It�s pointedly not a compliance test (from the Test Guide: �Acid2 does not guarantee conformance with any specification�). As a wish list, it is really important and useful to my team, but it isn�t even intended, in my understanding, as our priority list for IE7.

In that vein, I�ve seen a lot of comments asking if we will pass the Acid2 browser test published by the Web Standards Project when IE7 ships. I�ll go ahead and relieve the suspense by saying we will not pass this test when IE7 ships. The original Acid Test tested only the CSS 1 box model, and actually became part of the W3C CSS1 Test Suite since it was a fairly narrow test � but the Acid 2 Test covers a wide set of functionality and standards, not just from CSS2.1 and HTML 4.01, selected by the authors as a �wish list� of features they�d like to have. It�s pointedly not a compliance test (from the Test Guide: �Acid2 does not guarantee conformance with any specification�). As a wish list, it is really important and useful to my team, but it isn�t even intended, in my understanding, as our priority list for IE7.

We fully recognize that IE is behind the game today in CSS support. We�ve dug through the Acid 2 Test and analyzed IE�s problems with the test in some great detail, and we�ve made sure the bugs and features are on our list - however, there are some fairly large and difficult features to implement, and they will not all sort to the top of the stack in IE7. I believe we are doing a much better service to web developers out there in IE7 by fixing our known bang-your-head-on-the-desk bugs and usability problems first, and prioritizing the most commonly-requested features based on all the feedback we've had.