[OPLINTECH] Internet Explorer due to be released soon will have compaitbility view

[Chad Neeper (list)]

On the other hand, if IE8 is trying to be more standards compliant, 
things may not be quite so bad. I (and several of the libraries I 
support) use Mozilla Firefox as a primary browser. Firefox is supposed 
to be standards-compliant. I very rarely have problems viewing web sites 
and only very infrequently need to switch to the IE browser engine. If 
IE8 is standards compliant, browsing with it should be no worse than 
with Firefox or other standards-complaint browsers out there. HOWEVER, I 
can see a big problem with hardware devices that have web servers built 
in (printers, copiers, managed switches, etc.). Many of these devices 
require IE; some of the older ones even will require specific versions 
of IE. These devices may or may not be updated by the manufacturer. Hmmm....

Two cents.

Chad

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JKENZIG wrote:
>
> The hits just keep on coming.  Many websites will break when Microsoft 
> releases Internet Explorer 8 out to the world very soon.  By the end 
> of 2009 it will be on Millions o fcomputers.   One of the features it 
> has added is called “Compatibility View” which will help show those 
> pages which do not conform to the new standards.  Something else IT 
> will eventually inevitably have to manage. Sigh… for more info see here.
>
> _http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/12/03/compatibility-view-improvements-to-come-in-ie8.aspx_
>
> ***Jim Kenzig*
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