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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Safari passes because apple profits from free/opensource code. It’s based on webkit, which is opensource and has been passing all these tests longer than anyone.
Go opensource(not apple).
@PiousMinion
You dolt. Who do you think started webkit and made it open source? Who do you think funds the developments and hosting?
Apple. Get your facts straight, hater.
Webkit is a rendering engine, not a browser. Yes you can download a build with a lightweight interface so its at least usable. Safari is a full featured browser using the same rendering engine. (The one Apple forked from khtml)
I don’t want to even continue explaining this… your just soo… ignorant.
Anyone care that Safari 4 beta has already passed the Acid 3 test?
I may be wrong but I was under the impression that one of the reasons Firefox & others haven’t been able to pass standards tests is in large part due to compromises they have to make to properly render sites designed around IE. Thanks for that legacy Microsoft.
To be fair, Acid2 was finalised on 23rd April 2005.
The first time a Firefox build passed Acid2 with 100/100 was on 11th April 2006.
The first IE build to pass with 100/100 was on 5th March 2008
As for Acid3, I hear IE8 RC1 hits a rocking 20/100. On the other side, Firefox Latest build (26th Feb 2009) scores 94/100.
This puts Microsoft a long way behind!
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?
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**.
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbaron/126886608/
** http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx
Firefox 3 nightlies hit 68/100 on the acid 3 test page
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.)
- A