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IE 5.5 Beats IE6 and IE7 On Acid 3

Posted by kdawson on from the acid-reflux dept.

Steven Noonan sends us to a page where he is collecting and updating results for various browsers on the newly released Acid 3 test. No browser yet scores 100 on this test. (We discussed Acid 3 when it came out.) He writes, "It's not surprising that Internet Explorer is losing to every other modern browser, but how did IE 5.5 beat IE 6.0 and 7.0?" All of the IE versions score below 20 on Acid 3.

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  1. Read that too fast... by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    IE6 and IE7 On Acid IE's recreational drug use would explain a lot...
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    1. Re:Read that too fast... by The+Ancients · · Score: 1, Funny

      IE6 and IE7 On Acid IE's recreational drug use would explain a lot...

      It would explain why developers for IE need drugs, as well.

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    2. Re:Read that too fast... by Mr_eX9 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sure, invoke Godwin's Law in the third comment, you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:IE8 Beta 1? by jsse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear customer, We regret the shortcoming that you found regarding ACID 3 test results of IE8. Please note that it's still in its beta stage and we'll put all the efforts in making IE8 score below its proud precedences, IE5.5, 6 and 7, before its release! Stay tune. We've never failed before, we won't fail this time. Yours truly, Department of Embracing Standards and Compatibilities, Microsoft.

  3. Summary answers its own question by Brett+Buck · · Score: 4, Funny

    They ALL score less than 20. That's essentially random response to the test - so it's just a matter of luck if one scores better than another.

            Brett

  4. Three months later by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Customer,

    We regret to hear of the shortcoming you found in ACID 3 Test Home Basic. We have not forgotten our advertised promise to pass the test. On that note, we are proud to introduce the ACID 3 Test Pro! IE8 happily passes this version of ACID 3, which is comprised of VBScript, ActiveX, and Silverlight technologies.

    Yours Truly,
    Department of Extending Standards and Compatibilities
    Microsoft

  5. Re:Old Web Browser Standards by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think that release has arrived yet.

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  6. Re:IE8 Beta 1? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oooh, can we get some ice for that BURN?

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  7. Re:Very simple by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look, we were all rooting for Lynx. And they had a good run. But in the end, people wanted a little more. Wishful thinking isn't going to change that.

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  8. Re:And older firefox versions do better too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think these numbers mean much just yet... Lets check again in a year to see how they've progressed. Hopefully the IE8 team consider this a priority. Who cares? Really ...
  9. Re:I tried IE8 beta on Windows Server 2003 SP#2 &a by dishpig · · Score: 2, Funny

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