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Clashing Scores In the HTML5 Compatibility Test Wars

Posted by timothy on from the jake-the-explainer-steps-in-early dept.

Andreas(R) writes "Microsoft has published a set of HTML5 tests comparing Internet Explorer 9 to other web browsers. In Microsoft's own tests, IE9 performs 100% on all tests. However, the Internet Explorer 9 HTML5 Canvas Campaign has published results that show that Internet Explorer gets 0% on all their tests." The results reported here are selected with tongue in cheek: "Therefore, we'll also present shameless results from tests which have been carefully selected to give the results that the PR department has demanded."

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  1. test results are largely irrelevant anyway by smash · · Score: 0, Troll

    Like IE8, IE7 and IE6 before them, windows users will be forced to upgrade to 9 sooner or later anyway. You can bet it is likely part of Windows 7 SP1 or SP2.

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  2. Re:Does it really matter? by Myopic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does IE even have an ad blocker? If not, it's difficult to qualify it as a browser in a modern sense. That would be like a DVR that doesn't have a pause button.