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Google Maps + IE8 Beta 1 = Epic Fail

The front-end engineers certainly have their work cut out for them with the release if IE8 on the horizon. Albeit that this IS a Beta, and the FIRST of all public Betas, but still, all my sites generally mostly work (except those using google maps).

Remember folks, this is early beta software, rendering (most likely) browser specific hacks styling, so take this with a grain of salt.

GoogleMaps-Epicfail

And embedded

GoogleMaps2-EpicFail

But wait! Not even Microsoft’s DOM based maps look good:

LiveMaps-EpicFail