New WebKit Build Passes Acid2 test
A new build of WebKit, Apple’s open source HTML engine, used for the Safari Browser, Passes The Second Acid Test with score of 100%. the Acid Test is a test page by WaSP using complex HTML and CSS to test if a browser is standards compliant, if the browser passes, it will show a smiley face like the one to the right, 100% HTML and CSS, no images. the picture on the right is an actual screenshot taken with the new WebKit framework.
So, how do other browsers do in this test?
Here is a screenshot of the acid test in Safari 2.0 on Mac OS X 10.4.1, not too bad. No. 2 (and some will say No. 1) is Firefox, pretty good. the worst by far, and this is not my screenshot, cause I don’t use windows, is Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP SP2. haha, all of Microsoft’s latest technologies. click Here for a good laugh.
Now for the really good news…
Because WebKit is open source, you don’t need to wait for Apple to update Safari in order to enjoy a %100 standards compliant browser, you can download an app that while running, will make safari use this new framework. you can get it Here.
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[...] if you’re using a mac with OS X 10.4 (Tiger) download the latest system update, and click here in Safari and take the test. what do you see? it’s a smiley face! don’t all browsers show that cute face? well, not really… click here to see pictures off how other browsers (and older versions of Safari render this complex bit of XHTML and CSS. [...]