ACID 3 Browser Stress Test Emerges From the Lab
ACID 3, a new test case designed by the Web Standards Project to help browser manufacturers identify rendering flaws in their software, is ready for prime time.
We highlighted the test once before when an early, incomplete version was released, but now the ACID 3 test is done. If you’d like to see how your favorite browser fares, head over to the test page.
The screenshot above shows how the Mac version of Firefox 3 beta 3 handled the test — not all that well. In fact, Firefox 3 is actually three points lower than the first time we tested it, but that’s because all final elements of ACID 3 are now in place.
Unlike ACID 2, which was aimed primarily at page rendering, ACID 3 is more concerned with how a browser renders the DOM and how it handles the mainstay of web 2.0 — JavaScript.
Keep in mind that ACID tests don’t necessarily prove anything, they simply create an extremely difficult test case with the idea that if a browser can render that page it should be able to handle almost any other page.
We’ll be sure to let you know the first time a browser actually passes ACID 3.
[via WebStandards.org]
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