A score of 95/100 is an amazing performance for new Internet Explorer 9 (Preview 4). If the test Internet Explorer 8, it will not remove more than 55 / 100 the test Acid3, Which measures performance and compatibility Internet browser-S in accordance with the requirements Web2.0. As far as IE is concerned, 8 is the head of the list of the most unhealthy browsers when it comes to web surfing in terms of security, web / scripting compatibility, resource consumption and stability.
Internet Explorer 9 Preview 4 – Acid3
Failed 5 of 100 tests.
26 Test Passed, But took 698ms (less than 30fps)
Test 75 failed: Object does not support this property or method
Test 76 failed: expected '0' but got '100' - Incorrect animVal value after svg animation.
77 test failed: Not Implemented
Test 78 failed: expected '90' but got '1.9237771034240722' - getRotationOfChar (0) failed.
79 test failed: Not Implemented
Total elapsed time: 1.49s
Internet Explorer 9 promises to be a worthy browser to compete with Firefox, Opera si SafariHowever, this result should not be an a bubble of oxygen Microsoft. The new Safari 5.0.1 has a score of 100/100 on Acid3, and until approx Safari to reach this performance, Opera stayed for a long time Acid top with 100 / 100. I remember a few years ago, authentication sedo.com was allowed only with Opera Browser. At that time it was the only browser that qualify for Web Security imposed by Sedo.
Test Acid3 - http://acid3.acidtests.org/ (for the test to be relevant you will need to have the Internet Browser with the settings defaultWithout add-ons, plugins or themes installed)
Test Drive Internet Explorer 9.
Stealth Settings - Internet Explorer 9.
