Comments on: Opera and Webkit pass Acid3 test. Does anyone care ?

By: Tobey

Tobey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:00:45 +0000

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

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:52:13 +0000

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.

By: Tobey

Tobey — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:56:03 +0000

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.

By: Thinker

Thinker — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:57:10 +0000

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!

By: Ace_NoOne

Ace_NoOne — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:22:34 +0000

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… ).

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:12:02 +0000

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 :P 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.

By: Tobey

Tobey — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:48:15 +0000

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 :)

By: PC Podrska

PC Podrska — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:43:32 +0000

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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By: Ace_NoOne

Ace_NoOne — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:25:56 +0000

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.