Posted by Harlan Messinger on 10/24/06 18:16

patrick j wrote:
> Now that I've got you transfixed with interest I will give you the URL
> to my conditional comment test web-page:
>
> <http://www.patrickjames.me.uk/cond_com_test.html>
>
> Fortunately it is at least a very positive message.
>
> Viewed with IE/Win 6 or 5 the background is maroon, the text is white.
> Viewed with any other browser then the background is white the text is
> maroon.
>
> I have the "Link" tags in the HTML header section arranged like this:
>
> <link href="cond_com_test.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
> <!--[if lt IE 7]>
> <link href="cond_com_test_ie.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" >
> <![endif]-->
>
> As you can see the link to the "other browser" style-sheet comes before
> the one within the conditional comment for IE/Win 5/6.
>
> I understand that IE makes a decision on the basis of the conditional
> comment, it's programmed to recognise it, but what I don't understand
> is how it knows to ignore the link to the style-sheet for other
> browsers which comes first?

What leads you to think IE is ignoring the first LINK? It's processing
both, just as it would if you didn't have the conditional comments at all.

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