- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:16:56 -0700
- To: matt@builtfromsource.com
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Apr 13, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Matthew Ratzloff wrote: > > On Fri, April 13, 2007 2:55 pm, Arthur Jennings wrote: >> Perhaps this is a dumb question, but why can't "<!DOCTYPE html>" >> be that >> clearly identifiable identifier? I doubt it currently occurs in >> the wild >> outside of authors who are anticipating HTML 5. > > Safari and Firefox don't recognize "<!DOCTYPE html>" as a valid > doctype, > instead bailing out to quirks mode. That's not correct - all browsers of reasonably recent vintage recognize this as a standards mode doctype. However, Safari and Firefox will trigger quirks mode on "<!DOCTYPE html5>". Regards, Maciej
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