Normal Latin word wrap, achieved by separating words with white-space:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Suspendisse vulputate felis ut est. Vivamus congue. Nullam consequat. Etiam elit ipsum, pulvinar in, commodo sed, malesuada et, wisi.
In Internet Explorer, word wrap is suppressed when white-space is followed by a virgule (forward-slash):
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
Insert a zero-width tag of content between space & virgule:
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
HTML: Lorem <i> </i>/ipsum <i> </i>/dolor ...
CSS: i { font-size: 0px; }
Insert an image between space & virgule (suggested by Thierry Koblentz):
Lorem /ipsum
/dolor
/sit
/amet,
/consectetuer
/adipiscing
/elit.
/Suspendisse
/vulputate
/felis
/ut
/est.
/Vivamus
/congue.
/Nullam
/consequat.
/Etiam
/elit
/ipsum,
/pulvinar
/in,
/commodo
/sed,
/malesuada
/et,
/wisi.
HTML: Lorem <img src="" alt="" />/ipsum <img src="" alt="" />/dolor ...
CSS: img { width: 0px; }
1. Inserting an empty tag between space & virgule:
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
HTML: Lorem <i></i>/ipsum <i></i>/dolor ...
2. Surrounding virgules with SPANs:
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
HTML: Lorem <span>/</span>ipsum <span>/</span>dolor ...
3. Replacing the virgule with the HTML entity /:
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
HTML: Lorem /ipsum /dolor ...
4. Using CSS3 { word-break: break-all; } breaks between characters at the block width, not at Latin word breaks:
Lorem /ipsum /dolor /sit /amet, /consectetuer /adipiscing /elit. /Suspendisse /vulputate /felis /ut /est. /Vivamus /congue. /Nullam /consequat. /Etiam /elit /ipsum, /pulvinar /in, /commodo /sed, /malesuada /et, /wisi.
This phenomenon is observed in the following Windows browsers: