Acid 3 Test Comparison

[honda12]

I just decided to do a comparison of the new (well it is not really new!) acid 3 test (acid3.acidtests.org/) between firefox 2 and internet explorer 7. :FF:

First here is the reference rendering (what it is supposed to look like)

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/acid3refernce.png

[honda12]

Here is the internet explorer 7 rendering:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/acid3internetexplorer7.png

As you can see, it bares very little resemblance to the reference rendering. :sick:

[honda12]

Here is the firefox 2 rendering:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/acid3firefox2.png

It shows more resemblance to the reference rendering than internet explorer 7, but again it is not rendered very well :sick::FF:

At least it rendered the test better than internet explorer!

[honda12]

As an extra I will show how firefox 3 beta 3 renders the acid 3 test:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/acid3firefox3beta3.png


Out of all the browsers tested here so far, firefox 3 beta 3 renders the test the best, but it still has a loooong way to go :red: (59/100)

[honda12]

Feel free to take the test yourself to see how YOUR browser renders the acid 3 test!

-Take the test!: http://acid3.acidtests.org/

-More info: http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid3/

[honda12]

since firefox 3 beta 4 was released yesterday I will post it's score:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/firefox3beta4acid3-1.jpg

[Tom.K]

I've took a Acid 3 test(I've used IE 6 SP2), but the result is different between IE 6 SP2 and IE 7.The result is 11~12/100.

[honda12]

Thanks for the image of the IE6 rendering :laugh:, I will post here aswell:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/Acid3-IE6SP2.jpg

As you can see the Internet Explorer 6 rendering appears to be better than the Internet Explorer 7, a likely reason for this is because Interent Explorer 7 blocked the initilization of some tests (as shown in Internet Explorer 7 post)


** :) Thanks to Tom.K for the image! :) **

[Tom.K]

I've found this page: http://www.anomalousanomaly.com/2008/03/06/acid-3/
It seems that Safari (90/100, beta version) and Konqeror (62/100, released version) are the best (for now).

[honda12]

Yes, that seems to be the case - Safari and Konqueror both conquered (excuse the pun! :laugh:) the acid 2 test, so it seems right that they score highly in the acid 3 test.

Well...the exception to the rule is Internet Explorer 8 who passed the acid 2 test, but failed the acid 3 test (but I suppose it is still a beta! :laugh: - Im still a little (alot) biased towards Firefox :FF:)

I bet that the IE 8 developers were a little annoyed, as all their hard work to pass the acid 2 test were slightly dampened by the release of the acid 3 test, around 3 months after they passed it :rolleyes:

[PaulWin98SE]

I use a few browsers. IE 5.5 (Which was no longer supported for Windows 98, only Windows Me and up updates for it.) And FireFox 2.0.0.12. The only Browser which was last supported for Windows 98SE was 6. Which I have never used on my system, except in Me.

I tried out two other browsers: The World Browser, it turns out to be a very nice FireFox like shell for the IE engine. It's not Firefox in looks or feel. Just some features like and more. I have since uninstalled it.

There is another browser which it seems to be based on the same browser engine as FireFox, its called K-Meleon. If failed the acid3 test just as FireFox did.

[honda12]

ah yes, k-meleon the speed demon! :laugh:

I like it due to the fact you do not need to install it (and because it fast!)

But, it lacks the features that other browsers have, so I don't use it as my primary one.

It is still very useful, as you can run it on a pen drive (or memory sticks, as we call them here in the UK), even without needing to install portable apps

[honda12]

Firefox 3 beta 5 has been released so here's how it did on the acid 3 test:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/acid3beta5-1.png

I have to congratulate Firefox :FF: - 71/100 is a great score, especially for a beta! :cowboy:

[PaulWin98SE]

I just recently intalled Opera 9.52 (a 9.6 is available.) And it did well, though failing: 84/100

[PaulWin98SE]

Neither Opera 9.52 nor IE5.5 can upload attachments to this forum. Only Firefox 2.0.0.17 works correctly here.

Here is the image/attachment of Opera 9.52:

[tashi]

Hi there,

I just recently intalled Opera 9.52 (a 9.6 is available.) And it did well, though failing: 84/100

New versions of a browser often address vulnerabilities. The two that have been fixed by the release of Opera version 9.60 are serious, warranting an upgrade.

Cheers.
(http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/)
Advisory 901 (http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/901/)

Advisory 902 (http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/)



(http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/)

[drragostea]

Ooof. I don't know how Safari will do this time, but Firefox 3.0.3 scored a 74/100. :sad:

[Tom.K]

70/100 is the result in Firefox 3.0.1 (I've accidentally ran the test without disabling NoScript and AdBlock Plus first, but there is no change), but if you are in offline mode, the result fails with 51/100.
Strange is that Firefox 3.0.1 has lower result than Firefox 3 beta 5 and it seems that Firefox 3.0.1 passes the Linktest while Firefox 3 beta 5 does not.
Result for Firefox 3.0.1:

Failed 30 tests.
Test 01 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIDOMDocumentTraversal.createNodeIterator]
Test 02 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIDOMDocumentTraversal.createNodeIterator]
Test 03 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIDOMDocumentTraversal.createNodeIterator]
Test 04 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIDOMDocumentTraversal.createNodeIterator]
Test 07 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMRange.cloneContents]
Test 09 failed: expected 'Hello Wonderful KittyHow are you?' but got '' - toString() on range selecting Document gave wrong output
Test 10 failed: expected 'result' but got '' - toString() didn't work for attribute node
Test 11 failed: when inserting <a> into Document with another child: wrong exception raised
Test 26 passed, but took 233ms (less than 30fps)
Test 30 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIDOMEventTarget.dispatchEvent]
Test 33 failed: expected '1' but got '0' - whitespace error in class processing
Test 38 failed: p.childNodes[1].replaceWholeText is not a function
Test 39 failed: expected '1' but got '0' - :nth-child(odd) failed with child 0
Test 40 failed: expected '1' but got '0' - part 1:0
Test 46 failed: expected 'uppercase' but got 'none' - case a failed (index 1)
Test 54 failed: expected 'HIDDEN' but got 'hidden' - input control's type content attribute was wrong
Test 60 failed: attribute not specified after removal
Test 61 failed: expected ' te st ' but got 'te st' - class attribute's value was wrong
Test 65 passed, but took 38ms (less than 30fps)
Test 68 failed: Unpaired surrogate handled wrongly (input was '�text', output was '�ext')
Test 69 failed: timeout -- could be a networking issue
Test 71 failed: expected 'null' but got '' - internalSubset wrong (first test)
Test 74 failed: getSVGDocument missing on <iframe> element.
Test 75 failed: anim.beginElement is not a function
Test 76 failed: expected '0' but got '100' - Incorrect animVal value after svg animation.
Test 77 failed: expected '3' but got '0' - getNumberOfChars returned incorrect string length.
Test 78 failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMSVGTextPositioningElement.getRotationOfChar]
Test 79 failed: doc is null
Test 80 failed: Script in XHTML didn't execute
Test 82 failed: unexpected 1 in t3
Test 95 failed: expected 'string' but got 'number' - type of |"2147483648"| is not string
Test 98 failed: expected 'Sparrow' but got '' - document.title did not update dynamically
Total elapsed time: 8.60s

I will try to install Safari 3.1.2 and check result. It should be very good.

[Tom.K]

Result for Safari 3.1.2: 74/100
See attachment.

P.S. Look at post #9 and check the link. Safari 4.0 beta has passed 100/100 in less than 1 second!

[PaulWin98SE]

Here is the result of for http://acid3.acidtests.org/

9.52 was 84/100, 9.6 is 85/100

[PaulWin98SE]

I still use the Internet Explorer 5.5. I have K-Meleon 1.5 and I like Firefox 2.0.0.17 (because I'm not using XP I can not use Firefox 3.) I'm impressed with Opera 9.6. The Netscape Communicator 4.51 simply crashes.

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[PaulWin98SE]

I know Firefox is a very good browser. But currently it has two unpatched secerity issues. (But then I should talk runing Windows 98SE.)

Opera 9.61 as of today has no unpatched security issues. http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10615


Why not download Opera and give it a try. http://www.opera.com/download/

[honda12]

I know Firefox is a very good browser. But currently it has two unpatched secerity issues. (But then I should talk runing Windows 98SE.)

Opera 9.61 as of today has no unpatched security issues. http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10615


Why not download Opera and give it a try. http://www.opera.com/download/

Very true...If I recall I have a ramble on this subject somewhere...:laugh:

As for Opera - I did try it when 9.6 first came out (and Im writing this with 9.61 now :p:)

I quite like it - very snappy (although another browser is slightly faster imho. It's name starts with the 3rd letter of the alphabet and it's source project is an element in the periodic table - get the drift? :laugh:)

[honda12]

Haven't posted in a long time... :red:

Been pretty busy building, hacking, folding@'variousplaces', breaking ect stuff - pretty fun :p: (and a bit of GTA IV PC on the new pc)

Firefox 3.1 beta 2 scores 93/100! Nearly there! :FF: :laugh:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3874/firefox31beta2tp6.png

Download Page (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html)
Release Notes (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b2/releasenotes/)
Portable Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/test) (Portable Apps)

Extra: Lovin' the forum mouse-over technical definitions! :eek:

[honda12]

http://forums.spybot.info/vbglossar.php?do=showentry&id=3 PepiMK :laugh:

Shame there's only about 14 definitions - maybe the community could help? Although, we do not want the forums to look like giant intellitxt ads! :laugh:

[drragostea]

I heard Opera 10 alpha owned everyone else >_<. A perfect score.

And Apple Safari 4 seems to be a rumor, maybe in private testing.

[honda12]

Yeah :laugh:

Safari 4 is all 'hush hush' at the moment :fear:

Anyway, I read that Chrome was now using a more recent version of Webkit (currently only in the Dev weekly builds) which should technically boost it's score too 100/100. To see, I downloaded the latest version 2.0.158.0 et voila, a near perfect score! :bigthumb: 100/100 but, LINKTEST FAILED.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3057/chromebz3.png

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/chrome

The weekly Dev builds are buggy - I mean, really buggy. So take care!

[Tom.K]

Weird.
You can try to click on A letter in Acid3 text. It should show the more detailed test.
Is Google Chrome finally "privacy-implication" free?

[drragostea]

Thanks honda12 for the feedback.

Yes, Chrome 2 is a good leap, but it's very unstable. Was it in alpha?

[honda12]

Yeah, very* 'alpha' with excessive use of 'rough implementation' ect ect :laugh:

*or should I say a 'true alpha'. These days everything has a beta label strapped across its glossy web 2.0 lowercase logo.

V2 does add much missed autoscroll (which came bundled with the new version of Webkit). If you can cope with sites not rendering properly, half your titlebar being cut off the screen, crashes every 15 mins, your browser history ending up on Google's intranet, and hallucinations of pink elephants - give Chrome v2 a go! If you can look past those minor niggles, and just think of one word - FAST, you'll be fine :bigthumb:

[drragostea]

Just the word crash, would make me back away? Haha :laugh:. Er, I like fast. But too fast is not good (for me). Like running, you go beyond your limit you trip and fall.But, can it be so fast that it goes beyond my Internet connection? Ah, it can go to the moon.

[honda12]

:sick: IE 8 RC1 :sick:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4195/ie8yv6.png

[honda12]

So much for hush hush, eh :crowned:

100/100 'nuff said

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/561/safari4.jpg

Personally imo I have found it to be pretty buggy, and the close button for each tab is on the wrong side (after being so used to Chrome)! And yes, those tabs are at the top of the screen...I suspect a little 'idea borrowing' here. :rolleyes:

The final test for me is that im actually posting this in Google Chrome - not Apple Chr...err...I mean, Safari! The truth is that I find Chrome to be way more productive. More screen space for reading, smart auto-complete in the address bar (sorry I meant 'super bar') and of course, the speed. I have my ad-blocking, however crude, which ultimately means my Firefox is sitting gathering dust in the quick launch (nah I would banish him yet...)

To examine Apple's claims about how Safari is 'the world's fastest web browser': http://www.apple.com/safari/whats-new.html

[Iyona]

i got 71/100 is this good or badhttp://imageshare.info/24213481828.jpg

[drragostea]

It's above average, I'll say. What browser are you using?

[chewdz]

I've got a 71/100 for Firefox 3.0.6 :laugh: and 12/100 for IE7:sad:

[djpailo]

IE8 is actually geared towards being more compliant to web standards. Yes, it completely fails the test, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get the thumbs up for conforming to other standards. And just look at Safari 4. It gets 100/100 but what a rubbish browser it is, especially in Windows.

[chewdz]

And just look at Safari 4. It gets 100/100 but what a rubbish browser it is, especially in Windows.

Well... Safari's the default browser in Mac. So I assume that it's not "rubbish" browser in Mac. Haha :santa: