Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

I like making pages with the XHTML strict doctype.
So I was building a page where I have two images that need to be next
to each other, one on top of the other, so the colors match up. In
Firefox 2 and Opera 9 there was always a space in between. But not in
IE7. You can see the effect at http://members.cox.net/desertprince/
Strict.html.

If I change the doctype from strict XHTML to transitional XHTML the
problem goes away. You can see it at http://members.cox.net/
desertprince/Trans.html.

These pages are exactly the same except for the Doctype. They both
validate as XHTML.

What in the Hxxx is going on here?

Rick

re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

DesertPrince wrote:
What happens if you set the images to vertical-align:bottom or
display:block?

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re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

On Jan 30, 3:32 pm, "DesertPrince" <rickywa...@hotmail.comwrote:never mind. I found a 4 year old article by Eric Meyer that discusses
and solves (sorta) the problem.

re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

On Jan 30, 3:32 pm, "DesertPrince" <rickywa...@hotmail.comwrote:But what I really want to know is why?
Why is there this difference between xhtml transitional and xhtml
strict?
IMHO there should not be, but then I'm just me. ;-)

re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

On 31 Jan, 16:01, "DesertPrince" <rickywa...@hotmail.comwrote:
Maybe if you told us the URL to the Meyer article, we'd be able to
tell you

re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

DesertPrince wrote:
Because that issue lead to almost standards compliant mode and standards
compliant mode in Mozilla

<http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Gecko%27s_%22Almost_Standards%22_Mode>


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re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "DesertPrince" <rickywalt1
@hotmail.comwriting in news:1170259314.133824.304990
@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
The difference between transitional and strict is mostly presentational
elements and attributes. Strict should be used for new pages. Transitional
is for pages that - uh - just can't make it, or are not ready yet.

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re: Strict vs Transitional XHTML doctype and images

On 31 Jan, 22:38, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.comwrote:
Transitional is only appropriate to use in circumstances that are even
narrower than that -- pages that aren't Strict but they _are_ already
well-authored and valid as Transitional, i.e. basically a valid Strict
page anyway with a few <fontdropped in.

If your pages are typical legacy tag-soup, then Transitional is no
more appropriate for them than Strict is. It's no more relaxed about
mis-use of syntax, nor about most of the gross mis-uses of core HTML
tags. In this case you might as well label it under a Strict doctype
and start working from that situation -- at least you're already
working under the best choice of doctype.