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

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