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why is my page opened by ie8 with ie7 interpreter as standard?

Hi i have made a website. And cause of some crazy reason i don't figure out the ie8 runs it with Browsermode: i8 and Documentmode: ie7 (standard). Why he doesn't use ie8 for both?

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Did you put a valid DOCTYPE into your pages? Otherwise IE8 will run in compatibility mode.

See this blog post for details.

M4N  2009-09-21 15:36:49
Yes, this.
jeffamaphone  2009-09-21 16:13:38

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