Is it possible to force the client's IE8 to not be in Compatibility mode? I have a site where it looks good in compatibility mode, but of course not as good as IE8 - not to mention newer browsers. As I think about it, I believe it would not be possible, since it's the system setting, but maybe someone was struggling with that one before.
Thank you
The whole msdn site gives very good description of compatibility modes.
I suggest reading the information provided there as this will give you deeper understanding the topic, but if you want short answer, different modes are defined like this:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=4"> <!-- IE5 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7.5" > <!-- IE7 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=100" > <!-- IE9 mode -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=a" > <!-- IE5 mode -->
<!-- This header mimics Internet Explorer 7 and uses
<!doctype> to determine how to display the webpage -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" >