Hi; It has been a while since I've kept up with IE development. Is IE 8 supposed to be W3 compliant and do CSS in a standard way? Will it come with a "standards mode" that will let developers toggle from that or "old IE mode"? If it comes with a standards mode will that mode be the default? Thanks Steve
Re: W3 and CSS compliant? Standards Mode the default? In news:5298517c-eac1-419a-b47a-8ea71b44e0f7@y12g2000vbr.googlegroups.com, steve <tinker123@gmail.com> typed: > Hi; > > It has been a while since I've kept up with IE development. > > Is IE 8 supposed to be W3 compliant and do CSS in a > standard way? Yes > > Will it come with a "standards mode" that will let > developers toggle from that or "old IE mode"? Yes > > If it comes with a standards mode will that mode be the > default? Yes It still has quirks mode available as before. > > Thanks > > Steve
"steve" <tinker123@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5298517c-eac1-419a-b47a-8ea71b44e0f7@y12g2000vbr.googlegroups.com... > Hi; > > It has been a while since I've kept up with IE development. > > Is IE 8 supposed to be W3 compliant and do CSS in a standard way? > > Will it come with a "standards mode" that will let developers toggle > from that or "old IE mode"? > > If it comes with a standards mode will that mode be the default? Standards mode is the default if the web page has a valid DOCTYPE. If it doesn't have a DOCTYPE than IE8 will use Quirks Mode instead. It's also possible to force IE8 into IE7 mode for a site from the client side using the compatibility mode options, or from the server side (on a per page basis if you want) using the IE7-Emulate meta tag. Also, you can press F12 to bring up the Developer Tools and toggle between IE8 Standards, IE7 Standards, and IE7 Quirks modes from the menu. -- Dan