Microsoft has seen the light on IE8

Mar 03 ’08

Woohoo! Today, Microsoft made the right decision about IE8. The default rendering mode will be fully standards compliant. They're not going to punish the people who know what they're doing.

This is truly great news, for several reasons. One is that Microsoft is now arguing for greater openness. That can only help the marketplace. The other is that, for the first time in a long time, they're making a very good decision with respect to IE, and they're making it for the right reasons. They're making it because they want to play nicer with their clients and their developers. That's what I call a win-win: they win, and we win. Everybody wins!