Opera and Webkit pass Acid3 test. Does anyone care ?

I’m afraid you’re missing the point.
It’s good that this is such a big issue, because it encourages browser vendors to implement web standards. Those make it easier (or possible) for developers to design a consistent user experience, which is better for the visitor, which in turn is better for the internet as a whole.
It’s more complicated than that, of course, but this is what it boils down to.

I think that passing the Acid 3 test is a big thing for a web browser - it is very demanding test that tests implementation of the web standards in the browser engine.
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I must agree with both comments since web standard compilance is probably the most important aspect of webdesign. Passing one test surely isn’t such a big deal but from the global point of view, it shows which browser is capable without faults of displaying correctly coded websites.

Opera has once again proved its well-known compilance. I think I can speak for all of us when I say WE ARE FED UP WITH HACKS, especially when speaking of Internet Exploder ones.

We need standard compilance, whether we enjoy having to comply with it or not.

Opera FTW

As Ace_NoOne said… you are missing the point…, but thats because you are a poor firefox user, so if other browser do the thing right and better than chotofox it’s normal to see ff users getting “angry”…

Sorry, but Acid3 test it’s really really important for the future of the web and the web developers/designers.

Just for the record, and without getting into a browser war, I’m a happy Firefox user myself.
Nevertheless, I acknowledge that the Opera and WebKit teams are doing a better job in terms of standards compliance (so far at least… ).

It’s pointless. Opera still sucks with displaying normal pages, and I don’t care about acid3, I want gmail and live.com working properly!

Heh, sorry but I can’t resist replying to Thinker’s post:

Have you thought of the possibility that it’s not Opera what “sucks” but rather the websites themselves which are unable to comply with the standards?

I understand an average user wants to have their website displayed correctly at all times but wrongly coded websites don’t make Opera or any other standard compilant browser a “sucker”. Rather the opposite.

thinker… I’m a webmaster and web developer, and I use Opera all day long, I don’t have problem with gmail, live, msn, yahoo, google, and any website, I do my banking with Opera, check my emails, post into my blogs, etc.

You should really try Opera for a month… Opera works better than FF.

Agreed.

Besides, there’s a way to make even incorrectly coded websites display properly in Opera which may be sometimes helpful. I wrote an article on this some time ago, please follow the link below if you’re interested.

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/12/make-use-of-operas-chameleonic-features