Comments on: IE8 and the future of the web http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: a bulletproof idea » Blog Archive » IE 8 Causes A Stir http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-160722 a bulletproof idea » Blog Archive » IE 8 Causes A Stir Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:21 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-160722 [...] of web design. Eric Meyer and Johnathan Snook are some of those in the ‘yes’ camp with Rachel Andrew and John Resig firmly in the ‘No’ camp. There are one or two out there sitting on the [...] […] of web design. Eric Meyer and Johnathan Snook are some of those in the ‘yes’ camp with Rachel Andrew and John Resig firmly in the ‘No’ camp. There are one or two out there sitting on the […]

]]> By: IE8, Version Targeting, and the Ruckus it’s Causing - Monday By Noon http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-160297 IE8, Version Targeting, and the Ruckus it’s Causing - Monday By Noon Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:05:23 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-160297 [...] IE8 and the future of the web by Rachael Andrew [...] […] IE8 and the future of the web by Rachael Andrew […]

]]> By: Max Design - standards based web design, development and training » IE8 and versioning - very worrying developments http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-159069 Max Design - standards based web design, development and training » IE8 and versioning - very worrying developments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:04:47 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-159069 [...] IE8 and the future of the web [...] […] IE8 and the future of the web […]

]]> By: Dave Woods - HTML, CSS, Web Design » Will my site break in IE8? http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158967 Dave Woods - HTML, CSS, Web Design » Will my site break in IE8? Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:35:45 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158967 [...] Rachel Andrew [...] […] Rachel Andrew […]

]]> By: Pixelbox » Versioning for HTML, or Microsoft saving face? http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158886 Pixelbox » Versioning for HTML, or Microsoft saving face? Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:10:29 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158886 [...] Ethan Marcotte Zeldman defends the idea John ‘jQuery’ Resig Gareth Rushgrove Roger Johansson Rachel Andrew Meta tags: Development There are no comments [...] […] Ethan Marcotte Zeldman defends the idea John ‘jQuery’ Resig Gareth Rushgrove Roger Johansson Rachel Andrew Meta tags: Development There are no comments […]

]]> By: David Owens http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158878 David Owens Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:38:25 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158878 <blockquote>Finally, I believe this is a solution to a problem that was actually becoming less of a problem since IE7. It is a problem that is going away.</blockquote> That is what I have assumed is happening. If you build your website today to work in the most standard compliant browsers, and IE8 is so standards compliant, it will work, while IE7 will continue to receive any "fixes" you have had to include (wrapped in lteIE7 conditional comments). The huge leap forward from IE6 to IE7 means that most sites that will have broken already did. It is very unusual for me to need to add much to an IE7 stylesheet. I assume that an IE8 stylesheet will contain even less.

Finally, I believe this is a solution to a problem that was actually becoming less of a problem since IE7. It is a problem that is going away.

That is what I have assumed is happening. If you build your website today to work in the most standard compliant browsers, and IE8 is so standards compliant, it will work, while IE7 will continue to receive any “fixes” you have had to include (wrapped in lteIE7 conditional comments).
The huge leap forward from IE6 to IE7 means that most sites that will have broken already did. It is very unusual for me to need to add much to an IE7 stylesheet. I assume that an IE8 stylesheet will contain even less.

]]> By: Douglas Greenshields http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158676 Douglas Greenshields Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:45:45 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2008/01/22/ie8-and-the-future-of-the-web/#comment-158676 I've been dotting about various different discussions on the subject, mainly because it seems such an extraordinary idea but one that has gained something of a "star-studded" following, and this is the most succinct and even-handed reading of the issue I've seen. So thanks. I really hope Microsoft see the error of their ways, for their own sakes and everyone else's - I share Andy Budd's sense that this may be the beginning of the end of IE as a dominant browser. I’ve been dotting about various different discussions on the subject, mainly because it seems such an extraordinary idea but one that has gained something of a “star-studded” following, and this is the most succinct and even-handed reading of the issue I’ve seen. So thanks. I really hope Microsoft see the error of their ways, for their own sakes and everyone else’s - I share Andy Budd’s sense that this may be the beginning of the end of IE as a dominant browser.

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