Web Design Standards and IE8

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Show Notes
Podcast episode 045 entitled Web Design Standards and IE8 provides an update on the pendiing release of the new Internet Explorer version 8, or IE8, and the impact on small business websites. Information includes a history of announcements about IE8 and the delayed release as improvements are made, plus my comparison of compliance and compatibility. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Introduction to Web Design Standards and IE8
• Microsoft IE8 Announcements Dec 2007 and Mar 2008
• IE8 Release Delay and Compatibility
• Web Design DOCTYPE and Internet Explorer Hacks
• Latest Conclusion of IE8 and Web Design Standards
• Quick Tip of the Day - Resource for Testing Site Display in IE8

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design Standards and IE8
0:11:21 Tip of the Day - Resource for Testing Site Display in IE8
0:12:54 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:13:24 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 045

Referenced links:
IE8 browser site display testing resource with JPG screenshots
IE8 official blog and compatibility view blog post

The tip of the day describes the IE8 display test on a high speed server for viewing the actual display to test your website pages without downloading the IE8 BETA, and before the release of the production version of Internet Explorer 8. You may test older versions of IE including IE5.5, IE6, the current IE7, and IE8.

TAGS: advice browsers ie8 Internet Explorer 8 web design web standards