> Thanks Sanford - what do you mean by "Document in IE8" standards?

There  are  two  different  variables: Browser Mode and Document Mode.
Roughly speaking, BM is governed by the HTTP header or META http-equiv
X-UA-Compatible  (or absence of same), while DM is governed by DOCTYPE
(or  absence  of same). The final rendering of a given page depends on
the  "hybridizing"  of  both  vars.  MSDN  and MSDN blogs get into the
interactions in much depth.

I  used IE Dev Tools to force the latest model of each var (BM in IE 8
Native,  DM in IE Standards) and was able to see your Fx -- suggesting
that  you  had  something else going on which was creating an unstable
hybrid,  while there are working hybrids on either "side," either more
BC or less BC.

-- Sandy

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