IE8 is coming

Bill Gates’ recent Tech Ed keynote and Tony Chor’s follow-up blog announced that IE8 Beta 2 is coming in August. As the resident Microsoft man at BIMA I wanted to encourage people to start getting ready for IE8. What does this mean? Well there is a big drive with IE8 on web standards. As the IE blog says

What does “getting ready for IE8” mean for web sites?  IE8 displays content in IE8 Standards mode – its most standards-compliant layout mode – by default.  In previous blog posts, we’ve discussed how this aligns with our commitment to Web standards interoperability. However, browsing with this default setting may cause content written for previous versions of IE to display differently than intended. This creates a “get ready” call to action for site owners to ensure their content will continue to display seamlessly in IE8

All the details are on the IE blog so I’d encourage you to go take a look there