Dear Sara, When a document begins with an <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> declaration. IE 6 for Windows doen't see the Doctype, so it lapses into "quirks mode".
Therefore I would suggest you not to use it. Kind regards, John S. Britsios Accessibility & SEO Consultant, Usability Specialist & Trainer Webnauts Net Koblenzer Str. 37a D-33613 Bielefeld Germany, Europe Telephone: (+49) 0521 - 305 10 20 Cellular: (+49) 0163 - 202 55 61 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.webnauts.net Discussion Forums: http://www.webnauts.net/phpBB2/ User Interface Usability Checklist: http://www.webnauts.net/user-interface-usability-checklist.html "Designing with Accessibility, Search Engines & Usability in Mind" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Peeke (XERT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WSG" <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:23 AM Subject: [WSG] Quirks mode vs Standards mode Hi all, I am interested in people's thoughts about using "quirks mode" (ie adding <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> before the doctype) vs "standards mode". What do most people use? Which option requires *less* css hacks, and is *more* standards compliant across the widest range of modern browsers? Appreciate any feedback. Thanks Sarah -- XERT Communications email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: +61 2 4782 3104 mobile: 0438 017 416 http://www.xert.com.au/ web development : digital imaging : dvd production ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
