IE8's default setting will be to render web pages in standards-
compliant mode. You can opt out of standards compliance with a meta
tag. It was originally announced as the reverse. They changed their
mind once the mob headed toward the castle in Redmond with pitchforks.
Like most of us, If I could bill MS for all the time I've spent
debugging/hacking web pages for IE, I'd be a rich man. But I've been
using and testing the IE8 beta since it was released, and I'd hazard
that if you're writing standards compliant (x)html and css, all should
be well (more or less) with the final release. The efforts of the IE
development team, while not always stellar in the past, genuinely seem
to be going in the right direction. They're working with the Web
Standards Project and other groups to ensure IE8 isn't the disaster
that IE6 and 7 have been.
--
Jody Tate
Web Developer - UW Network Systems
http://staff.washington.edu/jtate/
On Mar 21, 2008, at 3:52 AM, tee wrote:
I am about to start coding for a new site, and client asked me to
make sure my code will work for IE8, meaning when IE 8 comes out,
she doesn't need to pay me extra to fix any problem that may occur
in IE 8. Client is from a web media company, though I understand her
concerns and that she has to answer to her client, but I just don't
know how or if I should commit to such 'expectation'.
Last time with IE 7, there was no problem and none of the sites I
coded for her break when IE 7 came out. I think this version
targeting thing really got people worry.
Say, I code my CSS with best practice just like I'd always do, and
treat IE browsers with CC should it be needed. Do I need to worry
anything with IE8? It didn't occur to me to worry anything at all
until client was making this request.
Thanks!
tee
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