IE8: Acid Test Passes
You’ll be surprised to see that Internet Explorer 8 Beta (8.0.6001.14184) does better on the Acid2 test than Firefox 2 (2.0.0.12) does:
Safari also passes the Acid2 test, but nobody uses it
The results are far worse on the Acid3 test, with IE8 scoring 17% and Firefox scoring 50%, but I believe they are intended. See, when Microsoft releases Beta 2 of their browser, it will definitely pass the Acid3 tests to give the community just that much more shock and awe:
Safari gets 39%, yay?
Ironically, the IE8 website throws an error when viewed with IE8. I guess that’s what they mean by improved standards compliance:
Worse, the Official Microsoft Site prompts to install some nasty, spyware-looking ActiveX control to view the IE8 site:
Congratulations Microsoft, on passing the Acid2, but unfortunately you have a laundry list of things to do, not limited to (a) make it faster and lighter than Firefox, (b) build in good developer tools, (c) get rid of ActiveX, (d) make a more usable UI, or (e) fix your own website to work in IE.
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on March 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Comparing a beta version of IE with a version of Firefox that’s been shipping for a long time seems a bit unfair. Compared to Firefox’s beta, you won’t find any IE lead on Acid2 or Acid3 (where Firefox’s beta crushes IE’s beta.)
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on March 6th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Firefox 3 nightlies hit 68/100 on the acid 3 test page
on March 7th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Oh, I forgot to say that Firefox pre-releases developer builds have been passing* the ACID2 test since April 11, 2006 (yes, 2006). The first evidence that we have of IE passing ACID2 came less than 3 months ago**.
* www.flickr.com/photos/dbaron/126886608/
** blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx
on March 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Pretty dim comparing a beta that’s been out a few weeks with a browser that was released almost two years ago.
Are you aware that there’s a new release of Firefox that’s been in beta for months and is due for final release very soon?