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  A Firefox Glossary
Subject:   Quirks mode
Date:   2005-09-09 05:03:50
From:   ollakabolla
This sounds like quirks mode is a Gecko-specific thing but it also applies to other browsers. I don't know about the 'layout intent' not being known or the content not being 'well formed' but it's certainly all about the DOCTYPE (http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/quirks/doctypes.html) .

Greets,
ollakabolla (http://members.fortunecity.com/yabayum)