Re: IE8 and X-UA-Compatible IE=EmulateIE7

Hi,

Follow the instructions here –
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbos…2f%2fdds.dk%2f

Regards.

"jstein" <> wrote in message
news:7c0df304-489b-4f53-a42f-…
> Hi.
>
> At http://dds.dk/ we have an old drop-down menu, that only works with
> IE8 if you choose compatibility mode.
>
> So for a quick fix, I added the header "x-ua-compatible:
> IE=EmulateIE7" which makes the "Compatibility mode" button disappear –
> but the menu still doesn’t work!
>
> If I change the header to "x-ua-compatible: IE=nonsense", I get the
> button back, so it looks like IE8 somehow takes the first header as
> valid.
>
> I also tried to put a meta-tag (as the first tag in the head-section),
> but that gives me exactly the same result.
>
> Any idea why IE8 doesn’t react to the header (except by removing the
> compatibility mode button)?
>
> Regards
>
> Jonathan
>
> p.s. Don’t recommend another menu – that will come at a later
> time! 😉

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