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Real HTTP-level
application/xhtml+xml
Content-Type?
text/html
Chrome Frame
Installed?
Yes
Chrome Frame No
Yes Installed?
chrome=1 in chrome=1 in
X-UA-Compatible No X-UA-Compatible
header? header?
No
Yes IE Version? Yes

chrome=1 in
Yes X-UA-Compatible
meta? <9 9
Chrome
XML
irky or No
Doctype? No
No
Download IE9
file XML
No
Yes Almost Standards
Doctype?

Yes No

Chrome Chr. Alm. Chrome

irks Standards Standards

IE Version?
8 or 9

7
5.5 6 X-UA-Compatible
<meta>?
IE=5
IE=9 or IE=Edge
IE=EmulateIE9

absent or has <script> before

IE=EmulateIE7 IE=8
IE=EmulateIE8

IE=7
X-UA-Compatible
HTTP Header?

IE=5 IE=9 or IE=Edge

IE=7 absent

IE=8
IE=EmulateIE9
XML Declaration? IE=EmulateIE7

Display All Web

Sites… Pref Set? No
IE=EmulateIE8
Display Intranet
No Sites… Pref Set?
Yes
Yes

No
Is the Site in
Intranet Zone?
Yes No

Yes
Domain on MS-
irky or No Maintained List?
Doctype? No
Yes IE Version?
No Yes
8
Compatibility 9
Yes Mode Buon
IE6 Pressed? No
Standards
irky or No
Doctype?

No Yes

IE7
Standards IE Version? IE Version?
8 9
8

irky or No irky or No
Doctype? Doctype?
No No

Yes Yes

Almost Standards Almost Standards

Doctype? Doctype?

Yes No Yes No

IE8 Almost IE8 IE9 Almost IE9

Standards Standards Standards Standards

irks
(IE 5.5)