What is compatibility view settings

Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Click Close when you have finished making changes. Add a website to compatibility view by entering the URL and then clicking Add.

Remove a website from compatibility view by selecting it and them clicking Remove. Check or uncheck the Display intranet sites in Compatibility View to see which option works well with the website you're trying to access. Check or uncheck Use Microsoft compatibility lists to see which option works well with the website you're trying to access.

Click Close when you are done making changes. You're done! You may need to restart Internet Explorer for your settings to work. In previous versions of Internet Explorer the Compatibility View button would attempt to fix a broken standards-based website, by getting the page to appear like it did in Internet Explorer 7. Today however, many standards-based websites are broken by attempting to appear like they did in Internet Explorer 7.

This option caused problems with todays standard based websites. In IE 11, this option and the Compatibility View button was removed. In addition Microsoft kept the check box "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View" option. Today most intranet websites and web based appliances also meet standards-based web designs and this option in general is less important.