Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 is Cool http://www.psoplayer.com/2008/03/12/internet-explorer-8-is-cool/ the web presence of one enthusiastic web citizen Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://www.psoplayer.com/2008/03/12/internet-explorer-8-is-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Sarah Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:10:40 +0000 http://www.psoplayer.com/2008/03/12/internet-explorer-8-is-cool/#comment-156 SkyDrive looks interesting. I might take advantage of that. (Gmail <i>works</i> for file storage, but that isn't exactly what it was designed to do, so...) I'm not sure how I feel about the X-UA-Compatible thing... why is the "edge" value discouraged? If a site follows its DOCTYPE, it should be totally forward-compatible. Also, is X-UA-Compatible going to be incorporated into W3C standards, or is it going to be a proprietary IE thing? Not that it will make much of a difference in how the page displays in other browsers, I suppose. And, completely random, but does IE8 still do that annoying thing where it opens sites directed to open in "new windows" in <i>actual new windows</i> instead of just making a new tab? Because IE7 is kind of ridiculous that way. (I could probably correct it somewhere in the preferences, or do some special magic kind of click... or I could just use Firefox.) SkyDrive looks interesting. I might take advantage of that. (Gmail works for file storage, but that isn’t exactly what it was designed to do, so…)

I’m not sure how I feel about the X-UA-Compatible thing… why is the “edge” value discouraged? If a site follows its DOCTYPE, it should be totally forward-compatible. Also, is X-UA-Compatible going to be incorporated into W3C standards, or is it going to be a proprietary IE thing? Not that it will make much of a difference in how the page displays in other browsers, I suppose.

And, completely random, but does IE8 still do that annoying thing where it opens sites directed to open in “new windows” in actual new windows instead of just making a new tab? Because IE7 is kind of ridiculous that way. (I could probably correct it somewhere in the preferences, or do some special magic kind of click… or I could just use Firefox.)

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