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IE 8 Passes Acid2 Test
notamicrosoftlover writes to tell us Channel9 is reporting that Internet Explorer 8 has correctly rendered the Acid2 page in "standards mode". "With respect to standards and interoperability, our goal in developing Internet Explorer 8 is to support the right set of standards with excellent implementations and do so without breaking the existing web. This second goal refers to the lessons we learned during IE 7. IE7's CSS improvements made IE more compliant with some standards and less compatible with some sites on the web as they were coded. Many sites and developers have done special work to work well with IE6, mostly as a result of the evolution of the web and standards since 2001 and the level of support in the various versions of IE that pre-date many standards. We have a responsibility to respect the work that sites have already done to work with IE. We must deliver improved standards support and backwards compatibility so that IE8 (1) continues to work with the billions of pages on the web today that already work in IE6 and IE7 and (2) makes the development of the next billion pages, in an interoperable way, much easier. We'll blog more, and learn more, about this during the IE8 beta cycle." There's also a video interview regarding IE8 development on Channel9."
If it takes until version 8 to support Acid 2, or 2^3,
then, when Acid 3 comes out, we can expect conformance by IE27?
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
I think the holyshit tag would be appropriate here.
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
"standards mode" IE will only be available for vista.
Acid test? Ok... but can it withstand a chair?
Why UNIX?
What have we seen recently?
The people behind the Phantom actually releasing a product
A Duke Nukem Forever teaser
Dell promoting Linux
IE8 passing Acid2
What's next?
Dogs living with cats??
So Taco wants me to believe that:
A) duke nukum might actually see the light of day
B) ie 8 passes Acid 2
Its not april fools day, according to the snow outside. Is Taco trying to create another practical joke day: Dec 19?
Thats so awesomely random, but it sort of upstages my plans of trying to make Dec 20 th a joke day. Oh well pretended to be surprised when crazy things happen tomorrow as well.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
IE8's release date has been pushed back 3 months.
Am I the only one who thinks it's hilarious how thorough the author is in proving that this is really true. There's a screenshot of the test, video, and even a screenshot of the checkin.
It's almost like think we don't trust them or something.
asleep? So, I get home really tired and go take a nap... Then, I wake up, log on slashdotm, and that's the headlines I read: - Duke Nukem Forever Teaser Released - IE 8(!) Passes Acid2 Test(!!!!) I'm sure there's an twilight zone episode just like that!
Between IE passing a strict CSS test and 3DRealms planning to release Duke Nukem Forever, I'm wondering what alternate universe I woke up in this morning.
I guess I'd better check Google's top execs for goatees again.
Oh crap.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Now that we broke the web with our own version of standards, we're going to break it again with the real standards.
...google for how to take a screenshot on linux... I do not think I trust your findings... Ad hominem FTW!!!.. ;P ... j/k
Less cheap shots at Microsoft??? You must be new here!
IE7 is demonstrably more secure -- at least on Vista and IE8 can pass Acid. What will /.ers complain about next? The UI?
You want to know who isn't running Firefox 2.x? They spell it "definately" and "rediculous".
Hrrrmm... I always thought Microsoft's philosophy was "Embrace, Extend, Destroy".
But now they're adopting standards?
Either:
1) Someone spiked my coffee.
2) I'm dreaming.
or
3) Steve Ballmer hasn't heard about this yet.
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
With all the puling about IE not being compliant with the arbitary standards set by a bunch of MS-haters, I've always been amazed at how poorly non-MS browsers do about conforming to IE standards.
Guess there's a little bit of a double standard going on, but of course all the MS-haters would rather complain than think about what's best for their customers. If you want to refer to people leeching free software as customers.
But I have hacked the IE8 code base. Here is the code they have added to pass ACID2: if (url.equals("http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html#top")) { draw("smileyFace"); }
So you would be the grammer-nazi in this situation, I guess?
Or should that be IE7 = Vista of browsers? Prettier interface, annoying changes to the menus/toolbars, took years to be released and offers minor improvements over the previous version.
(Sorry, I have nothing more to say.)
I hate printers.
But it makes a _perfectly_ straight line, and that can't be an accident.
I'm wondering if it's not too late to convert to Christianity. Which is this one, the third seal or the fourth? Have I missed the rapture?
Figures...Microsoft changed the Acid2 test in order to pass it and now claims that they are the only ones who pass the test now.
In other news, what the hell is going on in the world? First Duke Nukem Forever looks like it will happen and now IE8 passes Acid2?!?!? Am I in bizarro world?
That was actually my first thought
"IE 8 Passes Acid 2 test"
"In other news, Acid 2 test updated to be 'more standards compliant', and hosted on microsoft.com"