Saint_Michael
Feb 18 2008, 12:24 AM
Well there is a new Acid test out and from the creators of Acid2, Acid3 focuses on Acid3 will focus on ECMAScript and DOM the dynamic side of the Web. Right now the Acid3 is like 84% complete in since it needs 16 more scripts to be complete and so took a beta test on all the major browser and these are the results which also include Acid 2 and browser Version.
Firefox 2
Acid 2 - Failed
Acid 3 - 50/100
Firefox 3b3
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 - 59/100
IE 6
Acid 2 - Failed
Acid 3 - 12/100
IE 7
Acid 2 - Fail
Acid 3 - 14/100
IE 8
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 - 17/100
Safari 3.0.4
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 39/100
Konqueror 4.0.1
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 - 49/100
Opera 9.25
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 - 46/100
Opera 9.5b
Acid 2 - Passed
Acid 3 - 60/100
Well it would seem that the new browsers are going to be the best ever going into 2008 but now the big question will be can Internet Explorer 8 back up that claim this year when it goes beta this summer I believe. Its good to know that that Firefox 3 passed the Acid 2 test once again after a rocky FF3b2 test that destroyed the face. Although I would try to predict this but to many questions pop up especially for those who start converting and all that stuff but I would say somewhere in 2009 it will be Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer in the browser wars while use of others will be used by the hardest of hardcore browser users and what not.
So we got 5 major browsers who have passed the acid 2 test, and one claiming they have, but I predict that something major will happen if IE 8 flops bigger then vista and IE7 combine. So it should be a interesting 2008 in the browser wars.
Also if your an uber scripter and what to help the acid test crew then check out this
link for all the info.
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