Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 Clears Acid2.. Really??

By: scroll

scroll — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:45:13 +0000

IE8 shows a scrollbar. That means it didn’t actually pass.

By: Mike R.

Mike R. — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:48:18 +0000

Alright, the test link is no longer broken, so I went ahead and decided to try it out, and I failed miserably.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/the_numbers/operaACID2.png

By: Dimitry

Dimitry — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:53:25 +0000

Wow, I think you really missed the point. The fact that IE team actually CARES to pass the Acid2 test is a huge deal. IE7 was a good improvement and IE8 is going to be very good (in the very least, it will mark a retirement of IE6, so we will all be better off).

You can get all nit-picky and contradict their statements (and for what reason?), but in the end, IE team is doing the right thing, at last.

By: Karthik Kastury

Karthik Kastury — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:39:41 +0000

@Rahul, @Mike : The test works perfectly on the Hixie link because the official test page is currently broken. So it won’t work until its fixed..

By: Rahul Ghai

Rahul Ghai — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:46:08 +0000

No, Mike the nose is ssupposed to turn blue when you hover over it. Another interesting thing happens,,, when i perform the test using opera on the official website, the test doesnt run properly although running it on the hixie link provided above, it works wonderfully well. *confused*

By: Mike R.

Mike R. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:44:29 +0000

I took the Acid2 test with Opera, and I cannot tell a difference between what I should see and what is rendered by Opera. The only difference is that the nose turns blue, I wonder if that means i failed?