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IE8 Web Layout Engine?
Can someone please verify what web layout engine IE8 used to pass the acid2 test?

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Posted by: D. T. Schmitz   Posted on: 12/19/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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IE8 Web Layout Engine?  D. T. Schmitz | 12/19/07
IE layout engine.  CWilso | 12/19/07
Trident-derived? Thanks  D. T. Schmitz | 12/19/07
Follow-up  D. T. Schmitz | 12/19/07
Congrats Chris  nilotpal_c | 12/20/07
Not Trident VI?  Joel R | 12/20/07
Beautiful  robert.paul@... | 12/19/07
Rest of the browser market?  Cerowyn | 12/19/07
Re: Rest of the browser market?  Magikx21 | 12/19/07
Right, but...  robert.paul@... | 12/19/07
I hate l33t speak.  Bozzer | 12/19/07
That is not "l33t" speak...  jimfraley | 12/20/07
2k8 is not "2008"...  grail@... | 12/20/07
Wait  laura.b | 12/21/07
Before you get upset at a kooky abbreviation that saves a whole keystroke,  Joel R | 12/20/07
The @ symbol...  Wolfie2K3 | 12/20/07
But what happened to the each symbol?  Fred Fredrickson | 12/21/07
It doesn't save keystrokes, but it lets you have "at" in your name.  AzuMao | 10/02/09
FF 3 does NOT pass acid2 test  BCF1968 | 12/21/07
Actually, As Of Right Now, It Does  bhartman33@... | 12/23/07
Buddy...go look at  techboy_z | 01/22/08
I'm running Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 2  Non_Zealot | 12/19/07
Firefox 3 Beta 2  sqr(cos(180)) | 12/20/07
Not for me  BCF1968 | 12/21/07
Firefox 2.0.0.11  sqr(cos(180)) | 12/20/07
This browser zealotry gets us nowhere  gigabot71 | 12/20/07
how so, exactly?  Mitch 74 | 12/20/07
too true  Sparhawk_z | 12/20/07
Just curious  Larry the Security Guy | 12/21/07
Nah  techboy_z | 01/22/08
Not as miserably as IE 8. Including 7. (NT)  Joel R | 12/20/07
Great news.  quikboy | 12/19/07
Award? Not quite.  robert.paul@... | 12/19/07
IE8 "full standards compliant"??????  sqr(cos(180)) | 12/20/07
Wow, And It Took Them HOW Many Versions To Finally Be Compliant?  itanalyst | 12/19/07
Not exactly.  smisathe | 12/19/07
Acid2  smisathe | 12/19/07
Bzzzt... Wrong. The only  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/07
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 12/19/07
Geez man  laura.b | 12/20/07
Nope!!  techboy_z | 01/22/08
No they didn't  ShadeTree | 12/20/07
Doesn't Matter  itanalyst | 12/20/07
Opera themselves took NINE versions.  Joel R | 12/20/07
Though Safari got it right  GuidingLight | 12/20/07
When was the Acid 2 test developed  Sparhawk_z | 12/20/07
Wanna try again...?  Wolfie2K3 | 12/20/07
In one sense it isn't a valid comparison  DevGuy_z | 01/22/08
M$ must still be held accountable  Linux Geek | 12/19/07
So you will...  cornpie | 12/19/07
Message has been deleted.  Non_Zealot | 12/19/07
Huh???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/07
it costs a percentage of the OS purchase price  deaf_e_kate | 12/19/07
Who's the dolt?  BroGnorik | 12/19/07
FF Beta 2 does not pass  rseiler | 12/19/07
not true....  doh123 | 12/19/07
Opera passes for me.  laura.b | 12/20/07
What an intelligent comment!  cornpie | 12/19/07
Lol  Sparhawk_z | 12/20/07
Go ahead and file it, we need a GOOD LAUGH  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/07
Calling anybody else stupid  jorjitop | 12/19/07
Got your dates mixed up?  tonymcs@... | 12/19/07
Acid2 test was released in 2005. Acid1 test in 1997.  osreinstall | 12/19/07
Is there a law...  rapson | 12/20/07
@ Linux Geek: Shut up, fool.  M.R. Kennedy | 12/20/07
Whoa, what a BRILLIANT argument!  bmerc | 12/20/07
Dumb  DevGuy_z | 01/22/08
Probably supported on XP  odenni | 12/19/07
And why should it not??  techboy_z | 01/22/08
See my response below  rseiler | 12/19/07
So, Will ACID2 compliance be the default mode ????  Basic Logic | 12/19/07
it is extremely likely MS will do that  doh123 | 12/19/07
What did you add to the discussion?  NonZealot | 12/20/07
sorry you misunderstood...  doh123 | 12/20/07
Where did I say I didn't like people speculating?  NonZealot | 12/20/07
Standards/Quirks Modes  robert.paul@... | 12/20/07
You've just defended MS so there must be fanboyism involved  NonZealot | 12/20/07
Standard Compliance is just geek speak for  mrjonno | 12/20/07
So, your telling me that users  DanLM | 12/20/07
Yes, users don't care  laura.b | 12/20/07
It disagree, and I'm not trying to flame  DanLM | 12/20/07
Yup most don't  Quack_youll@... | 12/20/07
Lol, I like tha one about opera  DanLM | 12/21/07
Are you saying?  Ole Man | 12/20/07
No, I'm not  laura.b | 12/21/07
Me neither!  Ole Man | 12/21/07
That's what standards are for  Ole Man | 12/20/07
In other words . . .  CobraA1 | 12/20/07
Congratulations to Internet Explorer team  nilotpal_c | 12/20/07
What have taken them so long?  MrViklund | 12/20/07
Read a good point about that recently  laura.b | 12/20/07
Speaking of Opera  Larry Dignan ZDNet Moderator | 12/20/07
Actually, IE7 broke things WORSE than it would have if 100% compliant.  Joel R | 12/20/07
re: Actually, IE7 broke things WORSE . . .  CobraA1 | 12/20/07
Hey man  laura.b | 12/21/07
This must be the first product in history  Ole Man | 12/20/07
Probably not  laura.b | 12/21/07
Maybe not, but................  Ole Man | 12/21/07
Laura, Simply told  nilotpal_c | 12/20/07
Nope  techboy_z | 01/22/08
Users dont use a browser to access web pages  mrjonno | 12/20/07
Your qualifications and methods, please?  Ole Man | 12/20/07
Let's be frank here...  markom109 | 12/20/07
How's that for qualifications and methods?  Ole Man | 12/20/07
Apologies, but...  markom109 | 12/20/07
To carry this a bit further  DanLM | 12/21/07
Nicely put.  markom109 | 12/21/07
I agree with what you say, but..........  Ole Man | 12/21/07
Good luck getting people to switch..  josh@... | 12/20/07
These tricks are as old as the hills  Ole Man | 12/20/07
I guess that would be 8 happy  roshan_shankar@... | 12/20/07
RE: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test  vulpine@... | 12/20/07
I'm all for standards, but...  markom109 | 12/20/07
Write once, run anywhere  mswift@... | 12/20/07
And on that... from the developer's perspective...  markom109 | 12/20/07
I don't really care about the motives, I just want the solution  Ole Man | 12/21/07
Re: Standards.  Cardinal_Bill | 12/22/07
RE: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test  coachgeorge | 12/20/07
Am I the only one to have noticed  nilotpal_c | 12/20/07
That's what always happens  Ole Man | 12/20/07
looking forward to seeing IE8 released. In 2010.  james.faction | 12/20/07
Standards compliance is extrememly important for web design.  james.faction | 12/20/07
RE: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test  wlcoopersr@... | 12/20/07
This is great!  CobraA1 | 12/20/07
RE: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test  davisnewman | 12/20/07
So...  Futurdreamz@... | 12/21/07
edit:  Futurdreamz@... | 12/21/07
Interesting... Firefox didn't pass either...  Narg | 12/21/07
Totally disagree with that  DanLM | 12/21/07
Stability  t3h | 12/21/07
Lemme see if I got this right...  Cardinal_Bill | 12/21/07
Hmm, consider the timing  NonZealot | 12/22/07
Still going to keep using Firefox  John Musbach | 01/02/08
IE8 does NOT pass Acid2  drhowarddrfine | 01/12/08
Give real evidence OR worthless post  DevGuy_z | 01/22/08
Hopefully Microsoft will get IE8 up to standard.  Solid Jedi Knight | 01/15/08
Lesson to be learned....  techboy_z | 01/22/08

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