Comments on: Be the First Kid on the Block Running IE8 Beta 1 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dougoftheabaci http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-649916 dougoftheabaci Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:00:59 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-649916 Maybe, but you posted it as only getting a 65/100. And when I used my latest full release it crashed. By the way, has anyone else been able to replicate this? Or was it just me? Maybe, but you posted it as only getting a 65/100. And when I used my latest full release it crashed.

By the way, has anyone else been able to replicate this? Or was it just me?

]]> By: ikeo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-649913 ikeo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:57:39 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-649913 Don't forget Opera 9.50 beta ... the latest builds actually seem faster than Safari/Webkit. Don’t forget Opera 9.50 beta … the latest builds actually seem faster than Safari/Webkit.

]]> By: dougoftheabaci http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-649909 dougoftheabaci Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:50:58 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-649909 <blockquote> Latest webkit/safari nightly(30868) scores a 90 on acid 3!!!</blockquote> Holy wow! I think it's official then; Safari wins. Thanks for everyone who posted their results. Lets hope that the official launch of IE8 holds a much better browser than the one we're seeing now. Until then, I'm going to keep pushing people towards Safari and Firefox.

Latest webkit/safari nightly(30868) scores a 90 on acid 3!!!

Holy wow! I think it’s official then; Safari wins.

Thanks for everyone who posted their results. Lets hope that the official launch of IE8 holds a much better browser than the one we’re seeing now. Until then, I’m going to keep pushing people towards Safari and Firefox.

]]> By: ikeo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-649900 ikeo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-649900 [windows] Latest webkit/safari nightly(30868) scores a 90 on acid 3!!! [windows]
Latest webkit/safari nightly(30868) scores a 90 on acid 3!!!

]]> By: wwb_99 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648654 wwb_99 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:35:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648654 I started to write a reply here, but it <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/ie8-acid2-and-you/" rel="nofollow">turned into a post</a>. Enjoy. I started to write a reply here, but it turned into a post. Enjoy.

]]> By: ikeo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648269 ikeo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:39:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648269 CSS support is where the IE team is currently focusing on. --- They need to. All the latest versions of Safari, Opera and Firefox pass acid 2 and IE 7 fails ... miserably http://acid2.acidtests.org/#top CSS support is where the IE team is currently focusing on.
— They need to.

All the latest versions of Safari, Opera and Firefox pass acid 2 and IE 7 fails … miserably
http://acid2.acidtests.org/#top

]]> By: logic_earth http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648193 logic_earth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:46:12 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648193 ACID 3 test is making use of JavaScript is it not? IE8 is still using JScript its own implementation. CSS support is where the IE team is currently focusing on. ACID 3 test is making use of JavaScript is it not?
IE8 is still using JScript its own implementation.

CSS support is where the IE team is currently focusing on.

]]> By: ikeo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648162 ikeo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:45:39 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648162 [windows] Safari 325.12 (Seed 31A15) - 76 Opera 9.50 Beta (build 9815) - 65 [windows]
Safari 325.12 (Seed 31A15) – 76
Opera 9.50 Beta (build 9815) – 65

]]> By: ikeo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648147 ikeo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:26:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648147 [windows] Safari 325.9 (Safari 3 Beta Seed 31A7) - 74 Opera 9.50 Beta build 9613 - 60 Firefox 3 beta 3 - 47 [windows]
Safari 325.9 (Safari 3 Beta Seed 31A7) – 74
Opera 9.50 Beta build 9613 – 60
Firefox 3 beta 3 – 47

]]> By: Victor http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-648028 Victor Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:19:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/06/be-the-first-kid-on-the-block-running-ie8-beta-1/#comment-648028 IE 7 Acid 3 test results: 12/100 (not 100% sure since it looks horrible...) IE 7 Acid 3 test results: 12/100 (not 100% sure since it looks horrible…)

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