Some HTML user agents are unable to interpret boolean attributes when these appear in their full (non-minimized) form, as required by XML 1.0. Note this problem doesn't affect user agents compliant with HTML 4. The following attributes are involved:
compact
,nowrap
,ismap
,declare
,noshade
,checked
,disabled
,readonly
,multiple
,selected
,noresize
,defer
.
So what happens when you try to mess with the standard? :-)
<input type="checkbox" checked="unchecked">
:
Invalid of course, but both Firefox and Opera check the checkbox by default.