This is not a hack!

This page demonstrates legitimate use of the <abbr/> (abbreviation) tag for all platforms.

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not support the <abbr/> tag.

Web developers take several approaches to getting round this problem:

This page contains no JavaScript and no unnecessary tags. This is not a hack!

View the source of this page for an explanation of how it works.

example: This is an abbr.

abbr-cadabra!

Tested on Microsoft Internet Explorer: 5.0/5.5/6.0, Mozilla 1.6/Firebird 0.7, Opera 7.23.

dean@edwards.name
http://dean.edwards.name/

January 22nd 2004