Comments on: IE8: Acid Test Passes

By: Felix

Felix — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:06:49 +0000

@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.

By: PiousMinion

PiousMinion — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:06:30 +0000

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).

By: Hez

Hez — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:33:55 +0000

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.

By: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:07:52 +0000

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!

By: BP

BP — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:04:35 +0000

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?