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Anyone knows if Firefox passes the same test?
Firefox 3 will, current versions do not.

Opera and Safari have passed the test for a while.

This is great news for developers, thanks.
Now they must realize how important it is to force-upgrade everybody to IE8 via Windows Update mechanism.
... and Duke Nukem Forever will be released.

The end of the world must be near!

Any hope of application/xhtml+xml support for IE 8 as well?
Do you think Opera's filing a complaint with the EU against Microsoft had anything to do with this announcement?
No. Better standards support has been on the IE roadmap for a while. They aren't exactly breaking any speed records doing so, but this is consistent with the direction set by IE7, IMHO, and what MS has been publicly saying for quite a while.
Praise [God|Jesus|Allah/|Turkey Baster]!
Now lets hope that avoiding IE8 quirks mode will be intuitive enough to make this announcement pure godsend.
I wonder how this will affect Opera now they've filed a complaint with the European Commission....
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