IE8 issue with Twitter Bootstrap 3

Question

I am creating a site using the new Twitter Bootstrap. The site looks fine and works in all required browsers except IE8.

In IE8 it seems to be displaying elements o

Answer 1

I've read every comment here, tried everything.. but couldn't get it to work with Windows 7 - Internet Explorer 11 (with document mode: IE8).

Then it came to mind that running a document mode (IE8) isn't the same as the real IE8, so I installed Windows Virtual PC (Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8) and tadaaaa... it works like a charm!

I've put this piece of code JUST at the bottom of the page to make it work: