Platypus
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http://webstandards.org/act/acid2/
Hey guys, don't believe fanboy hype. For those of who you say FF is so standards compliant.
Hey guys, don't believe fanboy hype. For those of who you say FF is so standards compliant.
Who cares? IE doesn't display everything correctly, and it's easier to get what you want out of Gecko-powered browsers because they're consistent, and follow standards when possible. It's not like I often run into pages that don't render "properly" - it's a very rare occurrence. Probably more rare than getting spyware with IE
..ico files are .bmp files. JPG is different. You could convert it using Paint if you want... but when you shrink it back down, it will look just about like the regular icon.
That test was specifically designed to fail in every browser. The Gecko devs (the engine behind Firefox and Mozilla) have more important things to work on right now (i.e. shipping a reliable, stable, feature-packed Firefox 1.1 based on Gecko 1.8), and they don't expect to pass it until after gecko 1.8 is done and 1.9 development starts. It's not like passing it is necessarily useful - Gecko already renders the stuff you find in 99.999% of web pages "properly".
Platypus
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Originally posted by: CTho9305
Who cares? IE doesn't display everything correctly, and it's easier to get what you want out of Gecko-powered browsers because they're consistent, and follow standards when possible. It's not like I often run into pages that don't render "properly" - it's a very rare occurrence. Probably more rare than getting spyware with IE
.ico files are .bmp files. JPG is different. You could convert it using Paint if you want... but when you shrink it back down, it will look just about like the regular icon.
That test was specifically designed to fail in every browser. The Gecko devs (the engine behind Firefox and Mozilla) have more important things to work on right now (i.e. shipping a reliable, stable, feature-packed Firefox 1.1 based on Gecko 1.8), and they don't expect to pass it until after gecko 1.8 is done and 1.9 development starts. It's not like passing it is necessarily useful - Gecko already renders the stuff you find in 99.999% of web pages "properly".
It doesn't fail on my mac with Safari.
The point isn't whether it's important or not, it doesn't follow standards, so I fail to see how it's importance matters to disprove everyone's blatent statements of the opposite.
Deeko
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I never get spyware with IE. I never get popups with IE(and my google toolbar only has 13 popups blocked). I never get a page that doesn't render incorrectly. I don't have to deal with horrible tabbed browsing.
Firefox might render MOST pages correctly, but theres still some it gets wrong, including my webmail(exchangeweb), and some sites that I've developed for work have required firefox-specific coding to make it work.
Firefox might render MOST pages correctly, but theres still some it gets wrong, including my webmail(exchangeweb), and some sites that I've developed for work have required firefox-specific coding to make it work.
Roger that. I can say after using firefox for about 4 months that if IE had browsed tabbing i'd be using that instead. Firefox really is a lot like Apple in the sense of developing a cult-like-following.
I like how when using firefox, if you have a ton of tabs open they just go off the side of the window and you can't actually access them...why the hell doesn't it start a 2nd row?
That's a moot point, it's all relative.. if you're writing using W3C standards, then you'll find yourself writing IE specific code. CSS support in IE is ridiculous and behind any other browser, which at this point is just ridiculous.
As for the whole memory usage aspect, according to the IE7 dev blogs, IE7 has tabbed browsing, and currently it's slated to have each tab running on its own thread, which in my opinion, will probabaly take a toll on performance and mem usage.
--Mark
Well since the thread has been bumped already, I would simply like to point out
Opera > Firefox > IE. WITH PROOF. Here's your standards that you guys love so much
None of them are perfect yet, but atleast Opera's rendition almost looks like a face.
Opera > Firefox > IE. WITH PROOF. Here's your standards that you guys love so much
None of them are perfect yet, but atleast Opera's rendition almost looks like a face.
Deeko
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If you're insinuating that I don't write proper code, and that's why I write Firefox-specific code, you're wrong. Firefox can't do random things right...like making a textbox the proper width, or making something that is 100% height more than 50% height. You can't tell me there is something wrong with my code for those things, Firefox just loses its mind for no reason.
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