Comments on: When good tests go bad: Firefox on Acid(2) http://whereswalden.com/2009/02/20/when-good-tests-go-bad-firefox-on-acid2/ Mozilla, politics, economics, law, backpacking, cycling, and other random desiderata Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://whereswalden.com/2009/02/20/when-good-tests-go-bad-firefox-on-acid2/comment-page-1/#comment-134864 Dan Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:56 +0000 http://whereswalden.com/?p=480#comment-134864 This issue has been "fixed" in bug 496721 by removing support for a fallback colour (due to CSS WG decisions). This issue has been “fixed” in bug 496721 by removing support for a fallback colour (due to CSS WG decisions).

]]> By: Ian Hickson http://whereswalden.com/2009/02/20/when-good-tests-go-bad-firefox-on-acid2/comment-page-1/#comment-133113 Ian Hickson Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:14:45 +0000 http://whereswalden.com/?p=480#comment-133113 That's a really unintuitive syntax. The spec should change. Nobody's going to be able to guess what 'background: blue yellow' means. IMHO. [I'm not sure I disagree. It still doesn't change that, for now, it is acceptable to "fail" Acid2 so long as it's for this specific reason, which was the primary reason for the post. <em>Someone</em> had to make the post so that not-CSS-hyper-expert nightly users could be pointed somewhere to explain the breakage, and when dbaron explained the history of his multiple-backgrounds commit a couple months back I thought it too hilarious for me not to talk about it. :-) ] That’s a really unintuitive syntax. The spec should change. Nobody’s going to be able to guess what ‘background: blue yellow’ means. IMHO.

[I'm not sure I disagree. It still doesn't change that, for now, it is acceptable to "fail" Acid2 so long as it's for this specific reason, which was the primary reason for the post. Someone had to make the post so that not-CSS-hyper-expert nightly users could be pointed somewhere to explain the breakage, and when dbaron explained the history of his multiple-backgrounds commit a couple months back I thought it too hilarious for me not to talk about it. :-) ]

]]> By: PC World diz que o “Firefox está morto”; será? | BLOG.MACMAGAZINE http://whereswalden.com/2009/02/20/when-good-tests-go-bad-firefox-on-acid2/comment-page-1/#comment-131933 PC World diz que o “Firefox está morto”; será? | BLOG.MACMAGAZINE Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:35:45 +0000 http://whereswalden.com/?p=480#comment-131933 [...] fazendo muito bem seu trabalho. Por exemplo, parece contraditório, mas recentemente a raposa deixou de passar no teste Acid2 por implementar uma característica do CSS3 em que pode-se carregar duas cores de fundo. A questão [...] [...] fazendo muito bem seu trabalho. Por exemplo, parece contraditório, mas recentemente a raposa deixou de passar no teste Acid2 por implementar uma característica do CSS3 em que pode-se carregar duas cores de fundo. A questão [...]

]]> By: David Naylor http://whereswalden.com/2009/02/20/when-good-tests-go-bad-firefox-on-acid2/comment-page-1/#comment-130529 David Naylor Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:34:21 +0000 http://whereswalden.com/?p=480#comment-130529 Interesting twist! Interesting twist!

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