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WebKit becomes first browser engine to fully pass Acid3 test
AppleInsider —
... metric for standards compliance that has resulted in rapid advancement among various rendering engines as each works to earn the top score. In March, both Safari's WebKit and Opera's Presto announced earning a 100% score in developer builds of their browser. In addition to the numbered score, the test also requires the browser render a test page with pixel perfect accuracy using its default settings and that it render a smooth test animation. Today, the development build of WebKit passed that last hurdle , which Stachowiak reported was due to "recent speedups in JavaScript, ...
Team WebKit claims it's the first to fully pass Acid 3 tests
Infinite Loop —
... to score a 100/100 on the Acid 3 benchmark. However, the rules also require a pixel-perfect rendering (based on a reference image) as well as smooth performance on animations. Though WebKit was already capable of scoring 100/100 and matching the reference rendering, last night team member Maciej Stachowiak posted that the latest WebKit nightly meets the final requirement and now fully passes the Acid 3 test. Stachowiak says that recent speedups in ...
WebKit becomes first browser engine to fully pass Acid3
MacDailyNews —
... ," writes Stachowiak. Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Samir" for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Take: Congrats, WebKit team! MacDailyNews Note: WebKit is an open source application framework that provides a foundation upon which to build a Web browser. WebKit was originally derived by Apple Inc. from the Konqueror browser’s KHTML software library for use as the engine of Mac OS X’s Safari web browser. The framework is now used by Omniweb, Shiira, iCab, Adobe AIR, Google Chrome, iPhone (Safari), iPod touch (Safari), Nokia’s Series 60 browser and Google’s ...
WebKit fully passes Acid3
MacUser —
... , a 100/100 score on the Acid3 test doesn’t mean you fully pass. Actually, you still need to complete the animation smoothly. While both Opera and Safari achieved the top score some time ago, only recently did Safari do it smoothly. Even better, it was the first browser to do so. ...
