Re: CSS/XML in IE5b2 - generated content (WAS: Re: CSS and XSL)

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[John E. Simpson]
> I've been experimenting with displaying XML in IE5b2 using both CSS
> and XSL. Can someone confirm that IE5b2 does not support the CSS2
> :before and :after pseudo-classes, in particular the content
> property?

My experiments have also shown this to be the case.

> If it does not, shy of running the document through an XSL
> transformation beforehand, does anyone have any brainstorms about
> how to display text in the browser that does *not* appear in the
> source document?

I do not believe you can convince IE5b2 to display content not in the
document it receives other than by using XSL.  Any other approach
requires preprocessing, it appears.

-Chris
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