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First Look At the ACID3 Browser Test

Posted by kdawson on from the turn-on-tune-in-render dept.

ddanier writes "Now that all major browsers have mastered the ACID2 test (at least in some preview versions), work on ACID3 has begun. The new test will focus on ECMAScript, DOM Level 3, Media Queries, and data: URLs. 100 tests will be put into functions each returning either true or false depending on the result of the test. The current preview of ACID3 is still missing 16 tests."

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  1. Re:I bet some devs are really pissed now by Bozzio · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Passing the ACID2 Test doesn't imply standard compliance. It just means the browsers implement a certain subset of the standards correctly (or effectively correctly).

    The ACID3 test won't be a test for standards compliance either. The way I see it it's just a tool to motivate developers to work TOWARDS standards compliance.

    The ACID3 test should, therefore, not be seen as a new set of standards. It's just a different subset of standards.

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  2. Re:I bet some devs are really pissed now by ben+kohler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Finally, the bigger browsers are ACID2 compatible now. But suddenly those fuckers release a new ACID test. Now everybody's standard incompatible again. Let's see who succesfully implements ACID3 first. these aren't new standards, just a new test that sheds some light on how standards-incompatible our beloved browsers still are
  3. Re:I bet some devs are really pissed now by paulpach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is an easy to reproduce set of bugs someone else found on their browser.

    I would be glad to receive bug reports with an easy to use test case. It saves me the trouble of determining if it is a bug or not, coming up with a test case, the pain of communicating back and forth with the customer trying to find out what they are doing and how the bug is being triggered, etc. Also, this test suite will improve compatibility with other browsers so it will reduce bug reports in the long run.

    Why the heck would they be pissed?