This seems to imply that EmulateIE7 or EmulateIE8 means use Quirks mode, which is incorrect. When the value is EmulateIE7, this means use the doctype to choose between Quirks and IE7 standards. When the value is EmulateIE8, this means use the doctype to choose between Quirks and IE8 standards. We added this because people wanted to be able to set the HTTP header once for a whole site that might include a mixture of quirks and standards pages.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Pieters Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:22 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Text alternative to http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/ie8-mode.png <p>Start: Go to "X-UA-Compatible <meta>?". <dl> <dt>X-UA-Compatible <meta>? <dd>IE=7: Use IE7 Standards. <dd>IE=EmulateIE7: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>IE=IE8 or IE=IE7 or absent: Go to "X-UA-Compatible HTTP Header?". <dd>IE=8 or IE=Edge or IE=99: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?". <dd>IE=5 or IE=a or IE=9.9 or IE=EmulateIE8: Use Quirks (IE 5.5). <dt>Quirky or No Doctype? <dd>No: Use IE7 Standards. <dd>Yes: Use Quirks (IE 5.5). <dt>X-UA-Compatible HTTP Header? <dd>IE=5 or IE=a or IE=9.9 or IE=EmulateIE8: Use Quirks (IE 5.5). <dd>IE=7: Use IE7 Standards. <dd>IE=EmulateIE7: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>IE=IE8 or IE=IE7 or absent: Go to "Display All Web Sites... Pref Set?". <dd>IE=8 or IE=Edge or IE=99: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?". <dt>Display All Web Sites... Pref Set? <dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>No: Go to "Display Intranet Sites... Pref Set?". <dt>Display Intranet Sites... Pref Set? <dd>Yes: Go to "Is the site in the Intranet Zone?". <dd>No: Go to "Domain on MS-Maintained List?". <dt>Is the Site in Intranet Zone? <dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>No: Go to "Domain on MS-Maintained List?". <dt>Domain on MS-Maintained List? <dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>No: Go to "Compatibility Mode Button Pressed?". <dt>Compatibility Mode Button Pressed? <dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?". <dd>No: Go to "(The Other) Quirky or No Doctype?". <dt>(The Other) Quirky or No Doctype? <dd>Yes: Use Quirks (IE 5.5). <dd>No: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?". <dt>Almost Standards Doctype? <dd>Yes: Use IE8 Almost Standards. <dd>No: Use IE8 Standards. </dl> -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
