W3C Says IE9 Is Currently the Most HTML5 Compatible Browser

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 2, 2010 @07:30AM from the complain-about-the-tests-here dept.

GIL_Dude writes "The W3C posted results for their latest HTML5 compatibility tests and have found that, so far, IE 9 has the best overall results. 'The tests cover seven aspects of the spec: "attributes," "audio," "video," "canvas," "getElementsByClassName," "foreigncontent," and "xhtml5." The tests do not yet cover web workers, the file API, local storage, or other aspects of the spec. Not do they cover CSS or other standards that have nothing to do with HTML5 but are somehow lumped under HTML5 by the likes of Apple, Google, and Microsoft.'"

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Posting from IE8... by anss123 · 2010-11-02 07:31 · Score: 5, Interesting

Does slashdot work any better in IE9?
The test is vastly incomplete... by Dreadrik · 2010-11-02 09:26 · Score: 5, Interesting

...according to the test developers.
According to wired:

Run IE9 against other aspects of HTML5 and the browser would be decidedly behind its competitors. IE9 lacks support for Web Workers, drag-and-drop features, SVG animations and the File API, all of which are vital components for building useful web applications, and all of which enjoy considerable support in other browsers.