What does each internet explorer compatibility mode do? i.e quirks


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    What does each internet explorer compatibility mode do? i.e quirks


    Hi everyone, i am new and have never done forums before. I have been doing reasearch for work that i have been doing and am having some trouble. I don't know what the compatibility modes, strict, quirks and the other one does and need some help. I have tried finding out but i have never really been that good with research. If anyone could give a breif explination on what each one does, i will be very greatful. Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 71,988
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    Hello Confused, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    Do you mean Internet Explorer Compatibility View instead?
    If not, then please post a screenshot showing these settings, and let us know what issues you are having.
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    Hi and thanks for replying. Yes compatibility view is what i really ment. I have been having trouble researching it for a piece of work i am doing. I can't find anything that simply tells me what each one does. I think that the 'strict' one displays websites in their original version of explorer but i am not sure about the others either. If you could help me, i will be grateful.
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  4. Posts : 71,988
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    Ok. It appears that you are in the IE Developer Tools trying to do this.

    Here are a couple of links from Microsoft below that can help give more details about them.

    How to use F12 Developer Tools to Debug your Webpages (Windows)

    and

    Testing sites with Browser Mode vs. Doc Mode - IEBlog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

    Here's one more :)

    NovoGeek.com - Krishna's weblog | The why and how of "Document mode" and "Browser mode" in Internet Explorer
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    Hi, sorry i was never good with explainations. What i mean is that there are 3 types of compatibility mode. strict, quirks and another type that i do not know. quirks, displays website in the browser that they were designed for i.e. website designed for an older version of explorer is ran on current version and is displayed in its original format. I think thats what quirks is at least. Sorry it is confusing but i am bad at ewxplainations. Thank you again.
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  6. Posts : 71,988
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    They are basically just modes to use to display the site in.

    CSS - Quirks mode and strict mode
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    I know that they are modes for displaying sites in, but i don't entirly know what each one does exactly. I don't know if quirks displays website in their original explorer version or what. I am not sure and don't know what the other two do.
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  8. Posts : 71,988
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    The link that I posted above gives some pretty good details about the differences.
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    so quirks does displays websites in their old format stlye and strict only displays websites in the current format style. do you know if there is another mode becuase i was told there was one.
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  10. Posts : 71,988
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    Not that I'm aware of since IE9.

    Depending on what your needs are, if you are having compatibility issues with a site, then you might try compatibility view using either option in the tutorial below first.

    Internet Explorer Compatibility View - Turn On or Off
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