WebKit, the rendering engine behind Apple’s Safari web browser, has achieved a 100/100 on the rigorous Acid3 web standards test.
This makes WebKit the first open-source rendering engine to pass the test, with Opera the first browser to pass the test in a private development version. WebKit has more work to do on the test, however: rendering glitches and animation problems still exist, and the Acid3 test, while official released, has made some minor changes in the past.
A nightly build of WebKit which passes the test is available to Mac users here, with a Windows build to follow. The Safari web browser, which currently scores a 75/100 on the test, is available to both major platforms from Apple.
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Just saw the news about Opera yesterday. They hope to have a public build that passes Acid3 out in the next few weeks. The current public builds of the 9.5 branch score pretty well: http://webtide.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/ie-on-acid/
I haven’t tested the last three or four releases, as I have remained on build 9770 for various reasons.
I’ve read that Safari 3.1 for Windows is head and shoulders above the 3.0 beta released last year. I’ll have to try it out sometime!