forgot to mention that the "header-banner" has a background-image - I tried to give it a background-color as well in IE - when fading in the parent container, the background-color of the child-element was actually fading in but not the background-image - the background-image was visible immediately?!
On Nov 27, 10:59 pm, Sanford Whiteman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
