Comments on: Microsoft changes IE 8 defaults to be “standards mode”

By: elvisparsley

elvisparsley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:49:58 +0000

The best news so far in 2008.

By: Chris Phillips

Chris Phillips — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:11:32 +0000

Unexpected, this is.

By: deadcabbit

deadcabbit — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:08:13 +0000

I had been saying for quite a time MS should ditch IE and rebrand Opera instead, but in the recent months they seem to care a *bit*, and that makes me really happy.

By: qqrq

qqrq — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:32:08 +0000

I bet that new version of IE won’t be that “Standarized” like Microsoft wants us to think. And even if it will be, remember that Microsoft is responsible for IE6 and IE7 – a nightmare of all web developers and conqueror of almost 70% users in the net (if you want to own the market, do it with good software, for God’s sake…).
But there’s also another thing – JavaScript a.k.a. JScript. We’ll see how fantastic new features will Microsoft give us this time. JS browser detect won’t be forgotten for a long, long time yet.

P.S. Sorry for my english… ;)

By: kim3er

kim3er — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:04:09 +0000

I think this is great news. This is not the first time Microsoft has listened to the developer community, but this decision shows how seriously Microsoft are about involving themselves.

I think the future of the Internet is looking a lot brighter. Though, it not just down to the developers, IT departments around the world have got to get on the ball and start deploying.

By: SchizoDuckie

SchizoDuckie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:17:45 +0000

Viva La Revolution!

Microsoft has *finally* listened to tens of thousands of webdevelopers around the world. There *might* be a god!

Now all that’s left is just to see how good or bad that ‘standards mode’ will be and what quirks there will be that they mark as ‘wontfix until IE9′

By: AndyB

AndyB — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:50:52 +0000

That paragraph about the legality of having to adhere to standards is a dumb way for Microsoft to say “we don’t have to do this, but we’re going to anyway”, which says to me that they still are not taking standards and helping developers build a better Internet seriously.

By: angelm

angelm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:41:37 +0000

“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.”

Ummm… the cynic in me thinks that $1.6 Billions in fines have given MS a whole new appreciation for standards…