Posted by Andy Dingley on 09/14/06 15:23

Peter wrote:

> Could somebody explain what IE does diffrently?

Lots of things:

* Bugs. Lots of them, particularly around CSS

* Rendering modes. If you make IE work in "strict" mode then it's not
too bad (why we're all obsessed with doctypes). Generally though, IE
renders in "quirks" mode, which has glaring errors in it. However it's
hoow IE always used to work, so M$ (probably rightly) see it as better
to remain compatible with the broken standard unless given a strong
hint that it's time to get things right. As compatibility hacks go,
this isn't a bad attempt.

Search on "CSS box model" if you want the gory details on just what's
most broken.

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