Forcing intranet users to view webpage in IE8 mode, not compatibility mode

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Override intranet compatibility mode IE8

Although I'm specifying

 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />

But due to IE's "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View" setting, my app isn't being viewed in IE8, but in compatibility mode.

Anyone know if there is a way round this???

V. Similar; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2742853/force-internet-explorer-8-browser-mode-in-intranet/2755739#2755739 — GordonB, Jun 28 '10 at 16:03
msdn forum question, no helpful answers : http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/acf1e236-715b-4feb-8132-f88e8b6652c5/ — GordonB, Jun 29 '10 at 09:59
According to the lastest post on the forum that GordonB linked to, `X-UA-Compatible` does work on Intranet sites, but only when it's issued as an HTTP header, not as a meta tag. — TRiG, Jul 27 '10 at 12:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 04 '12 at 13:31

This will help you.

if (window.navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
    // This is an IE browser. What mode is the engine in?
    if (document.documentMode==8) // IE8
    {
        alert('IE8')
    }
    else
    {
        alert('Not IE8 or in Compatibilty mode');
    }
}

according to false status (not IE8 or in Compatibilty mode) you can redirect the user to a page that says how to set his/her browser. I wonder to know if there is an automatic script to do this?

Forcing intranet users to view webpage in IE8 mode, not compatibility mode

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