> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Browder [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:59 PM
> To: Bob Stayton
> Cc: Docbook Apps Help list
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: qanda listings in html output
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 13:07, Bob Stayton <> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I think this is more of a browser problem than an HTML coding
> problem.
> > Using <p> inside a table cell is commonly done, and should not
> create extra
> > space at the top of the table cell. Only Firefox pushes the qanda
> number
> > down to the second line. Neither Internet Explorer or Chrome do that.
> Does
> > anyone know of any other browsers that have this problem?
>
> Bob, I don't have any complaint now that I went to the xhtml--the
> label problem doesn't exist.
Hmm, my guess is that Firefox is rendering the html output in quirks mode[1] and the xhtml in standards mode. Staying out of quirks mode is a good thing if you want to keep your sanity while writing css.
David
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode
