In recognition of this problem, Microsoft has provided the ability to switch between IE8's true standards mode and IE7's fake standards mode.
интересно, в IE9 добавят прагму "мамой клянусь!" для настоящего-настоящего режима поддержки стандартов?
на десерт:
More disappointing (although not IE8's fault as such) is just how broken many of Microsoft's own websites are when forced to use IE8 mode. Windows Live Mail, for example, is quite unusable in IE8 mode:
(отсюда)
