> >>IE8 cannot emulate IE6, only IE5 and 7.
>
>
> WTF?
>
>  So IE=6 is actually the same as IE=5. Genius.

Yup. In fact, I argued for the inclusion of IE=6 for consistency's
sake. It pointing to IE5 is not perfect, but better than having
something really weird happen when you use that value.

>  Of course, I believe you, but I'm having difficulty tracking down
>  where Microsoft say this. Any pointers?

Not yet, but I'm 100% certain this is the case.

>  >>   2. Parsing errors not replicated when targeting IE5.
>  >
>  >Which parsing errors exactly? The IE team is looking for such bug
>  >reports right now, so a few test cases would help a lot.
>
> In the example
>
>  div#parsing
>         {
>  ...
>         background: #ffcc00;
>         backg\round: #006633;
>  ...
>         }
>
>
>  Real IE5 colours the div yellow, emulated IE5 gets carried away and
>  repaints it green.

Duly noted. Don't know when I'll be able to send this on, though.


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