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lattyware · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by Steroids

I thought before that ie8 was suppose to be using the same "standard" test that all the other web browsers used... I coulda swore i read an article here that said they passed the test and did a good job at that...
Dont quote me but i thought they did..

IE8 should be more standards compliant. If it is, Kudos to M$ for getting their act together.

That said, unless it accepts the XML/XHTML mime type and parses as XML, I won't be happy. I also want to see proper levels of compatability with W3C specs.

There is no conclusive test to show W3C compliancy. The ACID test shows how well browsers handle code (including falling back correctly on faulty code).

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Originally Posted by Vegnagun666

agreed I love IE7

The only people who love IE hate web developers.

bruestle2 · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by the_milk_man

i am a firefox supporter and i am angry that flash can only be installed in IE

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...ShockwaveFlash
Supported browsers: Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari, Opera

xHassassin · 08-08-08

Hmm, seems promising, IE7 wasn't THAT bad.
Still, FF3 is pretty discouraging, TMP isn't compatible, which may eventually lead me to start using Opera.

bruestle2 · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by xHassassin

Hmm, seems promising, IE7 wasn't THAT bad.
Still, FF3 is pretty discouraging, TMP isn't compatible, which may eventually lead me to start using Opera.

TMP? Tab Mix Plus?

Fossil · 08-08-08

Microsoft should shoot for a Guinness world record of least downloads ever.

Grim · 08-08-08

There was an IE 7?...

oh well. IE is a really poor browser anyway.

BlitzNwl · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by Grim

There was an IE 7?...

oh well. IE is a really poor browser anyway.

FF and IE have there share of problems

At my work FF has the most problems, with HTML, XML, JAVA SCRIPT and more time has been spent to make sure FF works, all the other browers we have tested here have little to no problem compare to FF.

Vegnagun · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by lattyware

IE8 should be more standards compliant. If it is, Kudos to M$ for getting their act together.

That said, unless it accepts the XML/XHTML mime type and parses as XML, I won't be happy. I also want to see proper levels of compatability with W3C specs.

There is no conclusive test to show W3C compliancy. The ACID test shows how well browsers handle code (including falling back correctly on faulty code).

The only people who love IE hate web developers.

No need to be a Tool dude..

Muhahahaha · 08-08-08

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Originally Posted by the_milk_man

i am a firefox supporter and i am angry that flash can only be installed in IE

What are you talking about? Flash is available for any browser you want.

I don't care if people use Firefox, just so long as they don't use IE! If you like Opera, Konqueror, etc. then fine, but no matter what they do to IE, it'll still be integrated with the OS, which is a horrible idea, as is ActiveX.