Linked by David Adams on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 00:57 UTC
From eWeek: "In a session billed as the browser wars up close and personal, key Microsoft, Mozilla and Google representatives spoke about the past present and future of the browser platform as they see it . . . one of the issues that stood out to me was that of developer discontent. When the Ajaxians opened up questioning to the audience, an attendee stood up and said Google's announcement of its new browser "was greeted with shock and horror," by him."
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RE[2]: Javascript acid test?
by nxsty on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 09:12
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RE[3]: Javascript acid test?
by lemur2 on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 09:41
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Scoring 100/100 on Acid3 is not really important as it tests stuff that's unlikely to being used. So firefox's 71/100 or 86/100 (latest pre-release) is accetable.
It could always be improved, although I agree that 86/100 for acid3 is getting close to the "acceptable" mark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_3
Note that only bucket 6 of acid 3 refers to ECMAscript functionality. In this bucket, gecko gets a purple, meaning this:
"All 16 subtests passed: Colored rectangle (red, orange, yellow, lime, blue, purple - for each of the six rectangles, in order)."
So gecko passes acid 3 for javascript.
These are the gecko bugs that need fixing:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410460
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pNgBCwWdyRTT2JeiZn4B2Yw
Twenty one out of 100 (IE 8 beta 2) is, of course, absolutely atrocious. IE has a lot of catching up to do.
IE has also even yet to begin catching up with this further test suite:
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview
Edited 2008-09-23 09:45 UTC
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That would be Acid 3, of course. Epiphany with Gecko 1.9 gets 71/100. Epiphany with Webkit gets 97/100. I think I heard the IE8 beta 2 score is something like 17/100. You are quite correct in pointing out that javascript compatibility is the big hurdle for web apps. (And even just web sites.) Incompatible CSS behavior makes the site look odd. Incompatible javascript behavior completely breaks the site, making it unusable. Mozilla and Microsoft really need to get with the program.
Edited 2008-09-23 07:19 UTC