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Posted by NoNamer on 05/18/06 15:20
Bob wrote:
> NoNamer wrote:
> > Bob wrote:
> >> Using this page
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_%28DOM%29
> >>
> >> I made some rather unscientific computations of the levels of DOM
> >> (Document Object Model), ie, Javascript + CSS, support for IE 6, Opera
> >> 7, 8 and 9 and Firefox 1.5
> >>
> >> Here they are:
> >>
> >> DOM 1 supports how many
> >>
> >> IE5 264 (15 more are broken)
> >> IE6 293 (15 more are broken)
> >> Opera 7 337 (1 is broken)
> >> Opera 8 337 (1 is broken)
> >> Opera 9 370 (1 is broken)
> >> Firefox 367
> >>
> >> Opera 9 barely edges out Firefox for DOM 1 support, but it is basically
> >> a tie. IE is quite a bit behind. Even Opera 7 bests it considerably.
> >>
> >>
> >> DOM 2 supports how many
> >>
> >> IE5 43 (2 more are broken)
> >> IE6 44 (2 more are broken)
> >> Opera 7 70
> >> Opera 8 116
> >> Opera 9 154
> >> Firefox 176
> >>
> >> Firefox definitely wins for DOM 2 support, but Opera 9 also does very
> >> well. IE6 looks like a disaster for DOM 2. Even the older Opera 7 does
> >> much better than IE. Even more shameful is that IE barely improved from
> >> v5 to v6
> >>
> >>
> >> DOM 3 supports how many
> >>
> >> IE5 0
> >> IE6 0
> >> Opera 7 1
> >> Opera 8 7
> >> Opera 9 54
> >> Firefox 19
> >>
> >> Although DOM 3 is very new and not supported well by browsers, Opera 9
> >> does dramatically better than any other browser in implementing it. IE,
> >> shamefully, has not implemented one spec, and has not improved again
> >> between v5 and v6. Firefox does a decent job of implementing DOM 3,
> >> considering that no browser implements much of it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Totals
> >>
> >> IE5 307
> >> IE6 337
> >> Opera 7 408
> >> Opera 8 460
> >> Opera 9 578
> >> Firefox 562
> >>
> >>
> >> For the totals, Opera 9 has the best DOM support of any major browser!
> >> Yaaaay! Firefox is quite close though. IE is horribly behind and has
> >> barely improved from one old version to the next. Even Opera 7 is much
> >> better than IE6. The only conclusion is that when it comes to DOM, IE is
> >> an incredibly broken browser. The fact that 85% of the net is using this
> >> stupid, broken browser is just disgusting.
> >>>>
> >> Methods: I counted them by hand, so there may be some errors. Feel free
> >> to recheck. I think my totals are pretty good though.
> >
> > I know it's not out yet, but any preliminary data for IE7?
>
> Yes, I do, but not from that url. From another one, I was *really*
> disappointed. There has been some limited progress WRT to CSS, but
> nothing spectacular. WRT to DOM, I am not sure if there is much new at
> all. These people like Web Standards Project (MS is now an official
> member) who have been raving about how IE7 is so much more
> standards-compliant appear to be horribly wrong. I was of the opinion
> that IE7 was much better in this regard, and when I looked it up, it was
> profoundly disappointing. Bottom line is IE7 is still dramatically
> backwards in terms of standards implementation.
> >
> > I've been using it for about 2 weeks now and really like it. The zoom
> > feature is awesome.
>
> That's cool. I refuse to use IE on principle, not because it's a crappy
> browser. After a reinstall, I used it for a couple of days intensively
> and I had to admit it was pleasant, esp because so many pages seem to be
> designed specifically for that browser. However, I ran without
> antivirus, and by the end of the 2 days, I had something like 12 trojans
> on my system!
Wow... I haven't run across any bad stuff at all.
Can you post a link to one of the sites that had a trojan? I would
like to test out IE7 in this regard.
Thanks.
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