IE8 (Due out later this year), will render in “Standards Mode” by default.

Web developers of pages that work nicely in IE7 and nothing else can request IE8 to use IE7’s mode via the “http header/meta tag approach”. Hopefully this move will enable much better cross browser and developers of troubled sites will invest the time in becoming standards compliment.

A big thank you to the IE team for doing the right thing for the future of the Web.

More Info:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/
• http://alistapart.com/articles/beyonddoctype