For some reason the following conditional is not working when I choose IE8 in the Internet Explorer document node and/or user agent. This worked before. I am using Internet Explore 11 on Windows 8.1.
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<p class="alert alert-info chromeframe">You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chromeframe/?redirect=true">activate Google Chrome Frame</a> to improve your experience.</p>
<![endif]-->