> So the meta-switch is able to take precedence over the doctype switch in > any case.
Definitely! That's by design. Doctype switching will continue to work as usual; you can choose between Quirks (IE5.5) and Standard (IE8). However, any meta switch will ALWAYS overrule any doctype. > Setting the X-UA-Compatible response header has some aspects I find > remarkable. > > <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=6"> > or > <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=5"> > ... > > - content="IE=5" or content="IE=6" throws IE8b1 in quirksmode, even if > the document has a standards Doctype. > > while > - content="IE=8" or content="IE=9" ... throws IE8 in Standards-IE8-Mode, > even if there is /no/ doctype (or a quirksmode triggering doctype). > > and > - content="IE=7" throws IE8 in Standards-IE7-Mode, even if there is /no/ > doctype (or a quirksmode triggering doctype). > > > Other content like "IE=4" or "IE=nonsense" keeps IE8 in > Standards-IE8-Mode if there is a standards doctype, so I think they are > simply ignored. > > But "IE=5" or "IE=6" are not ignored, they have a meaning that is not > documented yet afaik. > > > Ingo > > -- > http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html > http://www.dolphinsback.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ppk, freelance web developer http://www.quirksmode.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
