Comments on: News: IE8 and Compatibility http://mattsnider.com/news/news-ie8-and-compatibility/ Understanding JavaScript and Frameworks Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: the DtTvB http://mattsnider.com/news/news-ie8-and-compatibility/#comment-3900 the DtTvB Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:01:28 +0000 http://mattsnider.com/news/news-ie8-and-compatibility/#comment-3900 I wonder if IE8 will support HTML 5 or not. At least it passed the Acid2 test. I wonder if IE8 will support HTML 5 or not. At least it passed the Acid2 test.

]]> By: Anon http://mattsnider.com/news/news-ie8-and-compatibility/#comment-4632 Anon Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:51:01 +0000 http://mattsnider.com/news/news-ie8-and-compatibility/#comment-4632 Adding a non-standard tag to indicate that you want to use standards? Nice. As for passing acid2 test, it doesn't include the meta tag...is there something special in there to make the switch? As for HTML5, will there be yet another non-standard switch to add so we can ask to use it? Will there be new switches each time MS updates IE? How many switches will we have after a few more years? In HTML5, there is a design decision not to specify a version. The doctype is simply It's really too bad this idea has any support. You really should read this: http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1201080691&count=1 Adding a non-standard tag to indicate that you want to use standards? Nice.

As for passing acid2 test, it doesn’t include the meta tag…is there something special in there to make the switch?

As for HTML5, will there be yet another non-standard switch to add so we can ask to use it? Will there be new switches each time MS updates IE? How many switches will we have after a few more years?

In HTML5, there is a design decision not to specify a version. The doctype is simply

It’s really too bad this idea has any support. You really should read this:
http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1201080691&count=1

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