Check standards or quirks mode on IE6

To check if a given website is running on standards or quirks mode on IE6, enter the following text on the URL and press enter:

javascript:alert(document.compatMode)

Depending of what you get, you can tell which mode you are running:

  • CSS1Compat: Standards Mode
  • BackCompat: Quirks Mode

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