IE 5.5 Beats IE6 and IE7 On Acid 3

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.

Comments

Read that too fast...

[palegray.net]

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

Re:IE8 Beta 1?

[jsse]

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.

Summary answers its own question

[Brett Buck]

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

Three months later

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Old Web Browser Standards

[John Hasler]

I don't think that release has arrived yet.