Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
David Dorward wrote: > 2008/10/16 Gunlaug Sørtun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Only IE (and the validator) needs a doctype... >> > > """ IE is the only browser I'm avare of that makes a clear > distinction between what it supports in which mode. ""

Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-17 Thread David Dorward
2008/10/16 Gunlaug Sørtun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Only IE (and the validator) needs a doctype... > """ IE is the only browser I'm avare of that makes a clear distinction between what it supports in which mode. """ The author clearly didn't do

Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-16 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Majestic wrote: > I have come across some pages that do not used a DocType so does that > mean you don't need a Doctype on a page Only IE (and the validator) needs a doctype... ...although most web designers need a doctype to assure some consi

Re: [css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-16 Thread David Dorward
2008/10/16 Majestic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have come across some pages that do not used a DocType so does that > mean you don't need a Doctype on a page The Doctype is mandatory in most versions of HTML. Documents served as text/html with no Doctype trigger Quirks modes in browsers which leads

[css-d] DocType on page question.

2008-10-16 Thread Majestic
I have come across some pages that do not used a DocType so does that mean you don't need a Doctype on a page and if so how do these pages work around this so that there page validates ? __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.