The IEBlog let the world know how you're going to have to opt in for their third (and counting) rendering mode that IE8 will support. You know, the one that should support CSS2 the way other browsers already do without such a mode. Put the following into your <head> section of your page and you'll get IE8's "super standards" mode.
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
There are, of course, many many unanswered questions... For those who can't be bothered to read my whole post, please see the main point. For others with patience, Read the rest of this entry ...