IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All 434
dotne writes "CNET has published an article called Acid2, Acid3 and the power of default. The article predicts that IE8 will not pass the Acid2 test after all: '[Another] scenario could be that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings by flagging that they really, really want to be rendered correctly. Web pages already have a way to say this (called doctype switching, which is supported by all browsers), but Microsoft has all but announced that IE8 will support yet another scheme. If the company decides to implement the new scheme, the Acid2 test — and all the other pages that use doctype switching — will not be rendered correctly.' Microsoft's IE8 render modes have been discussed here previously, and they've caused an uproar in the web development community. According to the scheme, authors must put Microsoft-specific <meta> tags into their pages in order for them to be rendered correctly. I doubt Acid2, nor Acid3 will have Microsoft extensions in them."
And 100000 slashdotters... (Score:5, Funny)
This just in.... (Score:4, Funny)
News at 11.
IDGI (Score:5, Funny)
Therefore, if you are against Microsoft, you must be a terrorist.
Please report yourself to the nearest detention center for correction.
Eh? (Score:3, Funny)
The acid test... (Score:1, Funny)
History repeats itself (Score:5, Funny)
A Micro$oft spokesman said: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Page specific tuning (Score:3, Funny)
If I can make IE, Firefox, and Safari render the same by including a meta tag, that's such a vast improvement to the current order, I'm not going to complain.
Ah, to be that young and naive again!
So stupid (Score:3, Funny)