On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:02:22 +0000, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > Peter Hyde-Smith wrote: >> Will someone please enlighten me regarding whether different browsers render >> the >> <blockquote> differently. Do some actually add in the quote marks; >> > > No, none do. > > In HTML4 browsers are supposed to add quotation marks for Q (inline > quotations) not > BLOCKQUOTE (quotations containing blocks). Most modern browsers, including > IE8 Beta 2 > but not including IE6 and IE7, add such marks to Q. But you'd likely want to > adjust > which marks with CSS. >
Good thinking. I'm working on a new site, and use scripting to add quote marks to Q for IE 5-7. As beloved list mom Eric says, "JavaScript will save us all." <http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/10/22/javascript-will-save-us-all/> FWIW - If you use UTF-8 throughout your development cycle, you don't need to use those ugly HTML entities. Kinder to your spell checker, too! Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
