Comments on: Microsoft Promises ‘Backwards Incompatibility’ On Internet Explorer 8.0

By: David

David — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:29:36 +0000

As a website designer I really am glad to hear that Microsoft is finally getting compliant. It just bothers me that the spin-doctors were hard at work trying to make Microsoft’s delayed entry sound like a major technological breakthrough.

“Super-Standards Mode”

The sad part is that most users outside of the internet tech field will probably eat it up.

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:14:47 +0000

This is just too funny!

To finally meet web standards is a great thing and will save coders a lot of time. Except for all the ones that cut corners with “IE code” the first time. Serves ‘em right.

By: Anders Lund

Anders Lund — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:54:19 +0000

I agree that it’s the same information. I just read your comment as it was Internet Explorer (it self and not the website) that prompted you to use Internet Explorer.

Microsoft might be stupid sometimes, but I don’t think they are that stupid.

By: Hairgel_Addict

Hairgel_Addict — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:38:07 +0000

this is hilarious )))))

By: Shéa Bennett

Shéa Bennett — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:52:30 +0000

The outcome is identical - you’re being prompted to download something of which you already have the latest version, which can’t (or won’t) render the page properly, so you then get informed to download the latest version…

By: Anders Lund

Anders Lund — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:48:10 +0000

“So let’s get this straight - the new version of IE will not support some sites that were written specifically for Internet Explorer, and that the software will then display an error page and tell users to download Internet Explorer?”

I think you read this the wrong way - I think that its the site that will prompt the user to use Internet Explorer, when you use Internet Explorer 8. It won’t be Internet Explorer it self, that prompts this.

Just business as usual on sites that are IE only.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:15:28 +0000

Good. They created this stupid mess with sites written for IE, they should fix it.