[CS-FSLUG] Microsoft's IE 8 Compatibility List: Is it working?

Frank Bax fbax at sympatico.ca
Thu Feb 19 08:59:38 CST 2009


Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Microsoft's IE 8 Compatibility List: Is it working?
> 
> Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is tracking incompatible Web sites for its
> upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser and has posted a list that now
> contains about 2,400 names - including Microsoft.com.
> 
> http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=88528117-f09aff1f3240c763b781087d83996fa3-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
> 



She missed one possibility.  It seems to me that it is possible that IE8 
new standards compliant code might have bugs in it.  In this case, a 
standards compliant website could be on the incompatibility list because 
of these bugs.  IE8-incompatibility does not mean non-compliant.




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