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Browser tests, clarifications, and refreshing honesty

March 20, 2010 · by Haavard

Earlier this week I wrote about Microsoft's rather misleading standards compliance table, which falsely gave you the impession that Internet Explorer 9 was better than the other browsers, unless you carefully read the "fine print". Yesterday, Microsoft posted a clarification and corrections for the test page. I'm very happy that they accepted the criticism, and even updated the page with some corrections.

Since I have already criticized a competitor for posting misleading information, I also think it's a good idea to give praise to competitors where praise is due.

In related news, Google released a test runner for the Sputnik JavaScript test suite last week. What's interesting is that Chrome isn't even in the first or second spot in the test. It's behind both Opera and Safari, while Firefox is behind Chrome, and IE in last place.

This kind of honesty is certainly refreshing in a market where browser vendors usually try to make themselves look as good as possible compared to the competition.

So hats off to you for this one, Google!

Readers' comments 40

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  • Daniel HendrycksSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:38:52 PM

    :up:

  • Charles SchlossSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:41:02 PM

    :up:

  • ouzowtfSaturday, March 20, 2010 9:47:58 PM

    :up:

  • Mağruf ÇolakoğluSaturday, March 20, 2010 10:00:33 PM

    :up:

  • netwolfSaturday, March 20, 2010 10:02:18 PM

    :up:

  • TeoSaturday, March 20, 2010 10:05:37 PM

    Ironically, the thumb-up image is not a svg ;-)

  • prd3Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:21:31 PM

    What's ironic about that?

  • FransSaturday, March 20, 2010 10:22:46 PM

    :up:

  • edvakfSaturday, March 20, 2010 10:46:07 PM

    Way to go.

    I'd love to see these below working on Opera too. (real websites are failing because of it)

    javascript:alert( {get foo(x){}} ) // expect alert
    javascript:(function f(){function g(){alert(typeof f);} g();})(); // expect 'function'

  • Rafael LuikSaturday, March 20, 2010 11:22:47 PM

    lol there are lots of :up: here!!!

    I can't resist.....

    ..


    ahh!

    :up:

  • Lv1zSaturday, March 20, 2010 11:38:44 PM

    Yes, was a good move for Google. M$, well, is doesn't surprise me.
    :up:

  • d4rkn1ghtSunday, March 21, 2010 12:10:36 AM

    :up:

  • NintendofanaticSunday, March 21, 2010 12:27:23 AM

    :up:

  • TamilSunday, March 21, 2010 12:35:34 AM

    :up:

  • Kai OckendorfSunday, March 21, 2010 1:26:30 AM

    :up:

  • SunshineSunday, March 21, 2010 1:58:10 AM

    :up:

  • Brian HuismanSunday, March 21, 2010 3:41:47 AM

    :down:

    Oops! I mean: :up:

  • Pallab DeSunday, March 21, 2010 3:41:53 AM

    Really impressed with the IE9 teams sincerity.
    I remember Apple's misleading facts for Safari 4. They didn't bother to acknowledge Opera. And even when, the truth was pointed out by several bloggers they didn't budge. Well done MS.

  • Shane BundySunday, March 21, 2010 8:08:53 AM

    I was testing to validate their claims on reliable JS execution. Yes, Opera 10.5 came first with just 78 failures (in 5246 test cases), Safari 4 came next with 159 failures, Chrome 4 with 218, Firefox 3.6 with 259 and IE8 with 463 failures. :yes:

  • HaavardSunday, March 21, 2010 9:52:59 AM

    http://files.myopera.com/haavard/files/thumbsup2.png -

  • KawaSunday, March 21, 2010 3:45:26 PM

    Woah, that's a big ol' thumbs up there. :up:

  • random414Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:27:42 PM

    :yes:

  • NecromanSunday, March 21, 2010 9:37:11 PM

    :cheers:

  • endless loveSunday, March 21, 2010 9:50:58 PM

    :up:

  • Anthony Museatlantis FletcherMonday, March 22, 2010 1:54:59 AM

    It is nice to see that internet explorer is improving even if it is still miles behind every other browser. Seems like Opera is doing amazing :yes:

  • Cutting SpoonMonday, March 22, 2010 3:04:34 AM

    Happy to see a clarification from the Microsoft Staff Blog.

    Also pleased to see another mention of Google's Sputnik and its relatively balanced test results.

  • webtaxMonday, March 22, 2010 5:16:12 AM

    http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8648/acid2.png -

  • Anton DiazMonday, March 22, 2010 6:05:42 AM

    webtax, :lol: :up:

  • Rafael LuikMonday, March 22, 2010 10:07:56 PM

    Originally posted by AntonDiaz:

    webtax, :lol: :up:

    +1 :bigsmile:

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, March 23, 2010 3:03:19 AM

    +1 make that a smiley on MyO

  • d4rkn1ghtTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:26:08 AM

    http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/168/smileythumbsup.jpg -

  • Mad Scientist (عادل)Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:02:27 PM

    :yes:.

  • KawaWednesday, March 24, 2010 4:11:09 PM

    Webtax wins. Somebody find him a copy of Opera 1.0 :bigsmile:

  • Rafael LuikThursday, March 25, 2010 2:41:24 PM

    Originally posted by KyoufuKawa:

    Somebody find him a copy of Opera 1.0

    :lol:

  • JaredSaturday, April 10, 2010 5:30:57 AM

    Originally posted by webtax

    This kind of honesty is certainly refreshing in a market where browser vendors usually try to make themselves look as good as possible compared to the competition.



    Well chrome still has explanations - on the video IE posted about chrome just this past wks.

  • Charles SchlossSunday, April 11, 2010 6:16:42 AM

    Sunspider has been updated (now version 0.9.1)

  • beritakuWednesday, April 14, 2010 1:19:12 AM

    :party: to Google and especially to Opera to came out at the first position to be the browser that execute browser correctly

  • beritakuWednesday, April 14, 2010 1:21:40 AM

    Correction to above comment

    :party: to Google and especially to Opera to came out at the first position to be the browser that execute JavaScript correctly

    :smile:

  • Daniel HendrycksWednesday, April 14, 2010 1:22:57 AM

    Originally posted by beritaku:

    Correction to above comment


    There is an edit function right under your post. :wink:

  • Mad Scientist (عادل)Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:56:56 AM

    Well, maybe he didn't see it. :left:.
    (it has also been known to 'disappear' for no apparent reason before the twenty four hour expiry)

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Published inA Journal from Behind the Trenches
DateMarch 20, 2010
AuthorHaavard
Tagsopera, google, sputnik, firefox, chrome, internet explorer, microsoft
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