IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All

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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And 100000 slashdotters...

[geminidomino]

shout "SURPRISE!" in unison.

This just in....

[PPH]

... Microsoft ignores standards, goes off in their own direction.

News at 11.

IDGI

[the_B0fh]

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.

Eh?

[Luke Dawson]

[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...

History repeats itself

[guruevi]

1995 called, they want their and tags back