Scott Dickens
Scott Dickens is a Lead Program Manager at Microsoft, based in Redmond, WA.
Scott works on several features of Internet Explorer including layout, versioning and modes, rendering, graphics and images, text, printing, zoom, and Web site compatibility.
Articles Authored
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Introducing Compatibility View
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2008 - Vol. 5 - Issue 3 - IE8
Compatibility View allows access to content designed for older Web browsers. When a website says that it supports modern Web standards, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 respects that and displays the site using its most standards compliant mechanism. In the majority of cases, this works out just fine. However, every once in a while, a page that says “display me using modern standards” really means “display me like Internet Explorer 7 used to display modern standards pages”. This is where Compatibility View comes in.
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Making Your Web site Compatible Across Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2008 - Vol. 5 - Issue 3 - IE8
Improved standards support in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 makes developing sites that work across browsers simpler and less time consuming. The latest release of the world’s most popular Web browser includes upgrades to the Web platform, compatibility, and functionality designed to keep you on-point creating high-quality interactive experiences, not debugging browser interop issues. Let’s discuss how to best take advantage of these new features while ensuring your Web pages continue to work correctly in older browsers.