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Does IE8 Really Pass Acid2? [Updated]

Posted by kdawson on from the two-green-eyes-please dept.

thevirtualcat found some inconsistencies in IE8's Acid2 results that made him wonder what's going on. Can anyone replicate these results or, better yet, explain them?
Update: 03/22 23:54 GMT by KD : Several readers pointed out this has to do with cross-site scripting prevention, as described here.

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  1. Re:Yes, that's true. by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    M$ has gone it's own way so long that the quickest route for them to a standards compliant browser is to download Firefox.
    Another way would be to update iTunes....
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    "Be light, stinging, insolent and melancholy"
  2. Re:On another note... Acid3 by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone else find it intriguing that a day or two Microsoft announces that they passed Acid2 with IE8, The Web Standard Project announces Acid3 which IE8 epically fails?
    It's like this- The Web Standards Project is like a kindly teacher, who waited patiently for the slowest kid in the class to understand the current lesson, before moving on to the next one.
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    "Be light, stinging, insolent and melancholy"