Comments on: Chrome tops IE, Firefox in Acid3 test

In the popular Acid3 web standards test, Google's Chrome beats out the latest stable builds of Firefox and Internet Explorer.

[MadKiwi]

If you want to see a browser actually pass the Acid 3 test, try Safari 4 beta...

[Goodbye Helicopter]

Well, of course it tops IE and FireFox in the Acid3 test!
It gets this ability from WebKit.
Safari and KHTML do the same as a result of WebKit.
Kiss Gecko good bye...

[pjk0]

Once again, Cnet stumps for Google.

What would have been _truly_ newsworthy would have been: "Opera tops ALL OTHER BROWSERS on Acid3 test", with a subtitle "Including heavily-hyped Google Chrome beta". But instead, the headline suffers from selective memory and Google-itis.

This bias seems to be getting worse and worse under the new Cnet management.

[Jack K1]

It all depends on where you stand, I suppose. Some folks see the winner of a two man race as coming in "second to last". Others see this year's recovery of the arctic ice after its record low last year as "second worst on record."

The reality is: "Opera is fastest." The person who comes in first in a two man race is "the winner", and the arctic ice is "showing signs of recovery" this year.

I'm convinced that journalism students are trained to skirt liable, slander, and reality with equal ease. That's OK, though. The world is passing them by. Bye!

Jack

[AppleSuxLeo]

I heard C-net is having a fire sale.

[SeizeCTRL]

I actually scored a 79 on the Acid3 test with Chrome. Interesting... why would the same browser score differently?

[MaLvaDo39]

Where is the Safari comparison?

[MaLvaDo39]

oop, posted that in the wrong page.... sorry.

[lestatdelc]

Ah... excuse me... Apple's Safari 3.2.1 passes the Acid3 test with 100/100 and has been the stable build for a while now. Also worth noting, Safari 4 beta passes it as well.

[harrisonh1]

@lestatdelc Since I'm not on OS X, I was going by the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browsers for information on Safari's score. It says in there that it scores a 75/100, but my mistake if that is inaccurate. I did, however, note that Safari 4 gets a 100,

"The latest iteration of the test, Acid3, is the hardest yet and no "stable" browser builds have achieved a 100 out of 100 on the test, although the Safari 4 Developer Preview has."

[timber2005]

I'm not sure where you got 3.2.1... maybe thats the latest Mac release, but the latest Windows verion is 3.1.2, scores the same as 3.1.1, 75/100.

[CoffeeChick]

I am using Chrome now. So far I like it.... for the most part. I miss the auto fill function. I don't know the acid test.... I just know if I like it!

[AppleSuxLeo]

Chrome is Chrap ! Heap fragmentation , and keystroke logging are just a COUPLE of serious problems with Chrome.
Also a javascript test isn`t the same as loading real web pages. Chrome and FF3 both hammer the CPU and make my TV app stutter. IE8 causes no such problems and gets the job done just as fast using hardly any CPU cycles. IE8 doesn`t suffer from "heap fragmentation".
Javascript is a security nightmare. Hear all about how lousy Chrome is...http://thisweekintech.com/sn161

[vipin247]

It's nice to c that chrome is improvising itself. But Opera 9.64 has got 85/100 during ACID3 Test.