Tuesday, March 11th 2008
Internet Explorer 5.5 Beats IE 6 and 7 in Web Standards Test
Some readers may already be familiar with the Web Standards Project, which claims it "fights for standards that reduce the cost and complexity of development while increasing the accessibility and long-term viability of any site published on the Web." The Acid Tests provided by the project are commonly used as a benchmark to see how compatible different browsers are, and Internet Explorer has found itself on the end of much criticism when it comes to this, being beaten by nearly all competing browsers such as Opera, Firefox, Safari and Konqueror. However, in the recently launched Acid Test 3, the ancient Internet Explorer 5.5 manages to outscore both IE 6 and 7, reaching a still rather miserable 14% compared to 12% for the other two. Meanwhile, Konqueror leads the pack with 62%, with Firefox in fourth on 52% and Opera a little way down the table at 46%, ahead of Safari on 39%. In terms of beta browsers, Safari is well out in front on 90%, and IE 8 trails at the bottom on 17%.
Source:
Anomalous Anomaly
77 Comments on Internet Explorer 5.5 Beats IE 6 and 7 in Web Standards Test
...thought about it?
Okay:
Why does it matter if web-page creators follow standards if browsers won't support them? If browser developers don't follow recommended standards, then web-page creators can't, either.
Web developers have to conform to browsers. The biggest headache is cross-browser compatibility. Someday it won't be such a big issue. Hopefully.
If you really don't like the way IE displays dotted borders, get a different browser. problem solved.
But yeah, nobody's supposed to own the internet -- this includes Microsoft. The W3C (the organization that largely makes what is considered "standard" code on the web) is a healthy compromise -- it's board comprises members from many different companies, countries, and organizations, including Microsoft, if I'm not mistaken.
sorry i thought i was beta 3, i forgot it updated this morning
Have you ever worked in web design before? If so, you should know that just because MS has their own hacked-together method for doing something doesn't mean there isn't a standardized way of doing it (methods which companies like Adobe adhere to).
No, it might not be entirely practical, because we've all grown up speaking something differently, but an intelligent person should at least acknowledge this eminent group's advice, don't you think?
but FF 2.0.0.12 cant draw correctly
(My favorite is Opera of course)
IE8 gets 17
IE8 in IE7mode gets 14
The latest full Opera gets to 52 before crashing lol.
That's what I get on my PC with those browsers.
so, which specific standard are we going by, then?
but in defense of IE 8, it is in its first stage of BETA, it will take some time to work it all together