• OverFlow
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Topic: IE 8 is in Alpha...

I missed that... i just tripped over it at technet looking for a full file version of IE7.

quote:

Ensure Your Web Site is Ready for Internet Explorer 8
We are encouraging site administrators to get their sites ready now for broad adoption of Internet Explorer 8, as there will be a beta release in August 2008 targeted for all consumers.

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Re: IE 8 is in Alpha...

WE shouldn't have to "ensure our website is ready"!
M$ should ensure IE8 is compatible with the web standards that are already in use!  That's why they're called "standards".
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Re: IE 8 is in Alpha...

First of, it's Beta 1, at least from what I can see (as coincedence has it, I just DL'ed it yesterday but it would not install on my test machine - maybe has to do with the fact that IE7 got slipstreamed instead of installed on top of IE6 and hence cannot be removed?).
But with MS, seeing as a RC is more of a Beta, logically, a Beta would be more like an Alpha, that's right! big_smile

Second, well, Eric, no, we shouldn't be responsible generally.
However, this is for all site owners that implemented some sort of non-official (according to W3C at least) fixes for IE6 and below.
IE8 will do away with the legacy mode that will render the pages like <=IE6 rather than the W3C standard and those and only those pages will be messed up since.

So, what MS is telling us is do away with your previous non-standrad workarounds to make your pages look fine on our browsers and finally stick to the standards wink

At least that's what I have gathered about the IE8 discussion so far smile

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  • From: Cambridgeshire, UK
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Re: IE 8 is in Alpha...

Well, M$ introduced those 'non-standard' practices years ago with their html proxy server/client 'handshake'.  Pretty shady if you ask me.  Made IE6 look really fast compared with those other browsers when accessing pages served from M$ servers.
All my websites are coded to pass the w3c validator service. http://validator.w3.org/

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