Re: Doctype / validation help please

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On 16 juil, 05:14, dorayme <doraymeRidT... (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote:
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GTalbot <newsgr... (AT) gtalbot (DOT) org> wrote:
If the DOCTYPE is not on the first line, older versions of IE will
render the page in quirks mode.

This is a bug in IE and it happens in recent versions of IE (including
IE 8) as well.

Is this bug something that many people knew and talked about before and
during the time that IE8 was being developed?

Such bug is not very widely known.
Dean Edwards and Ingo Turski mentioned such bug in IE Blog in sept.
2005 and march 2008.

Is the development of IE8
done in some sort of deep underground bunker somewhere with limited
connections to the outside world?

I reported the bugs and explicitly asked that those be fixed for the
final release of IE 8 and explained why on January 6th 2009 to be
precise (see the comments in bug 382800:
connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=382800

I recently mentioned it again because someone asked about it:

blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/07/01/ie-compatibility-list-
pruning.aspx#9813953

Gerard, it looks like they are not listening to you then and it strikes
me that I may be of service to you. I understand you talk to MS people
and perhaps have visited their bunker.

What I *can* offer you is men, lots of men. With equipment if you know
what I mean. Not just big muscles and not just dark suits and shades. I
mean fully equipped and trained ruthless operatives who are prepared to
do anything to achieve what *you* want. They are not too fussy. But it
will cost a bit. Please send me $US1400 as a small deposit and I will
make some arrangements to help. Next time you visit MS, I guarantee you,
these folk *will* listen!

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dorayme