Inconsistency in appendTo()'ing incorrect HTML accross browsers

[pawel@…]

There is some difference in rendering the page between e.g. IE7 and FF/Chrome (and even IE8+) when appending (with jQuery(...).appendTo(...)) incorrect HTML. It seems like jQuery isn't able to handle it in IE7 properly, even though when inserting it through .innerHTML += "..." attribute works quite well.

An example is here:  http://jsfiddle.net/JAQHg/

If it doesn't work, it is also here:  http://dev.mucha.it/jquery-append.php

[dmethvin]

The docs are extremely clear on this point: "To ensure cross-platform compatibility, the snippet must be well-formed."  http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/