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<p>Start: Go to "X-UA-Compatible &lt;meta>?".

<dl>

<dt>X-UA-Compatible &lt;meta>?
<dd>IE=7: Use IE7 Standards.
<dd>IE=EmulateIE7: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>IE=IE8 or IE=IE7 or absent: Go to "X-UA-Compatible HTTP Header?".
<dd>IE=8 or IE=Edge or IE=99: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?".
<dd>IE=5 or IE=a or IE=9.9 or IE=EmulateIE8: Use Quirks (IE 5.5).

<dt>Quirky or No Doctype?
<dd>No: Use IE7 Standards.
<dd>Yes: Use Quirks (IE 5.5).

<dt>X-UA-Compatible HTTP Header?
<dd>IE=5 or IE=a or IE=9.9 or IE=EmulateIE8: Use Quirks (IE 5.5).
<dd>IE=7: Use IE7 Standards.
<dd>IE=EmulateIE7: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>IE=IE8 or IE=IE7 or absent: Go to "Display All Web Sites... Pref Set?".
<dd>IE=8 or IE=Edge or IE=99: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?".

<dt>Display All Web Sites... Pref Set?
<dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>No: Go to "Display Intranet Sites... Pref Set?".

<dt>Display Intranet Sites... Pref Set?
<dd>Yes: Go to "Is the site in the Intranet Zone?".
<dd>No: Go to "Domain on MS-Maintained List?".

<dt>Is the Site in Intranet Zone?
<dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>No: Go to "Domain on MS-Maintained List?".

<dt>Domain on MS-Maintained List?
<dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>No: Go to "Compatibility Mode Button Pressed?".

<dt>Compatibility Mode Button Pressed?
<dd>Yes: Go to "Quirky or No Doctype?".
<dd>No: Go to "(The Other) Quirky or No Doctype?".

<dt>(The Other) Quirky or No Doctype?
<dd>Yes: Use Quirks (IE 5.5).
<dd>No: Go to "Almost Standards Doctype?".

<dt>Almost Standards Doctype?
<dd>Yes: Use IE8 Almost Standards.
<dd>No: Use IE8 Standards.

</dl>


-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Sunday, 26 April 2009 12:23:05 UTC