Firefox unofficially passes the Acid2 test
Following a massive trunk check-in by David Baron that has been two years in the making, the latest trunk nightlies of Firefox finally pass the Acid2 test. Most people will not see this until late next year when Firefox 3 is released. The nightly trunk builds are code-named Minefield and that should give you an idea of what to expect from them. Nonetheless this is great news for people like me who believe in the importance of Web standards to advance our craft into the future.
In a related note, the first alpha of what will become Firefox 3 was released a few days ago. This one is code named Gran Paradiso. Confused yet? Here is the Announcement on Mozilla DevNews and an article on CNet.
As for Microsoft, they’re apparently working on something called IE.next. I wouldn’t hold my breath for it to pass Acid2, but they are soliciting recommendations for changes that should be made. That’s certainly a step in the right direction.
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