For those of you keeping track, this means that IE will soon support generated content and data URLs, and, it has been confirmed, will banish hasLayout forever.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/beyonddoctype
I do not think I am disclosing too much by saying that HasLayout will be history with IE8 (it was an internal data-structure to begin with and should have never been exposed).
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/...7Dec/0151.html
Markus Mielke
Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
March 2000 — December 2007 (7 years 10 months)
Currently, Program Manager for the Layout and Rendering engine of Internet Explorer (IE) with responsibility for managing strategic investments, driving W3C standards, setting directions of a team of developers and test and ensuring the timely delivery of high quality features that ship as part of the IE engine. 7 years of experience in the area of Program Management. Detailed knowledge of defining specifications and driving completion across the software development lifecycle.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/markus-mielke/4/661/a53