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		sfeng on Jan 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You might not need jQuery You have it a bit backwards, IE8 doesn't include JSON support when you are in quirks mode, which no modern application should ever be in.

ep103 on Jan 30, 2014 [–]

should is the most important word in that sentence : )

coderzach on Jan 30, 2014 | [–]

No, quirks mode is triggered by the developer not including a doctype. If you include a properly formatted doctype, you will have JSON support in IE 8.

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