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I know people have done in depth reviews etc..., but here is a quick a low down of what you need to do as a web developer to support IE8. I am going to assume that you have been a standards based web developer for the last couple of years and that you have not been doing too many hacks to support IE7. 1) Add the new metatag in the top of the to force IE8 to render in standards mode. <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8;FF=3;OtherUA=4" /> Without this tag a little button appears next to the location bar which allows the user to view the site in IE7 compatibility mode. You probably don't want to do this because you want people to view your nice standards compliant website and also the render mode is slightly different from real IE7 in any case. 2) If you were using conditional comments to catch IE and add some extra CSS, you will probably need to update the condition from <!--[if IE]> < link rel="stylesheet" type="tex...

You watch more TV shows and movies on your computer than you do on TV and the movie theatre. You spend more time blogging about movies than watching them. You are genuinely excited whenever Apple releases a new computer (even though it only makes your current MacBook more obsolete). You IM people who are right next to you instead of talking to them. Your wife IM's you to get your attention. You don't need a blankie because your laptop keeps you warm at night. When you do finally get tired of using your laptop you pick up your phone and surf the web there. If it isn't online it doesn't exist. You open your laptop before you brew your first cup of coffee. When you call your laptop your wife and your wife your mistress.