SyntaxHighlighter. SimpleCode. Understanding Compatibility Modes in Internet Explorer 8 - We know IE! Hi everyone!
With the release of IE 8, we felt that providing a little more detail around the different Compatibility Modes might be useful, so here goes! A fundamental problem discussed during each and every Internet Explorer release is balancing new features and functionality with site compatibility for the existing Web. Testing sites with Browser Mode vs. Doc Mode - IEBlog.
IE8 Rendering Modes theory and practice « Sharovatov’s Weblog. Many web-developers moan about the Rendering Modes switch that’s been introduced in IE8.
I’ve got some thoughts on this. Rendering modes switches history As you may know, IE5 on Mac (followed by IE6 on Windows) introduced Quirks and Standards compliancy modes with a DOCTYPE switcher.