Ie Document Mode Has Different Defaults On Different Servers

I am developing an HTML application and I was originally targeting IE7 because half of the company still had that particular version. They just upgraded to IE8 this week and I'm tr

Solution 1:

IE is puts webtest01 in the Local Intranet Zone, which forces IE8 Compat browser mode/IE7 mode document mode.

I believe you can add a X-UA-Compatible HTTP header (or <meta> tag, so long as it's the first tag in your head), which should get the document mode into IE8 standards, but cannot fix browser mode, which has subtle implications for scripts.

To get IE out of compatibility browser mode, You have to go to Internet Options > Sercurity > Local Intranet > Sites and make sure everything is unchecked, or go to Tools > Compatibilty View Options and uncheck Display intranet sites in Compatibility View.