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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the another-toy-for-the-weekend dept.

bunratty writes "Firefox 3 Beta 5 was released today. This last beta release sports performance-boosting improved connection parallelism. Not only has 'the memory leak' been fixed: Firefox now uses less memory than other browsers. This is not only according to Mozilla developers, but CyberNet and The Browser World as well. As for the Acid3 test, Firefox 3 Beta 5 scores only 71/100 compared to 75/100 for Safari 3.1 and 79/100 for the latest Opera 9.5 snapshot. The final release of Firefox 3 is expected in June."

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  1. Re:Acid 3 Test by Angostura · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think you're confused.


    No, I think you are confused:

    The Acid 3 test is not a test for Web standards. It's a test for a particular (and rather small) subset of Web standards


    That's right it is a test for compliance for a subset of Web standards.

    I think it is great that you have a clear roadmap of things that you want to get fixed before ACID 3. But claiming that compliance with any particular set of standards is not particularly meaningful sets you up for exactly the same type of "they don't take standards seriously" flak as the IE team always used to get.

    ACID 3 is symbolic, and it is important to recognize that and not to simply sound grumpy about it.