Show me a wikipedia page with such links
If you believe the fault lies at IE8 b2's rendering and not your coding simply add the following meta tag in the header:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
That way ppl will see your site in IE7 mode. You can/should mention the rendering problem in the
public NG too. You might get a solution, else someone can report it on Connect for you.
For those wondering why on one site you see the compatibility button (broken page in address bar) and not on the other: those who use that tag have set the compatibility for you, so the button will not show.
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