| Subject: Can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode? |
| Group: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 6:29:31 PM |
| From: RealCat [Email Address Protection] |
I've been using IE 8 Beta 2. At first, I thought the "Compatibility View" button next to the "Go" button always appeared, but I found that it only appears at certain web pages, namely pages that have problems. Sadly, that button appears at my homepage too, but I don't know what is wrong. That page passes XHTML 1.0 test, and I cannot find any function that tells me why this button become activated in IE 8. How can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode to be activated at certain pages in IE 8 Beta 2? |
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| Subject: Re: Can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode? |
| Group: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 6:43:34 PM |
| From: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" [Email Address Protection] |
IE Beta Public Newsgroup Support: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta Via the web-interface: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta Via your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta [Yes, I understand that the link you may have used probably brought you to IE General newsgroup. We're tyring to get that fixed.] -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ RealCat wrote: > I've been using IE 8 Beta 2. At first, I thought the "Compatibility > View" button next to the "Go" button always appeared, but I found that > it only appears at certain web pages, namely pages that have problems. > Sadly, that button appears at my homepage too, but I don't know what > is wrong. That page passes XHTML 1.0 test, and I cannot find any > function that tells me why this button become activated in IE 8. > > How can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode to be > activated at certain pages in IE 8 Beta 2? |
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| Subject: Re: Can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode? |
| Group: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 7:04:24 PM |
| From: Leonard Grey [Email Address Protection] |
In general: Internet Explorer is trying to become a more standards-compliant browser. This can cause web pages coded for earlier, more proprietary versions of IE to break. To help prevent this from happening, IE 8 has a rendering mode euphemistically named Compatibility View. (A better term would be "Incompatibility View.") Update your page to a more standards-compliant code to avoid Compatibilty View. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est RealCat wrote: > I've been using IE 8 Beta 2. At first, I thought the "Compatibility > View" button next to the "Go" button always appeared, but I found that > it only appears at certain web pages, namely pages that have problems. > Sadly, that button appears at my homepage too, but I don't know what > is wrong. That page passes XHTML 1.0 test, and I cannot find any > function that tells me why this button become activated in IE 8. > > How can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode to be > activated at certain pages in IE 8 Beta 2? |
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| Subject: Re: Can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode? |
| Group: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 7:07:01 PM |
| From: "rob^_^" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi Cat, F12 to display the Developer Tool. On its Title bar will be the Document Mode for your page. No Compatibility View button. Either you have a malformed Doctype declaration (forcing Quirks rendering mode) or you have the option on the Tools>Compatibility View Settings menu option, to "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View" checked and you are running your page in localhost. The Developer tool has menu options to validate your page to determine if you have the correct doctype declaration. IE Beta Public Newsgroup Support: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta Via the web-interface: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta Via your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta Regards. "RealCat" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0943d1d-fbb8-4cd6-9271-aae781b4d858@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > I've been using IE 8 Beta 2. At first, I thought the "Compatibility > View" button next to the "Go" button always appeared, but I found that > it only appears at certain web pages, namely pages that have problems. > Sadly, that button appears at my homepage too, but I don't know what > is wrong. That page passes XHTML 1.0 test, and I cannot find any > function that tells me why this button become activated in IE 8. > > How can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode to be > activated at certain pages in IE 8 Beta 2? |
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| Subject: Re: Can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode? |
| Group: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 7:11:53 PM |
| From: RealCat [Email Address Protection] |
Thanks. I'm using Google Groups. I first tried to find a specific group for IE beta, but I couldn't. microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta doesn't seem to be available on Google Groups. Anyways, I visit the URL you have told me, and posted this question there. On Sep 4, 10:43=A0am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote: > IE Beta Public Newsgroup Support: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta > > Via the web-interface:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/lis= t/en-us/default.as... > > Via your newsreader: > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta > > [Yes, I understand that the link you may have used probably brought you t= o > IE General newsgroup. =A0We're tyring to get that fixed.] > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net > DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/ > > > > RealCat wrote: > > I've been using IE 8 Beta 2. At first, I thought the "Compatibility > > View" button next to the "Go" button always appeared, but I found that > > it only appears at certain web pages, namely pages that have problems. > > Sadly, that button appears at my homepage too, but I don't know what > > is wrong. That page passes XHTML 1.0 test, and I cannot find any > > function that tells me why this button become activated in IE 8. > > > How can I check what causes the Compatibility View mode to be > > activated at certain pages in IE 8 Beta 2? |
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