On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:15:52AM +0200, Andrea Bolognani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Severity: wishlist > > It would be nice to have a way to switch the rendering mode for a page > (quirks mode, standards compliance mode, and any other mode I'm not aware > of), pretty much the way it is possible to choose which stylesheet to use. > > AFAIK, Iceweasel currently bases his decision on things like the MIME type > of the document and the presence/absence of the XML prolog, but a way to set > this explicitly would be really useful. > > For example, every time I try to access a page hosted on Live > Spaces (http://spaces.live.com), Iceweasel reports an XML parsing error and > doesn't display the page: this is because the file is served as > application/xml+xhtml (thus triggering standard compliance mode), but is in > fact a naughty mix of HTML 4.01 and XHTML. > > While I agree the problem should be fixed from Live Spaces' side, having this > feature in Iceweasel would render the page accessible right now, and would be > also a useful feature for web developers. > > (BTW, Window's build of Firefox doesn't seem to give the XML parsing error)
It doesn't because spaces.live.com doesn't give an application/xml+xhtml content type when the user agent contains Firefox. How retarted. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
