Comments on: Microsoft and the New Standards Compliance Mode in IE8 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-standards-compliance/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:08 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Joe Slag http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-standards-compliance/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Joe Slag Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:22:10 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-and-the-new-standards-compliance-mode-in-ie8/#comment-105 My reading of John's post was that using HTML 5 lets authors ignore all this IE 8 meta tag nonsense. From my limited understanding, in the HTML 5 world, the differences between HTML & XML <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#html-vs" rel="nofollow">aren't that big</a>. My reading of John’s post was that using HTML 5 lets authors ignore all this IE 8 meta tag nonsense.

From my limited understanding, in the HTML 5 world, the differences between HTML & XML aren’t that big.

]]> By: Justin Heideman http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-standards-compliance/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Justin Heideman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:54:19 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-and-the-new-standards-compliance-mode-in-ie8/#comment-106 I see HTML 5 being a solution for a different problem, though. XHTML and HTML5 are totally different things, and the blowback MS is getting on IE8 is because they're breaking (or not fixing to the standards of the rest of the world) websites that good developers who are already doing the "right" things. The standards are the standards. You either support them or you don't. A meta tag is not part of the standards. IE8 doesn't support the standards. I see HTML 5 being a solution for a different problem, though. XHTML and HTML5 are totally different things, and the blowback MS is getting on IE8 is because they’re breaking (or not fixing to the standards of the rest of the world) websites that good developers who are already doing the “right” things.

The standards are the standards. You either support them or you don’t. A meta tag is not part of the standards. IE8 doesn’t support the standards.

]]> By: Joe Slag http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-standards-compliance/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Joe Slag Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:55:45 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-and-the-new-standards-compliance-mode-in-ie8/#comment-104 No sooner do I hit 'submit' than I see that John's followed up with <a href="http://ejohn.org/blog/html5-doctype/" rel="nofollow">a great solution</a>. No sooner do I hit ’submit’ than I see that John’s followed up with a great solution.

]]> By: Joe Slag http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-standards-compliance/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Joe Slag Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:53:05 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/01/23/microsoft-and-the-new-standards-compliance-mode-in-ie8/#comment-103 Agree that this is a weird way to go about solving a tricky problem. I was surprised and disappointed to see the last couple of articles on A List Apart backing this flawed approach. John Resig also has an <a href="http://ejohn.org/blog/meta-madness/" rel="nofollow">interesting take on this</a>. Agree that this is a weird way to go about solving a tricky problem. I was surprised and disappointed to see the last couple of articles on A List Apart backing this flawed approach. John Resig also has an interesting take on this.

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