What throws Internet Explorer into quirks mode?

Question

I have created a webpage (http://www.snow4life.yum.pl) that was rendered properly in firefox, chrome etc. Of course dumb IE complicated things, because it e

Answer 1

Quirks mode in any version of IE will also be triggered if anything precedes the DOCTYPE. For example, if a hypertext document contains a comment, space or any tag before the DOCTYPE declaration, IE will use quirks mode: