<QP>
When installing, users can choose to use the Compatibility View list (and
thus opt-out of IE8’s standards-by-default configuration). Users have to
choose to use the Compatibility View list, and receive updates for it – it’s
not on by default. Users can also “click the button” that places a site
into Compatibility View. Both actions involve users exercising choice to
override IE's defaults.
</QP>
Source:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lity-view.aspx

Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a website that for a few more months still requires IE7 (or IE6)
> and
> detects when someone is using IE8 without the compatibility option set. We
> show them a page outlining what to do and after that they can continue.
> This has been working for a while however suddenly a lot of people do NOT
> see the compatibility button anymore and therefore cannot click on it. The
> menu option to add our domain to the sites where IE7 compatibility is to
> be
> used still works but it is a lot more work and most people don't read that
> far in the help tekst. :-(
>
> Did Microsoft change something in the past few weeks that makes this
> button
> suddenly NOT appear where it used to do so before? Is there a way we can
> force this button to be show in IE8?
>
> Bonno