Using <meta http-equiv=“X-UA-Compatible” content=“IE=8” /> mode in sites good practice?

Question

I\'ve recently discovered the joys of adding the following into the header of sites:

Answer 1

Adding mode in not probably good idea since it will stop your application to take advantages of newer versions of browser. But I think adding is good since It forces the browser the render at whatever the most recent version's standards are.

Note: Adding Edge can potentially break your code since your application might not be tested for this new version. In most cases, this works absolutely fine, but you never know.

For details about other possible options refer

“X-UA-Compatible” content=“IE=9; IE=8; IE=7; IE=EDGE”