 Could Break Web Pages, Microsoft Warns -- Internet Explorer
From what I gather IE8 will be conforming to web standards. Finally! The downside to that means that any sites written specifically for earlier versions of IE may not display correctly in the new version. This is mixed news for developers. On one hand it's great that IE will now play nicely with other browser that do follow the standards. On the other hand it'll be frustrating for developers who spent hours and hours working out code that lets pages display correctly on all browsers because now all their hard work getting sites to display correctly on older IE versions may be for naught. It's also going to throw a monkey wrench in things because some users are still going to be using older versions of IE while others are switching to the new version.
I smell a mess...
Luckily Micro$oft has a simple META tag that can be added into pages to force them to display according to IE7 rules. This will be a hassle still, but at least there's a solution without re-coding major portions of old pages. There's also an option for setting a whole server to display like IE7 for developers who have access to their web server configuration.
I say everyone should just switch to Firefox.
From what I gather IE8 will be conforming to web standards. Finally! The downside to that means that any sites written specifically for earlier versions of IE may not display correctly in the new version. This is mixed news for developers. On one hand it's great that IE will now play nicely with other browser that do follow the standards. On the other hand it'll be frustrating for developers who spent hours and hours working out code that lets pages display correctly on all browsers because now all their hard work getting sites to display correctly on older IE versions may be for naught. It's also going to throw a monkey wrench in things because some users are still going to be using older versions of IE while others are switching to the new version.
I smell a mess...
Luckily Micro$oft has a simple META tag that can be added into pages to force them to display according to IE7 rules. This will be a hassle still, but at least there's a solution without re-coding major portions of old pages. There's also an option for setting a whole server to display like IE7 for developers who have access to their web server configuration.
I say everyone should just switch to Firefox.
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