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A First Look At Internet Explorer 8 RC1

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-lookit-that dept.

bogaboga writes "TG Daily reports that Microsoft quietly released the first update to its IE8 beta 2 to its closest partners last week. This new version only scores a dismal 12/100 on the Acid 3 test, though the score improves significantly if one leaves the [browser] window open for at least a minute. It is marked as 'Release Candidate 1.'"

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  1. Even simple HTML can crash IE8 by VJTod · · Score: 5, Informative

    This simple HTML still crashes Beta2.  It will probably still crash the RTM.  This was a trick I found back in 2002.  I had reported it somewhere, but obviously nowhere important.

    <table>
    <tr>
    <td><div style="width:100%;height:100%"/></td>
    <td>
    <div>
    <span style="height:100%;width:50%">></td>
    <span style="height:100%;width:50%">></td>
    </div>
    </td>
    <td><div style="width:100%;height:100%"/></td>
    </tr>
    </table>

    1. Re:Even simple HTML can crash IE8 by twistah · · Score: 5, Informative

      This is a highly ignorant comment. A browser should never crash due to poorly written HTML, or due to anything. From the security angle, this is at least a DoS, but likely something more. Take a look at the IE7 0-day which is affecting millions of users. It is not a buffer overflow; it's a simple crash. However, because of JavaScript, one is able to manipulate ("spray") the heap enough to a point where even a simple crash can be used for code execution. ANY crash in a browser should be taken seriously.

  2. Re:Why It Takes an Extra Minute by sexconker · · Score: 5, Informative

    You COULDN'T care less.
    You could not care any less, because you absolutely do not care.

    If you COULD care less, then you care some non-minimal amount.

  3. Re:Not following standards costs us by jc364 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, IE 8 passes the Acid 2 test (yes, they are last, but its an improvement). Not to mention that Microsoft contributed 2524 test cases to the CSS 2.1 test suite. I'm a web developer, and I know the horrors of developing for multiple browsers (especially IE), but I have to give Microsoft some credit for their interest in standards in this coming IE version.

    Also, the acid tests are just one indicator of how well a browser does standards. To make it the defining standards test would not be completely fair. More info on that here.