We all complained [https://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/ie8-and-version-targeting-70/], and Microsoft listened to the community: IE8 will now render in IE8-mode by default [http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/03/microsoft-s-interoperability-principles-and-ie8.aspx] , and “developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that