quirks mode and IE5 vs IE6

[Jeff Thies]

Well, it's probably past time for me to regularly include doctype in my
html.

What is quirks mode and how do I avoid it. I seem to recall a specific url
is required.

What is the suggested doctype for html4.0 transitional? That's probably what
I'm writing.

Also, what's the differences between IE5(windows) and IE6?

I don't have IE6, but usually what I write looks very similar in IE5, Opera7
and NS7.1. Sometimes IE5 mac looks a bit different although Safari is good.
What do I need to worry about in IE6?

Cheers,
Jeff

[Alan J. Flavell]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Eric Bohlman wrote:

And it's important to remember that many viewers may be using IE5 because
it's what's installed on the machine that they're using and because the
machine isn't their *personal* machine, they *can't* upgrade the browser.

Sure. But conversely, it may be important to remember that there will
be viewers using IE6 because _that's_ what's installed on their
machine. So designing a page "to" the bugs of IE5 (which might have
been corrected in later versions, but if the author doesn't have one
then he won't necessarily know that) is not the answer, either.

Unfortunately, it's a lot of fuss to maintain more than one version of
Win IE. In fact, due to security concerns we get into trouble if we
run old versions of IE on our network: updating to the latest MS
fixes isn't an option - it's a requirement, in this context.

[Andrés Sedano]

Alan J. Flavell wrote:

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Eric Bohlman wrote:

And it's important to remember that many viewers may be using IE5 because
it's what's installed on the machine that they're using and because the
machine isn't their *personal* machine, they *can't* upgrade the browser.

Sure. But conversely, it may be important to remember that there will
be viewers using IE6 because _that's_ what's installed on their
machine. So designing a page "to" the bugs of IE5 (which might have
been corrected in later versions, but if the author doesn't have one
then he won't necessarily know that) is not the answer, either.

Unfortunately, it's a lot of fuss to maintain more than one version of
Win IE. In fact, due to security concerns we get into trouble if we
run old versions of IE on our network: updating to the latest MS
fixes isn't an option - it's a requirement, in this context.

Actually is very easy to have three versions of IE in the same Windows
installation (I have 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0). I had a page where it was
explained and had direct links to standalone IE5.01 and 5.5... I'll try
to find it and will post it later.

[Andrés Sedano]

Here it is: http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php

Enjoy it ;)

[Jeff Thies]

"Andrés Sedano" <as*****@ya.com > wrote in message
news:c0******** **@news.ya.com. ..

Here it is: http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php

Enjoy it ;)

I would, if I didn't get this:

Parse error: parse error in /home/skyzyxco/public_html/refer/refer.php on
line 37

[Jeff Thies]

> > And it's important to remember that many viewers may be using IE5
because

it's what's installed on the machine that they're using and because the
machine isn't their *personal* machine, they *can't* upgrade the

browser.
Sure. But conversely, it may be important to remember that there will
be viewers using IE6 because _that's_ what's installed on their
machine. So designing a page "to" the bugs of IE5 (which might have
been corrected in later versions, but if the author doesn't have one
then he won't necessarily know that) is not the answer, either.

You always have flexibility in making legitimate styles.

If you know something is going to cause trouble, then don't use it. Child
selectors springs to mind. Don't design for the bugs, design so the bugs
never come into play. There's more than one way to do it, in Perl and HTML.

I really think if it works in Opera7, NS7.1 and Safari (Mac), you have a
pretty good case for it working in IE6, more so than it "working" in IE5
windows.

Jeff

[Andrés Sedano]

Jeff Thies wrote:

"Andrés Sedano" <as*****@ya.com > wrote in message
news:c0******** **@news.ya.com. ..

Here it is: http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php

Enjoy it ;)

I would, if I didn't get this:

Parse error: parse error in /home/skyzyxco/public_html/refer/refer.php on
line 37

http://www.insert-title.com/web_desi...s/dev/multi_IE

Another one (this works, I've just downloaded the two files again)

Cheers

[Alan J. Flavell]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Andrés Sedano wrote:

Here it is: http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php

It says:

Parse error: parse error in
/home/skyzyxco/public_html/refer/refer.php on line 37

when I try to access it.