IE8 does NOT pass Acid2

[drhowarddrfine]

When Microsoft announced that IE8 passed Acid2 on an internal build, I was very suspicious when they started talking of "IE8 standards mode". "Uh, oh. What is this?", I asked, and how does it apply to web standards.

Turns out, it is a proprietary "flag" which must be inserted into your web page markup to trigger this "IE8 standards mode" which, of course, makes that part of your page invalid. This flag is not set by the Acid2 test so...guess what my friends...IE8 does not pass Acid2!
From Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer)
However, the version of IE8 that will be released will not pass Acid2 as it will require pages to specifically request to be rendered in IE8 standards mode, and Acid2 does not request this.

So more of Microsoft's dirty tricks causing more FUD to cover up the truth.

[blue-eye-labs]

let's face it, it is microsoft, the dirtiest organisation that isn't an petroleum company.
IE8 is only going to serve to lessen the market share for internet explorer, so we should be happy.

[blue-eye-labs]

FX 2.x doesn't seem to pass either... Safari 3 does though :)

[drhowarddrfine]

As I said on another thread, passing Acid2 does not mean a browser is good at what it does. You can pass Acid2 but still be as bad as IE is. In fact, any browser vendor can write add-on code to make their browser look like it passes the test. Like adding a flag to turn on this tacked on code so it handles the test properly........uh....oh.

[blue-eye-labs]

I was just kidding...
Nothing is as bad as IE, not even a terminal-based browser.