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IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All

Posted by Zonk on from the follow-me-indy-i-know-the-way dept.

dotne writes "CNET has published an article called Acid2, Acid3 and the power of default. The article predicts that IE8 will not pass the Acid2 test after all: '[Another] scenario could be that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings by flagging that they really, really want to be rendered correctly. Web pages already have a way to say this (called doctype switching, which is supported by all browsers), but Microsoft has all but announced that IE8 will support yet another scheme. If the company decides to implement the new scheme, the Acid2 test — and all the other pages that use doctype switching — will not be rendered correctly.' Microsoft's IE8 render modes have been discussed here previously, and they've caused an uproar in the web development community. According to the scheme, authors must put Microsoft-specific <meta> tags into their pages in order for them to be rendered correctly. I doubt Acid2, nor Acid3 will have Microsoft extensions in them."

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  1. And 100000 slashdotters... by geminidomino · · Score: 4, Funny

    shout "SURPRISE!" in unison.

  2. This just in.... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... Microsoft ignores standards, goes off in their own direction.

    News at 11.

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  3. IDGI by the_B0fh · · Score: 5, Funny
    I don't get it. Why is there such an issue. As a dominant software company, Microsoft should be allowed to do what it wants. After all, what is best for Microsoft is also the best for America.


    Therefore, if you are against Microsoft, you must be a terrorist.


    Please report yourself to the nearest detention center for correction.

  4. Eh? by Luke+Dawson · · Score: 3, Funny

    [Another] scenario could be that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings by flagging that they really, really want to be rendered correctly.
    So all this time, they've assumed that we don't want our pages rendered correctly? Hmmm, that actually explains a lot...
  5. The acid test... by ZwJGR · · Score: 1, Funny

    IE8 appears to be basic...

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  6. History repeats itself by guruevi · · Score: 4, Funny

    1995 called, they want their and tags back

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  7. A Micro$oft spokesman said: by Peet42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We love standards! We are responsible for releasing more new standards than anybody else! Hell, every release and patch we produce introduces several new standards..."

  8. Re:Page specific tuning by Simon+Brooke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Honestly folks, whatever.

    If I can make IE, Firefox, and Safari render the same by including a meta tag, that's such a vast improvement to the current order, I'm not going to complain.

    Ah, to be that young and naive again!

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  9. So stupid by Chapter80 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have seen the Acid2 smiley face, and no one's going to want that on their webpage, so what's the difference? Whoever came up with that test is stupid, because there's no way you are going to convince even 50% of the website owners to put a stupid happy face on their website.