IE8 (internet explorer, the next ver.)

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IE8 to be standards compliant: Good for devs and users

That's the general theme of a video about the next version of Internet Explorer, which will unsurprisingly be called IE8. Details thus far have been scarce, but in a half-hour video with IE's GM Dean Hachamovitch and Architect Chris Wilson produced by Microsoft's Channel 9, the two discuss the importance of standards, compatibility and interoperability with the upcoming browser. We also get a (faraway) sneak peak at a development build of the new hush-hush browser. The key takeaway? IE will finally be able to render the Acid 2 test correctly, which has historically been one of the toughest Web standards and compliance tests around.

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[Osiris]

Can't wait

 

[KSoD]

Actually that article is wrong. It will not be fully standard compliant.

IE8 Passes Acid 2 Test - TheTechArea.com

It will have 2 modes. 1 for standard mode which will view sites in ways like firefox does. It will also have a quirk mode. Where it will still view sites like IE6 does. Not sure yet which mode is which but this is so coders who have taken the time to code their site for IE bad coding wont have to go thru specific chagnes to get their site up to standards. Which even those are not standard. They are only recommended.