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Should we force IE compatibility mode off?

See original GitHub issue

When testing some IE8 issues I accidentally turned on IE7 standards mode, I think when the page errors it’ll prompt you to turn it on.

I’m wondering if we should include meta tags, that you often see people using?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/en-en/library/cc817574.aspx

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> 

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  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Reactions:2
  • Comments:9 (7 by maintainers)

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paulwaitehomeofficecommented, Jan 8, 2019

An old Microsoft blog post suggests that the meta tag does at least get rid of the compatibility mode button, so that sounds good.

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NickColleycommented, Jan 8, 2019

@paulwaitehomeoffice GOV.UK Frontend still supports IE8 as there are some services that still support IE8 for example in prisons (https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/issues/1026)

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