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Opera closes in on Acid3 success

Opera gets very close to passing the Acid3 test. Read more »

WaSP releases Acid3

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) has released Acid3, a test to detect any shortcomings in the implementation of established web standards in web browsers. Read more »

IE8 passes the acid test

The next version of Internet Explorer, IE8, has passed the Acid2 test, which has historically been one of the toughest Web standards and compliance tests to pass. Read more »

Microsoft admits IE7 will fail standards test

Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 browser won't pass a stringent standards test that rivals have embraced. Read more »

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Firefox 3 offers numerous features for developers

Firefox's support for customisation and standards, along with plenty of add-ons, has made it a favorite among developers. Read more »

Opera CTO: IE 8 will fail Acid test

Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly Read more »

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Surfin with Safari -- Club Builder

This week the Acid3 test is done and dusted, we roundup the latest Safari news and what happened with that daylight savings switch? Leave your thoughts in our forums. Read more »

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Do vendors read their own EULAs?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you've ever had Safari installed under Windows then you were a software thief -- until last night. Read more »

How soon is Semantic?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- At some point in the future you will be able arrive at work George Jetson-style. Your electric flying car will be streaming content to you from the new Semantic Web while your son in the backseat will be enjoying Duke Nukem Forever. Read more »

IE8 tripping on Acid2

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Internet Explorer 8 can pass the Acid2 test. Well, not really. It turns out it only works on one particular domain -- which means it fails the test. Read more »

Introducing IE8: The Ocho

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Over in Las Vegas the MIX conference is underway and that means only one thing: Microsoft announcements and plenty of them. Read more »

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  • Staff Shadow chasing in browsers

    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett Safari gets Gears

    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay MyPerfect.com.au has potential

    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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