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Acid3 Race In Full Swing, Opera Overtakes Safari

Posted by Zonk on from the going-for-the-gold dept.

enemi writes "Just a few days after Safari released version 3.1, Opera employee David Storey writes on his blog that they've overtaken Apple's browser in the Acid3 test. In the race to be the first to reach the reference rendering, Opera's software leads now with 98%, closely following by Safari with 96% and Firefox 3 beta 4 with 71%. He also noted the implemented features will not make a public appearance in the following weeks, because they are getting close to releasing Opera 9.5. That version has been under public testing since September and the new CSS3 color modes and font rendering features might further delay this. They will probably show the score in a preview build soon and wait for a post 9.5 stable build to release the new features to the public." Update: 03/26 21:21 GMT by Z : Opera is now at 100%, apparently, with Safari close behind at 98%. Update: 03/27 by J : Public build r31356 of WebKit (Safari's rendering engine) is at 100%.

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  1. Competition - gotta love it by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    'nuff said.

  2. Re:too late by The+Ancients · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Until I can browse and see 100/100 on my screen, I don't see it as too late. 98/100 is the highest I've seen when browsing http://acid3.acidtests.org/

    Apparently Duke Nukem Forever is a great game, too...

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  3. The Next Milestone by powerlord · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Okay, So Opera Firefox and Safari all are shooting for compliance with Acid3.

    The next major milestone though, right after "X Achieves 100% compatibility in nightly builds" is "X releases version X of browser to the masses/into the wild, capable of passing Acid3 test".

    Passing it "in the lab" is one thing, declaring it in a build "ready for release" is another.

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    1. Re:The Next Milestone by The+Ancients · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Either way, the consumer wins. The faster development builds get it right, the faster it will end up in a shipping, public release, build.

      Lets give the developers all the motivation we can to get this to happen. If that means a pissing contest of nightly builds, let 'em go for it, I say.

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  4. Re:Old News :) by umrain · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just to be clear, reaching 100/100 is not equal to passing Acid 3.

    To pass the test,a browser must use its default settings, the animation has to be smooth, the score has to end on 100/100, and the final page has to look exactly, pixel for pixel, like this reference rendering.

    Opera has not currently made any claims about the animation smoothness that i have seen, and the screenshot is still missing a space after the first comma. Obviously reaching the 100/100 goal is great progress but they are not quite across the finish line yet.

  5. Re:Standards - gotta love em by hackstraw · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Remember the days when websites would yell at you telling you that you needed to use a certain version of an OS, with a certain version of a certain browser, with the latest pre-alpha VRML plugin and 1024x768 resolution?

    Now, you don't even need a computer to browse the web.

    That is progress.

    I use Safari at home and Firefox at work (both with flash blockers), and I can do anything.

    Back when Microsoft tried to take over the web, I had many issues with many sites. I don't remember the last problem I've had viewing a website.

    And this is without government regulation or anything.

    Next up, standards for multimedia on the web.