Can I use the HTML 5 doctype in older browsers like IE 8 or 7? If not what would be a good method to handle cross browser compatibility?
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Can I use the HTML 5 doctype in older browsers like IE 8 or 7? If not what would be a good method to handle cross browser compatibility?
A lot of people use and recommend the open source modernizr javascript library to handle these issues. You can code for HTML5 and modernizr will try to gracefully degrade for features not supported by the user’s browser. As they say:
It is high-quality enough to be used by Google, Microsoft, The Economist, About.com, The Knot, Good and Posterous.