New Browsers Prove a Tough Sell..Opera.Wednesday, March 15, 2006

[IGBT]

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Opera initially proposed the creation of the Acid2 test as a way to highlight the lack of support for some standard HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) features in Internet Explorer (IE) and other browsers, said Hakon Lie, chief technology officer for Opera. The Web Standards Project (WaSP), an independent group that supports the use of standards in browsers, created and hosts the test.



To pass the test, a browser must be able to accurately display the test page. Opening the page with IE reveals a large red block with some spots on it. A browser that passes the test, however, will display a smiley face and the words "hello world."

 

[NokiaDude]

firefox sucks ass.

 

[IGBT]

..is Acid2 the tell all test for browsers??

 

[imported_LoKe]

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[bunnyfubbles]

Not even Opera will pass that test for me. Win. Granted Opera followed closely by FF and then with IE being way off with.

 

[Malak]

Ok, so being better at every other part of being a browser doesn't win over IE customers, so why is it news that some feature test isn't going to work either? IE sucks, everyone knows it, and Opera is the best browser on the internet. That doesn't get them customers, because of obvious economics. Same reason WoW has so many customers. Not because it's good, or even better than anything else.

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: Malak
Ok, so being better at every other part of being a browser doesn't win over IE customers, so why is it news that some feature test isn't going to work either? IE sucks, everyone knows it, and Opera is the best browser on the internet. That doesn't get them customers, because of obvious economics. Same reason WoW has so many customers. Not because it's good, or even better than anything else.

Opinion pure and simple. Just because it sucks to you doesn't mean it sucks.

 

[Deinonych]

Originally posted by: LoKe
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LOL

 

[clamum]

Opera > C. Norris

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Deinonych

Originally posted by: LoKe
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LOL

Don't take that into account. I've learned that the ACID2 test contains errors on purpose, because it should still work with them.

 

[notfred]

The acid2 test is pretty worthless. It's designed to test the most obscure corners of specifications that never actually make it into any real webpages.

The acid2 test is the browser equivelent of testing your TV for being waterproof to 100 meters.

Would it be cool to have a TV that you can bring underwater? Not really, because you're never going to try it, so who cares if it works or not?