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title: Browser Versions as a Switch of Rendering Modes -- the Verdict
date: 2008-01-24T08:16:50+00:00
modified: 2012-08-23T09:40:37+00:00
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  name: Kaspars
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# Browser Versions as a Switch of Rendering Modes — the Verdict

I have [thought](http://www.zeldman.com/2008/01/22/in-defense-of-version-targeting/#comments "Posted comments at post by Jeffrey Zeldman: In defense of version targeting") about the [suggestion](http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/01/21/compatibility-and-ie8.aspx "The original suggestion: Compatibility and IE8 on IEBlog") to use browser version as a rendering-mode switch in IE8 for more then 24 hours now. Here is [the verdict](/blog/understanding-web/82-ie8-version-targeting-understanding-and-discussing-the-arguments/#82-update-1 "Browser version targeting -- the Verdict").