Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2

Published by Dave | Filed under Browsers

With the news last week that Opera had filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Union it looks like things may have turned the corner for the makers of Internet Explorer with the news that IE8 now passes the Acid2 test.

This is great news for web developers and indicates that Internet Explorer is finally moving in the right direction despite the long silence coming from Microsoft.

What does it mean to us as developers? Sadly not a lot at the moment. It’s likely that IE6 and IE7 will still need supporting and there’s been no clarification yet as to which operating systems will support IE8. But whilst the Acid2 Test doesn’t guarantee any level of standards support it does show progress from Microsoft which has to be encouraging.

Other Resource

• Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone
• Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Smiley

Hopefully Microsoft will be making a public beta version available over the coming months.