IE Compatibility Mode Headache

Having problems with IE's Compatibility mode? I couldn't figure out why a site I had recently designed worked consistently in IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9 beta, but failed to work on IE8 under the same conditions on another machine.

The culprit, IE8 compatibility mode! Luckily, you can disable this, as do many sites such as Google. You have two flavours to choose from; HTTP Headers or META tags. I opted for the simple .htaccess implementation with the line:

Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"

This removes the button from the toolbar and forces use of the latest standards rendering mode. You can select from other modes if you so wish, but with IE9 on the horizon I wanted to keep it up-to-date.

Claim your homepage with OpenID

Signed up as a member of the OpenID Foundation today. I've always been a fan of OpenID but many people remain skeptical for the obvious reasons.

Not many people know that you can use your own doman for your login username. It's handy if you ever want to switch providers, as it means you can easily do this transparently without having to switch to a new login. Just check out this guide for an explanation and a simple how-to!

Free Mobile TV

Just signed up to TVCatchup for my iPhone. If you live in the UK and have an iPhone, I'd highly recommend it. You get all the main channels, and few of the +1s, and it's decent quality!