- From: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:16:23 +0000
- To: Aryeh Gregor <ayg@aryeh.name>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
[Aryeh Gregor:] > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote: > > Interesting. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99554 is > > where the quirk was added, and at the time IE most definitely allowed > > curlies in @style. > > > > I just tested IE, and IE9 in "IE9" browser mode and "Quirks" document > > mode does not have this quirk... the first time I load the page. > > > > But IE has the quirk in "Quirks" and "IE7" document modes in all of > > the other three browser modes, and now that I tried those it also has > > the quirk if I put it back in "IE9" browser mode (in the "Quirks" and > > "IE7" document modes). It's all pretty confusing. > > > > If WebKit in fact doesn't have this quirk, which seems to be the case > > at first glance, then maybe we can remove it without too much in the > > way of compat issues... > > I was testing in IE10 Developer Preview, with no doctype and no manual > mode override. It could be that real-world pages that require this quirk > will cause IE10 to switch to its IE6 or IE7 mode for other reasons. Or > maybe IE10 just isn't web-compatible and they haven't realized yet. > That mean you would be in intereoperable quirks [1], not the legacy IE5 quirks. If you switch to the latter then you'll see curly @style values apply. Maybe we haven't run into those sites yet, or maybe content that depends on this is no longer an issue. [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/12/14/interoperable-html5-quirks-mode-in-ie10.aspx
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