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• Opera Passes Acid2

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Wed 15 Mar 2006 at 20:27

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  Blog Entry

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  The latest weekly build of Opera 9 - build 8265 - passes the Acid2 web-standards test. This puts Opera as the second web browser to completely pass the Acid2 test, with Safari being the first. Other browsers, such as Konqueror and iCab, partially pass the Acid2 test, but not completely. You can download the latest weekly build at the Opera Lab's website.…

• Safari Passes Acid2

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Wed 2 Nov 2005 at 7:54

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  Blog Entry

  In the recent OS X update (10.4.3), Apple made a multitude of small changes and fixes. The main update (for web developers) is that Safari now passes the Acid2 test. It is the first official browser release to pass the standard's test. Both iCab and Konquerer pass in beta versions, but Safari is the first official release. It should only be a matter of time for most browsers to pass, excluding Internet Explorer. Opera and Firefox are already working on passing the test. This will be a huge improvement in standardized rendering.…

• Browser News on Macs

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Tue 7 Jun 2005 at 6:48

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  Blog Entry

  Macintosh browsers have been on the move lately, exceeding most other large players. Safari passed the Acid2 test not too long ago, being the first web browser to do so. In the past few days I've seen more activity on the Mac with Safari being made open source and iCab passing Acid2. iCab, a Mac browser, now passes the Acid2 test, the third browser to do so. Hopefully this signals the events that Firefox and Opera will make moves toward passing the standard's test, leaving IE to be the only one left. Apple has created Web Kit containin…

• Acid2 Test Suite

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  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Wed 16 Mar 2005 at 18:41

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  We've all heard it already, but Microsoft is preparing the next version of their web browser Internet Explorer 7. In the past, Microsoft has always promised interoperable with other browsers, but has failed every promise. Even with Microsoft's bad reputation among web developers, Microsoft has seemed to involve web developers more in this project that before. They've already asked in the Internet Explorer web blog which standards web developers think need to be included in IE7. Developers have poured their hearts out with all the standard…