Comments on: IE8 Meta http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200802/ie8-meta/ ranting and rambling to anyone willing to listen Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Georg http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200802/ie8-meta/comment-page-1/#comment-27057 Georg Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:55:17 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200802/ie8-meta/#comment-27057 What makes me dislike the announced 'version targeting' is the defaulting to IE7 when a known doctype is used and no 'version targeting' added. IE7 is a weak "stop-gap" version, and not a good fall-back/lock-down for non-updated sites and un-informed designers. Other than that the 'version targeting' is a non-issue for informed developers. We'll play with it a bit when IE8 arrives - before settling on a suitable routine to get the kind of versioning each of us feel comfortable with. What makes me dislike the announced ‘version targeting’ is the defaulting to IE7 when a known doctype is used and no ‘version targeting’ added. IE7 is a weak “stop-gap” version, and not a good fall-back/lock-down for non-updated sites and un-informed designers.

Other than that the ‘version targeting’ is a non-issue for informed developers. We’ll play with it a bit when IE8 arrives – before settling on a suitable routine to get the kind of versioning each of us feel comfortable with.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200802/ie8-meta/comment-page-1/#comment-26952 Anthony Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:28:36 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200802/ie8-meta/#comment-26952 Yeah I agree, it's not horrendous, but as I said in my post it just feels a bit clunky... I also find it quite amusing that they are so worried about breaking the web when their browsers have essentially already been doing that for years! I also think that it does set a bit of a precedent. What if Firefox wants you to add a bit of code, then Safari, then Opera, then every iteration of mobile browser. But, overall, it's not going to cause the web to tumble down just because we had to add a few charcters of code. And at last we can move towards a much more stable design environment. It's just not a very standardsy or elegant solution - and I think that is the reason why it has upset people so much. Yeah I agree, it’s not horrendous, but as I said in my post it just feels a bit clunky…

I also find it quite amusing that they are so worried about breaking the web when their browsers have essentially already been doing that for years!

I also think that it does set a bit of a precedent. What if Firefox wants you to add a bit of code, then Safari, then Opera, then every iteration of mobile browser.

But, overall, it’s not going to cause the web to tumble down just because we had to add a few charcters of code. And at last we can move towards a much more stable design environment.

It’s just not a very standardsy or elegant solution – and I think that is the reason why it has upset people so much.

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