IE doesn't get thrown into quirks mode just becuase it finds some tag soup in the body. The switch is in the <!DOCTYPE (or lack of it)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode#Triggering_different_rendering_modes Chris On 1/26/07, james shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd imagine Andy meant that IE won't internally be able validate it > (because it "sees through" the comments to something that's invalid) > -- thus IE will degrade to quirks mode and a lot of other things you > had designed under the assumption that IE would be in standards mode > will be "off". > > james > > > On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:53 PM, muskokee wrote: > > > Hmm. When I use the validation tools, the xhtml (strict) validates > > and the > > css would validate (except for the "hand" cursor property which > > doesn't > > exist) in firefox 2.0, 1e6 and ie7. > > > > > > On 1/25/07, Andy Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On 1/25/07, muskokee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Take a look at this page. > >>> > >>> http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/balloons.html > >>> > >>> This is an excellent css pop-up. > >>> > >> > >> This is a surprising solution! I personally wouldn't use it since > >> the > >> conditional comments make the HTML invalid when using IE -- > >> there's tables > >> inside hyperlinks -- hence it's forced into quirks mode. > >> > >> Andy > >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > > IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- Chris Ovenden http://thepeer.blogspot.com "Imagine all the people / Sharing all the world" ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
