Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default.  Giving top priority to Web standards interoperability allows us to help web developers and designers drive toward the ideal of “write once, run anywhere”, freeing up more time to innovate rather than modify content for different browsers.  This commitment also addresses several development and design pain points from previous Internet Explorer releases.

Here are some great links that will provide additional information you may find useful:

·         Internet Explorer 8 main site:  http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie8

·         Internet Explorer Team Blog:  http://blogs.msdn.com/ie

·         Internet Explorer Developer Center:  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx

·         Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit (for web designers and developers): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/default.htm

·         Microsoft Interoperability Principles:  http://www.microsoft.com/interop/principles/default.mspx