Meta-tag bypasses IE8 checks

Sep 28, 2009
Internet Explorer 8 introduced a new mechanism for ensuring backwards compatibility with websites built for IE7, so "the web" didn't break with IE8's more standards compliant rendering. You could tell IE8 to render your website as IE7 and therefore avoid having to fix potential problems with markup or stylesheets. You can do that in two different ways: Using a meta-tag:<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />or this HTTP header:X-UA-Compatible: IE=7 This puts IE8 into IE7 r... [More]* $4.95/month ASP.NET Hosting with FREE SQL 2012 DB! – Click Here!

Scale in the browser

Sep 21, 2009
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