title: .append() in jQuery and IE8 has problems stopping from loading
body: <p>I am working on a site that pulls a different stylesheet for use based on the current dimensions of the web browser.  I wrote the following line of code to add the stylesheet to the HTML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("head").append("&lt;link href=\"/tta/front_page-lg.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\"&gt;");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now the stylesheet loads alright, but in IE8, the favicon or IE icon stays in the 'loading' state or the blue ring if that is a clearer description.</p>
  
  <p>I was wanting to know if there was another way of writing my code so that the browser would not stay in the "Loading" state.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>