So, I would say that a web browser that passes the ACID test, with all other factors being equal, would be a huge improvement over one that doesn't even try.
I agree on that part too (especially the "doesn't even try"), but if 2 decent (= standards-compliant) browsers were compared then the fact that one passes the test and the other still has minor shortcomings shouldn't be considered to be too important.
I beg to differ. The whole idea behind standards is to provide a single target to develop for. While the Acid2 test just tests a small subset of those standards, it's still important. Quite frankly, I'm sick of seeing different resuls in MSIE whenver I develop a web page, and I'm sick of sites that break in anything except Internet Explorer just because they decided to cater to its bugs and deficiencies.
I didn't mean to imply that web standards are unnecessary. (I too am totally fed up with IE's "different" view on standards and me (us) having to deal with Microsoft's mess.
What I *was* trying to say (but failed, apparently), is that Acid still is only a test that covers a small portion of browser standards-compliance, and shouldn't be used as a determining factor.
The ACID test has as much bearing on real world browser usage as my opinions on foreign policy have on Mexico's actions.
This isn't "Score:2, Funny, but rather "5, Insightful".
Really, the ACID test is about using techniques as complicated (and pointless) as they get to break browsers, while real web dev is about making sites that work.
A browser that passes the test is not automatically better than one that doesn't.
Last I checked, I got 2.5GB of space through Gmail for free, and I've got a hundred invites that I can give to myself. Now in all fairness it's not continuous space, but its just as easy to rar it into fifty pieces and distribute those over multiple accounts, with help from something like the Gspace Firefox extension.
I wouldn't risk it for (critical) data, as using Gmail for file storage like that is against Google's TOS, and they might just close your account.
Just think how many problems using almost-pronunciation-based spelling would solve.
The only downside is that a great number of slashdotters would suddenly have an unmanageable amount of free time.
Martin Amis, from one of his short stories:
"Over Horzeleej Band there zwam a gloud of gray: nad mizd, nad vag, bud the grey haze of ziddies, and of zdreeds"
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I agree on that part too (especially the "doesn't even try"), but if 2 decent (= standards-compliant) browsers were compared then the fact that one passes the test and the other still has minor shortcomings shouldn't be considered to be too important.
I didn't mean to imply that web standards are unnecessary. (I too am totally fed up with IE's "different" view on standards and me (us) having to deal with Microsoft's mess.
What I *was* trying to say (but failed, apparently), is that Acid still is only a test that covers a small portion of browser standards-compliance, and shouldn't be used as a determining factor.
This isn't "Score:2, Funny, but rather "5, Insightful".
Really, the ACID test is about using techniques as complicated (and pointless) as they get to break browsers, while real web dev is about making sites that work.
A browser that passes the test is not automatically better than one that doesn't.
The only downside is that a great number of slashdotters would suddenly have an unmanageable amount of free time.
I very much hope prison walls *do* restrict the freedom of people within.
Actually the kid "who got arrested" made up the story.
I agree on everything else
what sort of project-specific bonuses do busboys make these days?
"Wohoo, you made it to the last stop" ???