Comments on: How to remove the broken icon from IE8 http://www.broerse.net/wordpress/2009/04/05/how-to-remove-the-broken-icon-from-ie8/ Martin's blog on tech and other items Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.broerse.net/wordpress/2009/04/05/how-to-remove-the-broken-icon-from-ie8/comment-page-1/#comment-14739 Martin Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:57:11 +0000 http://www.broerse.net/wordpress/?p=949#comment-14739 I understand this but showing the "broken" icon to users is a bad thing. All main sites already removed the "broken" icon by adding one of the headers. Now also this blog. I understand this but showing the “broken” icon to users is a bad thing. All main sites already removed the “broken” icon by adding one of the headers. Now also this blog.

]]> By: Theo http://www.broerse.net/wordpress/2009/04/05/how-to-remove-the-broken-icon-from-ie8/comment-page-1/#comment-14738 Theo Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:11:01 +0000 http://www.broerse.net/wordpress/?p=949#comment-14738 The button doesn't mean the website is "broken". It just gives the user the possibility to choose to view the website in IE 8 web standards mode, or in IE 7 compatibility mode (when you press the button to its "on" state). By adding one of these headers you force one of the modes upon the user. Most websites look the same anyway, regardless of the mode, so I don't really see what the point is of both the button and the headers. IMHO websites should work in any browser, and without browser-specific headers. The button doesn’t mean the website is “broken”. It just gives the user the possibility to choose to view the website in IE 8 web standards mode, or in IE 7 compatibility mode (when you press the button to its “on” state). By adding one of these headers you force one of the modes upon the user.

Most websites look the same anyway, regardless of the mode, so I don’t really see what the point is of both the button and the headers. IMHO websites should work in any browser, and without browser-specific headers.

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