Comments on: The Bruhaha of the Meta Declaration http://shallowthoughts.org/2008/01/22/the-bruhaha-of-the-meta-declaration/ because deep thoughts smack of effort Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: 48-Hour Days » Blog Archive » Give Microsoft a Pat on the Back http://shallowthoughts.org/2008/01/22/the-bruhaha-of-the-meta-declaration/#comment-33 48-Hour Days » Blog Archive » Give Microsoft a Pat on the Back Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:39:50 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/2008/01/22/the-bruhaha-of-the-meta-declaration/#comment-33 [...] The Bruhaha of the Meta Declaration [...] [...] The Bruhaha of the Meta Declaration [...]

]]> By: Brad Dielman http://shallowthoughts.org/2008/01/22/the-bruhaha-of-the-meta-declaration/#comment-32 Brad Dielman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:34:44 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/2008/01/22/the-bruhaha-of-the-meta-declaration/#comment-32 I'm still very much opposed to this idea. Even more so when I learned that the default rendering in all future versions will be IE7 if you omit the meta tag. There is a modicum of hope in that if you use the HTML5 DOCTYPE the page will use the most recent rendering engine without requiring the meta tag. It still doesn't mean that this whole mechanism was ill conceived. I’m still very much opposed to this idea. Even more so when I learned that the default rendering in all future versions will be IE7 if you omit the meta tag.

There is a modicum of hope in that if you use the HTML5 DOCTYPE the page will use the most recent rendering engine without requiring the meta tag. It still doesn’t mean that this whole mechanism was ill conceived.

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