Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
You brought it up. Don't if you don't want it discussed. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:43 AM, mike wrote: The last few contests when linux, os x and windows were all on a level playing field, linux was the only one that took any 'work' to

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread Tony B
Agree about the topic hijacking. Start a new thread people; it's as easy as changing the subject line. The problem with this ACID test is that it wasn't designed by the people that authored the #1 internet browser. If those people wrote the test, their browser would pass it with flying colors,

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
I was mistaken when I called you catatonic, Mike. You are a moron. The Acid Test has absolutely nothing to do with security. You have lost all association with logic. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Why do you do this? READ the thread. Tom brought up security. You guys

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
No, that misses the point. That only allows the guilty to bury the evidence. The Acid test is only worth paying attention to because it is written a standards organization http://acid3.acidtests.org/, not by the authors of the software to be tested. The tests then measure standards defined by

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
You are brilliant. Instead of double checking what I said, you call me names. In full is Tom's previous post in which you will notice if you are able to read, about MS and security. I have put it in bold and italics and added color to the important words, have someone read it to you noticing

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread rleesimon
Did you just say tom is droppin' acid (again)? -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:47 AM Subject: Re: IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly Why do you do this? READ the thread. Tom brought up security. You guys are like broken records,

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Dunford
-Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:14 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly I was mistaken when

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread tjpa
On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: This is totally uncalled for. It was Tom who brought up security. Mike simply responded. Sigh, here we go again. I extracted an interesting quote from a link posted by Mike. Mike's link had nothing to do with ACID. I guess I should have

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
I should have never held that gun your head when you posted that excerpt..hey waitasecond...I never held a gun to your head! Maybe you should have posted an excerpt about IE loss of market share which could be tied to it's non standards compliance? I dunno, just a thought. The security thing

[CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-02 Thread tjp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203569.html But even today, they still don't play that nicely. As you can see in this video about IE9 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/IE-9-Standards-and-Interoperability/ , they are still nowhere near passing the

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-02 Thread mike
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/02/firefox-overtakes-internet-explorer-in-germany/ On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203569.html But even today, they still don't play that nicely. As you can see

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-02 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:02 PM, mike wrote: http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/02/firefox-overtakes-internet-explorer-in-germany/ It will be interesting to see what if any effect this has on hacker activity in the country. Defenders of Microsoft’s security record have previously argued that