Microsoft just made the official release of Internet Explorer 8 available to the public. This new version boasts new features and, best of all, passes the Acid2 Browser Compatibility Test! This is the first version of IE to pass this test!
What is The Acid2 Browser Compatibility Test?
The Acid2 test is a Web page which tests a browsers ability to follow Web standards. If the browser passes, the page renders with the message “Hello World! and a smiley face”
As any developer will tell you, having a standards compliant browser is a dream! Long have we had to muck up our pristine code to write ugly hacks to support non-compliant browsers such as IE6. Visiting a site with non-compliant browser means that you probably wont see the site as the designer intend. The browser will misinterpret (if render at all) the code – which is completely infuriating as a designer!!
Up until now every major browser, with the exception of Microsoft browsers, were standard complaint.
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox 3
Safari 3
What’s New in Internet Explorer 8?
Microsoft’s MSDN site lists many new features (as well as a list of standard complaint updates):
- 64-Bit Downloads
- Accelerators
- Accessibility and ARIA
- ActiveX Improvements
- AJAX Enhancements
- CSS Compliance
- Developer Tools
- Document Compatibility Mode
- DOM Storage
- HTML and DHTML Improvements
- Mutable DOM Prototypes
- Protected Mode Improvements
- RSS Features
- Search Suggestions
- Security and Privacy
- Selectors API
- Web Slices
- Zoom Enhancements
- Related Topics
Hahaha, i laughed a bit how IE6 and IE7 displayed the Acid test. It’s nice to see IE8 standard compliant.
You’ve omitted a screen from Opera, which had passed ACID 2 earlier than FF and is still more popular than Safari.
The other browsers are on a rush over ACID 3 test, try it on IE8 and laugh…
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
It’s a good thing to know about this compatibility test because I am not so familiar with this thing. I just frequently update my system without caring for whats new and what has been changed.
well congratulation to IE 8, browser compatiblity indeed is important for choosing layout, Well I hope IE 8 load faster than before release and more stable
Visiting a site with non-compliant browser means that you probably wont see the site as the designer intend. The browser will misinterpret the code – which is completely infuriating as a designer
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nice article thanks and congratulation to IE 8, browser compatibility indeed is important for choosing layout. The browser will misinterpret the code – which is completely infuriating as a designer