Dimitar:
You're right to an extent.
For example, if you have:
<meta name="description"/>
<ul id="description">
$('description') in IE will grab the meta tag.
-kb
On Apr 14, 6:31 am, Dimitar Christoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am not sure if (1) is a big deal since they are treated as strings. i
>
> oh, i thought it mattered for IE, the rule of thumb is to steer clear of
> ids like name, description, title etc.
>
> for instance, <textarea name="description" id="description"></textarea>
> in a doc with a <meta name="description" >,
> document.getElementById("description") won't reference the textarea in
> IE, if i remember correctly.
>
> hth,
> Dimitar
