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Wow, what a topic, let's do our best to keep this civil.

Here's some options for you. The two major alternatives to Internet Explorer on Windows are:

post-32224-1123981011.png Mozilla Firefox

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Have a play with them both and choose for yourself, it's reported that unreleased versions of Opera are nearly succeeding 100% in the Acid2 test.

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What happened to Avant Browser? USe it. It rules. Its still there. Its very much in development.

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yea that was my best before i switch to firefox

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What happened to Avant Browser? USe it. It rules. Its still there. Its very much in development.

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Isn't avant just a front end for IE, would that not mean that it would be just as bad as IE in rendering the acid 2 test?

I believe as of just now opera is the furthest ahead in the acid 2 test. Well it was last time I heard anything anyway.

I would personally recommend opera but this is neowin and it seems to me like 90% of all the users here use firefox so I would think you would get more recommendations for it than for opera.

But why don't you just download and try both of them and see what floats your boat.

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Yeah, both have free versions, so give each a try. I'm partial to Opera, but it did cost me $20. If cost is the most important thing, then of course don't use Opera.

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I believe as of just now opera is the furthest ahead in the acid 2 test. Well it was last time I heard anything anyway.

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Not really true. The internal builds of Opera almost display it perfectly. But those are as a result of some major engine rewrites that won't be seen by the public for a while (Opera's own words).
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I believe as of just now opera is the furthest ahead in the acid 2 test. Well it was last time I heard anything anyway.

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Actually, WebKit had it perfect first. That version is still in testing and hasn't been released as a final, but you can download the WebKit nightly and see for yourself. But yes, of Windows browsers, Opera nearly has it in internal builds (but why they needed a nearly complete rewrite for it [again] is beyond me).

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I would personally recommend Firefox, but if you're looking for a browser whose creators are specifically trying to improve Acid2 test performance, go with Opera :)

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What does passing the Acid 2 test mean? Is it just for bragging rights or...?

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No, it is not just for bragging rights it is there for browser vendors to test standards compliance. However, passing the test does not necessarily mean that a browser is fully standard compliant, but a browsers performance on the test is a good indication on how much the vendor care about standards and on how hard they are working towards that goal.

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What does passing the Acid 2 test mean? Is it just for bragging rights or...?

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It means that the browser supports all the css rules used in the test.

But you know if browsers do not support a css rule, web developers probably won't use that rule in the first place.

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