Re: Constructing the layout for web-based applications

Michael Schuerig wrote: 

  http://www.schuerig.de/michael/boilerplate/

I'm mostly pleased with the layout as it is presented by
standards-compliant browsers. Unfortunately, they are only a minority,
especially when it comes to corporate desktop computers. [...]

Perhaps you could enlighten us what the differences in page rendering are between IE and everyone else. I see no discernalbe difference.
If cross-browser compatibility is a concern, I suggest using HTML 4.01 Strict rather than XHTML loose. Presentation is the most consistent for 4.01 Strict.
If you insist on XHTML, delete the "<?xml ...>" line (it confuses IE), and serve the page as "Content-type: application/xhtml+xml". There are other issues as well and they are covered in Appendix C of the XHTML spec <http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines>.

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