The Acid3 test isn’t the target for Internet Explorer 9. Web standards are. Microsoft wants to provide the best support for HTML5 of any Web browser.
…That obviously gives rise to a chicken-and-egg situation what about the APIs that developers can’t currently use because of a lack of widespread support, but would like to? Beyond the top 7,000 data, Microsoft has a number of HTML5 usage scenarios that it’s targeting. The company has not said much on what those scenarios are, but given the demonstrations of HTML5 video and SVG animation, it seems that these are clearly viewed as core technology for a future HTML5-powered Web.This dedication to HTML5 does not, however, mean that Microsoft is going to devote considerable effort to, for example, the SunSpider benchmarks or the Acid3 test. As the browser develops, the scores in those tests will likely improve (it currently gets 55/100, a marked improvement on IE8’s 20/100), but they’re not the number one priority. Acid3 is a scattergun test. It’s not systematic you can implement a high proportion of a particular specification and not pass the test, or a much lower proportion but still pass and though many of…
Continue reading here:
IE9, standards, and why Acid3 isn’t the priority
- Related posts on browser apple
- Download Apple Safari Now, it's cool
- Internet Explorer 8 Is The Safest Browser Among Firefox, Chrome …
- Apple Iphone With Opera Mini Browser Release
- Related posts on gadgets delicious
- The Movers.com Blog » Blog Archive » Moving in “Julie & Julia”
Related posts:
- Microsoft IE9 Platform Pops with Speed & Standards
- Apple’s Safari hits 10% browser market share
- The New IE9: More HTML5, CSS3, and No Windows XP
- Opera: Browser market is broken—thanks to Microsoft
- New Hardware-Accelerated IE9 Preview Arrives
Tags: apple, browser, delicious, gadgets, garden, hardware, internet, microsoft, open-source, security, software, startup, stumbleupon, Video, windows