Weird IE8 layout glitch - why does the body background disappear?

Question

This is one of those \"what the bloody hell\" problems that I don\'t even know how to approach.

I have this website: http://www.mojalbum.com and if you open it in IE

Answer 1

The answer below is now mostly obsolete, because the problem has been fixed as of jQuery 1.6.2, which has been out for a while now.

If you're having this problem, just upgrade jQuery to the newest available version.

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Edit:

There's something wrong with jQuery!

If I switch to 1.6.1 hosted from Google, it still breaks: http://jsbin.com/epata3/3

If I move the script to inside the head, it works: http://jsbin.com/epata3/4

And you're right, everything works as expected with 1.6.0: http://jsbin.com/epata3/7

???

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There's something wrong with your jQuery include.

This simple test case breaks in IE8 in exactly the same way:

See in IE8: http://jsbin.com/exomi4

The background flashes red, then turns white.