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Sane · Dec 19th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Anyone else seen this? I found this hilarious. Quite a punch in the face for Internet Explorer.

It's one thing to talk about all the glitches, but to visibly see them all on the same page: magical.

http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html

But it might be important to note... There's gossip that an internal build of IE8 passes the test, and is planned to meet web standards 100 percent. I guess they are finally trying to earn back their declining market share.

Enjoy.

Mad_guy · Dec 20th, 2007, 12:01 AM

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...milestone.aspx

Sane · Dec 20th, 2007, 12:02 AM

There's the link. Thank-you.

mrynit · Dec 20th, 2007, 1:44 AM

I use Opera and it passes the test. I find it funny that Opera beat out Fire Fox for passing considering how highly praised FF is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2_t...ssful_browsers

Jimbo · Dec 20th, 2007, 4:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrynit

I use Opera and it passes the test. I find it funny that Opera beat out Fire Fox for passing considering how highly praised FF is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2_t...ssful_browsers

Evidence that users don't care about standards compliance, they just want a full-featured product that's nice to use and doesn't have a learning curve.

mrynit · Dec 20th, 2007, 6:52 AM

Opera's useablity surpases Fire Fox, it works out of the box with out having to install 5+ 3rd party extentions. I find alot more intuitive. IE6 lacks the features of Opera and FF. IE7 is better but not that great.

Sane · Dec 20th, 2007, 8:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Evidence that users don't care about standards compliance, they just want a full-featured product that's nice to use and doesn't have a learning curve.

Even if they don't care either way, I think most don't know about standards compliance. If I asked my friends why browsers like IE7 are put to shame for not complying with standards... I bet only a couple would know what I'm talking about.

MiKuS · Dec 20th, 2007, 5:44 PM

in my opinion, microsoft in general is always trying to push their propitiatory formats on the public - i consider this an excessive way to control the IT industry.

Jimbo · Dec 20th, 2007, 9:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MiKuS

in my opinion, microsoft in general is always trying to push their propitiatory formats on the public - i consider this an excessive way to control the IT industry.

They're certainly not alone in adding proprietary features to their products, or keeping their formats locked down...

Jessehk · Dec 21st, 2007, 1:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

They're certainly not alone in adding proprietary features to their products, or keeping their formats locked down...

We've lost him to the dark side

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Dec 19th, 2007, 11:51 PM	#1
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,076 Rep Power: 6	The Acid2 Test Anyone else seen this? I found this hilarious. Quite a punch in the face for Internet Explorer. It's one thing to talk about all the glitches, but to visibly see them all on the same page: magical. http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html But it might be important to note... There's gossip that an internal build of IE8 passes the test, and is planned to meet web standards 100 percent. I guess they are finally trying to earn back their declining market share. Enjoy.

Dec 20th, 2007, 12:01 AM	#2
Mad_guy Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sandstorm, Techno Club Posts: 239 Rep Power: 5	Re: The Acid2 Test http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...milestone.aspx __________________ os: mac os 10.5.4 revision control: git editor: emacs site

Dec 20th, 2007, 12:02 AM	#3
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,076 Rep Power: 6	Re: The Acid2 Test There's the link. Thank-you.

Dec 20th, 2007, 1:44 AM	#4
mrynit Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: WA, USA Posts: 343 Rep Power: 3	Re: The Acid2 Test I use Opera and it passes the test. I find it funny that Opera beat out Fire Fox for passing considering how highly praised FF is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2_t...ssful_browsers __________________ i dont know much about programming but i try to help

Dec 20th, 2007, 6:52 AM	#6
mrynit Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: WA, USA Posts: 343 Rep Power: 3	Re: The Acid2 Test Opera's useablity surpases Fire Fox, it works out of the box with out having to install 5+ 3rd party extentions. I find alot more intuitive. IE6 lacks the features of Opera and FF. IE7 is better but not that great. __________________ i dont know much about programming but i try to help

Dec 20th, 2007, 5:44 PM	#8
MiKuS Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 136 Rep Power: 2	Re: The Acid2 Test in my opinion, microsoft in general is always trying to push their propitiatory formats on the public - i consider this an excessive way to control the IT industry.

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