IE8’s Big Change

Yesterday, Microsoft released some great news about the future of IE8.  You all should really read it for yourself ASAP. Here is a good excerpt to give you the just:

“Our initial thinking for IE8 involved showing pages requesting “Standards” mode in an IE7’s “Standards” mode, and requiring developers to ask for IE8’s actual “Standards” mode separately. We made this decision, informed by discussions with some leading web experts, with compatibility at the top of mind.

In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly”

In case you havent been keeping up, many people disagreed with the “initial thinking” by the IE8 team(including myself). This new direction, in my opinion, is the correct one. Read on for yourself, and feel free to leave your thoughts/comments below.