Comments on: IE8 Meta Declaration Not Required For HTML5 http://ifacethoughts.net/2008/01/24/ie8-meta-declaration-not-required-for-html5/ Thoughts on software development and related, by Abhijit Nadgouda Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:15:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://ifacethoughts.net/2008/01/24/ie8-meta-declaration-not-required-for-html5/comment-page-1/#comment-353707 Jeremy Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:51:53 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2008/01/24/ie8-meta-declaration-not-required-for-html5/#comment-353707 I don't think it matters much. The meta tag is just for you to help make sure your old, crappy, non-standards-compliant code will keep working like it was tested, even though you're not going to update it. For future development, develop to standards! Not to any specific browser version. If you have to support browsers that don't support standards, nothing has changed. You still have to add your fixes and hacks sometimes, but keep them seperated (e.g., external CSS files and JavaScript files that are linked/included) so it's easy to take them aways as old browsers die. I don’t think it matters much. The meta tag is just for you to help make sure your old, crappy, non-standards-compliant code will keep working like it was tested, even though you’re not going to update it.

For future development, develop to standards! Not to any specific browser version.

If you have to support browsers that don’t support standards, nothing has changed. You still have to add your fixes and hacks sometimes, but keep them seperated (e.g., external CSS files and JavaScript files that are linked/included) so it’s easy to take them aways as old browsers die.

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