Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager Internet Explorer, writes in on the IEBlog:

We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.
 
Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles. Thinking about IE8’s behavior with these principles in mind, interpreting web content in the most standards compliant way possible is a better thing to do.
 
We think that acting in accordance with principles is important, and IE8’s default is a demonstration of the interoperability principles in action. While we do not believe any current legal requirements would dictate which rendering mode a browser must use, this step clearly removes this question as a potential legal and regulatory issue. As stated above, we think it’s the better choice.

YES !!! I knew they will learn sometimes. That decision will probably the only real reason ever to upgrade everybody to IE8. ;)

Dear MS-centric web developers, PLEASE read up on the current W3C standards, you will probably need them.

Microsoft doing „the right thing”® for once. Only took them seven releases.

Apologies to W.P. Kinsella and Phil Alden Robinson for the title.

Tagged as: internet explorer, microsoft, standards, W3C | Author: Martin Leyrer
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