Aaron Toponce » CSS

Prince Passes Acid2

Aaron — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:46:54 +0000

Fourth place just crossed the finish line, and it looks like it isn’t even a browser.

Prince 5.1 was released yesterday making it the fourth after Safari, Konqueror and iCab to pass Acid2 beating out Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera.

See the news here.

Opera 9 and Acid2

Aaron — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:04:04 +0000

Downloaded the latest build of Opera 9, which is still in the development stages and not ready for public release. Of course, the first page I visited was the Acid2 test page. I was amazed to see that Opera 9 almost passes, if it weren’t for one ridiculous color. Check out the screenshot below:

Opera 9 rendering Acid2 almost flawlessly

Will this be the first browser for Linux to pass the test? I have heard that builds of Konqueror can pass it, but I have to find and download a copy of the browser. Safari was the first to pass the test many months ago, but I have heard that it hasn’t been included in the Mac OS X releases yet. What are they waiting for? I would also like to know what the Firefox dev team is waiting for. The Acid2 test in Firefox looks horrible, and with such a promising future, what’s up?

In any case, congratulations Opera! No doubt they will have the CSS level 2 spec completed in its entirety by the time they publicly release version 9. I have been a user of Opera ever since they relinquished the ads, and I look forward to using version 9. Opera has set the bar high on every release, and it’s really quite astonishing that they don’t have more of the browser market share.

Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Released

Aaron — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:47:23 +0000

For those of you beta testing Mozilla Firefox 1.5, you will be pleased to find out that Beta 2 has been released today, and is ready for download. According to the Mozilla site, features include:

Enhanced web page rendering
Major security fixes
Improved automated update system
A few bug fixes

Way to go on the security and bug fixes, however, if it isn’t passing the Acid2 test, I am not too terribly excited about the web page rendering, at least when it concerns CSS. There is no reason why Firefox cannot fully support CSS Level 2 properly. However, with that said, Safari and Konqueror are the only browsers that passes the Acid2 test. I guess making rendering engines for browsers standards compliant is a low priority.