Why does IE8(maybe also previous versions) render <ul> <li><ul><li></li></li></ul> differently.?

So i have a inline nav.


However in IE it renders differently, so its put to the right of the first %26lt;ul%26gt; rather then under like FF and GC.


The form is:


%26lt;ul%26gt;


%26lt;li%26gt;


%26lt;ul%26gt;


%26lt;li%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt;


%26lt;/ul%26gt;


%26lt;/li%26gt;


%26lt;/ul%26gt;Why does IE8(maybe also previous versions) render %26lt;ul%26gt; %26lt;li%26gt;%26lt;ul%26gt;%26lt;li%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt;%26lt;/li%26gt;%26lt;/ul%26gt; differently.?
It's called ';standards compliance.'; There is a specification for how browsers are supposed to render HTML. IE is notorious for not following the published standards and for doing it ';Microsoft's way.';





Many frustrated web designers use ';defensive'; code in the HTML, that will branch to one set of instructions or another based on browser detection.





That's about the only way to coerce the display to your preference.