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Re:IE11 on Windows 8.1 - Google Search loads in legacy mode by Touche on Saturday October 19, 2013 @01:38PM (#6577113)
Why does the entire web community agree that feature detection is the way to go and UA sniffing is bad, but time after time shows that Google does it on nearly all of their products?
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Re:IE11 on Windows 8.1 - Google Search loads in legacy mode by ahoge on Saturday October 19, 2013 @02:35PM (#6577309)
Compatibility view doesn't just change the UA string. It actually switches to a different (IE8-like?) engine.
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Re:IE11 on Windows 8.1 - Google Search loads in legacy mode by gsnedders on Sunday October 20, 2013 @08:36AM (#6579702)
It changes to one of: IE7 Standards Mode, IE8 Standards Mode, IE9 Standards Mode, IE9 Almost-Standards Mode, IE10 Standards Mode, or IE10 Almost-Standards Mode. I wish I was joking.
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Re:IE11 on Windows 8.1 - Google Search loads in legacy mode by ericras on Saturday October 19, 2013 @09:47PM (#6578696)
Feature detection has much greater overhead.
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