Regular people SHOULD care if a browser passes standards tests. Why? Because not following standards often leads to crappy code. Crappy code leads to security holes. Security holes lead to lost identities.That is a broader view of it, but it is still the same principle. People like you are the reason why the web cant advance faster. You believe that if MS says you dont need it, then it must not be useful. Well, if MS bothered to follow standards at all you would see more dynamic pages that load faster. You would see better and faster javascripts. You would see the web moving forward instead of coming to a standstill.
I'd like to add:Note: Acid3 is likely to undergo minor changes as errors are discovered and fixed. If you have feedback, please send it to: acid3feedback@webstandards.orgthis note is on the acidtests.org main page.
I hope you are being sarcastic... or you sir just might be a pedantic geek, but I guess you don't find any of those types on Digg! - now that's sarcasm!
As of November 2009, Wikipedia shows the following status: IE8 fails hard, only getting 20/100. Safari passes Acid3 perfectly and has been passing it for ages. Chrome passes it. Firefox is getting close to passing it. It is over 9/10 there. Mobile Safari passes it. Android is 93/100 Blackberry is only 91/100 <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browsers_2" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browser ...</a>IE is dragging its butt.
Web browsers are not supposed to CRASH. This is not 1993. A crash is inconvenient and could even manifest a potential security bug - which is really bad in a web browser, considering how much exposure they get to content anyone could have published.
The test is reasonable and even Microsoft finally now admits that Microsoft needs to raise its score. Look at the scores at Wikipedia.IE 8 gets 20/100 and PS/3 gets a higher score than that using the web browser in its FIRMWARE. It is a pretty sad day when your own web browser gets a lower score running on your own OS running on a state of the art desktop computer - than a toy does.The IE 9 pre-alpha prototype in-house only build supposedly gets a little higher score than the PS/3 now, but IE 9 will not go final for really long time. And without SVG and a little SMIL support it is impossible to score 100/100.Most web browsers are very close to 100/100 now or have already gotten there, and are setting their sites on getting preliminary support for the HTML 5 draft-in-progress. HTML 5 is not set in stone yet, I think - but the technologies in Acid3 were standardized long ago.
Acid2 is a really old test. Other companies passed it a pretty long time ago. Passing it is just expected now.The current drill is to get Acid3 passed because that means you can do web 2.0 programs in a standards-compliant way, instead of limping along with non-W3 kludges (proprietary stuff) like Flash or Silverlight. Those are fine for the desktop but and okay for creating propietary, vendor specific sights with unknown lifetimes - but not for development of stuff that is long term and does not require a specific plugin or addon.
gramathyMar 23, 2009
iPod/iPhone Safari result:74/100That's just embarassing, MS.
lilrabbitfoofooMar 24, 2009
No one cares about the stupid Acid3 tests. Honestly, get a life.
sm1erMar 24, 2009
same for me running win XP pro sp3 with ie7. I have 70 with firefox.
sm1erMar 24, 2009
Guess we have to update our browser according to: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3</a>
mistressroninsMar 24, 2009
Here I am thinking this was about old school Sony acid pro from the Sonic Foundry days.
byteforbyteMar 25, 2009
works fine for me on vista 64bit
Closed AccountMar 26, 2009
Regular people SHOULD care if a browser passes standards tests. Why? Because not following standards often leads to crappy code. Crappy code leads to security holes. Security holes lead to lost identities.That is a broader view of it, but it is still the same principle. People like you are the reason why the web cant advance faster. You believe that if MS says you dont need it, then it must not be useful. Well, if MS bothered to follow standards at all you would see more dynamic pages that load faster. You would see better and faster javascripts. You would see the web moving forward instead of coming to a standstill.
alaa1999Mar 26, 2009
I'd like to add:Note: Acid3 is likely to undergo minor changes as errors are discovered and fixed. If you have feedback, please send it to: acid3feedback@webstandards.orgthis note is on the acidtests.org main page.
lordsturmApr 11, 2009
12/13/20/13 is still fail.
jackosxMay 19, 2009
I hope you are being sarcastic... or you sir just might be a pedantic geek, but I guess you don't find any of those types on Digg! - now that's sarcasm!
johnnysoftwareNov 17, 2009
As of November 2009, Wikipedia shows the following status: IE8 fails hard, only getting 20/100. Safari passes Acid3 perfectly and has been passing it for ages. Chrome passes it. Firefox is getting close to passing it. It is over 9/10 there. Mobile Safari passes it. Android is 93/100 Blackberry is only 91/100 <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browsers_2" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browser ...</a>IE is dragging its butt.
johnnysoftwareDec 7, 2009
Web browsers are not supposed to CRASH. This is not 1993. A crash is inconvenient and could even manifest a potential security bug - which is really bad in a web browser, considering how much exposure they get to content anyone could have published.
johnnysoftwareDec 7, 2009
The test is reasonable and even Microsoft finally now admits that Microsoft needs to raise its score. Look at the scores at Wikipedia.IE 8 gets 20/100 and PS/3 gets a higher score than that using the web browser in its FIRMWARE. It is a pretty sad day when your own web browser gets a lower score running on your own OS running on a state of the art desktop computer - than a toy does.The IE 9 pre-alpha prototype in-house only build supposedly gets a little higher score than the PS/3 now, but IE 9 will not go final for really long time. And without SVG and a little SMIL support it is impossible to score 100/100.Most web browsers are very close to 100/100 now or have already gotten there, and are setting their sites on getting preliminary support for the HTML 5 draft-in-progress. HTML 5 is not set in stone yet, I think - but the technologies in Acid3 were standardized long ago.
johnnysoftwareDec 7, 2009
Acid2 is a really old test. Other companies passed it a pretty long time ago. Passing it is just expected now.The current drill is to get Acid3 passed because that means you can do web 2.0 programs in a standards-compliant way, instead of limping along with non-W3 kludges (proprietary stuff) like Flash or Silverlight. Those are fine for the desktop but and okay for creating propietary, vendor specific sights with unknown lifetimes - but not for development of stuff that is long term and does not require a specific plugin or addon.