Microsoft ad campaign

Aviss,Tyler tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Jun 18 16:18:57 UTC 2009


I'm not sure if the pages will display only in IE8 by their own merit.  
Seems more likely that they've got an agent-check, especially since  
you can fake out the given page with a UA switcher.

(sent from my phone, so please excuse the typos)

On 18-Jun-09, at 8:55 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> What I find surprising is the outright boast that it is possible to  
> make
> pages that will display only in IE8 that _can't_ display in anything  
> else.
>
> Isn't IE8 supposed to be the most standards-compliant version of
> Explorer ever?
>
> This has the potential to hurt MS's claims of wanting greater
> interoperability -- as they appear to take pride in the ability to be
> incompatible with anything else.
>
> - Evan
>
>
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