Flexibility is the order of the day as Web technology developers try to keep the easy-to-run but imperfect test from holding back developments of new standards. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

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. The test, published by the Web Standards Project, ...

The latest versions of the web browsers Opera and Safari are claiming to have reached the big 100/100 score milestone in the Acid3 web standards compatibility test, making them the first browsers to ...

It appears that the joy of major browsers complying with Acid2 is going to be short-lived, as the Web Standards Project (WaSP) announced yesterday that the Acid3 test designed to expose flaws in the ...

Opera Software ASA today released a development build of its Opera browser to the public to prove that it has code that scores 100 out of a possible 100 on the Acid3 Web standards test. In a follow-up ...

The Web Standards Project has released the latest in their series of browser compatibility tests: Acid3. Even though Acid3 is based on 4 year old standards, no currently shipping browser passes as of ...

Opera announced Thursday the availability of the first alpha release of Opera 10, the next major version of the company's web browser. The new version, which is built on Opera's Presto 2.2 rendering ...

WebKit, which powers both Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome, is the first browser engine to fully pass the Acid3 Web standards test Developers working on WebKit announced late last week that the ...

Mozilla blasts Acid3 as Safari and Opera grab the brass ring Ask Mozilla co-founder Mike Shaver what he thinks about Ian Hixie's Acid3 test and he'll give you an ear full. On his blog today Shaver ...

Microsoft’s development direction of Internet Explorer 9 is unambiguous: implementing HTML5 Web standards is the name of the game, with the intent of letting developers use the “same markup” to work ...

Developers responsible for Apple Inc.’s Safari browser engine and Opera Software ASA’s flagship browser raced yesterday to announce that in-development versions passed the new Acid3 Web test with ...

Opera's new browser for iPhone offers an edge in speed in exchange for less than accurate page rendering. However, the free new browser isn't just taking shortcuts; its weak performance in the Acid3 ...