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IE 8 Passes Acid2 Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-small-step-for-ie dept.

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."

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  1. Would anyone mind if.... by iknownuttin · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...so that IE8 (1) continues to work with the billions of pages on the web today that already work in IE6 and IE7

    Would anyone mind if they had rewrite their web pages or at the very least, remove the code that checks for the version of IE and if it is IE in the first place? I wouldn't mind.

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  2. Good News/Bad News by machineghost · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good News:
    Web developers will finally be able to develop a page once, according to standards, and have it work on all major browser ...

    Bad News:
    ... in the year 2012 (give or take a few years), when the percentage of web users using IE 5, 6 or 7 finally dips below 5%.

  3. Re:So let's geek this out by EvilMonkeySlayer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I find it something of a curious coincidence that as soon as Opera starts asking the EU to take legal action against MS and the little web developer revolt a while ago about the distinct lack of any information coming from the IE team regarding 8 that all of a sudden we have this "we'll be passing the acid2 test".

    I can't help be slightly suspicious. I'll believe it when I see it.

  4. Re:So let's geek this out by mabinogi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When it's a joke.
    As much as I was bemused by considering a UID > 100,000 as low, I still understood that the post wasn't serious.

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