IE8 Passes the Acid2 test

As many web developers know, Internet Explorer has always been behind the times for Web Standards.  Just last week IE8 (Which is still in development) passed the Acid2 test. The Acid2 Test's main website is here, and you can view the actual test here.  The Acid2 test has correct CSS and incorrect CSS. The test is to determine how a browser handles CSS(correct and incorrect). The long list of standards that web browsers has to support (W3C is only one body of standards), you can imagine how great the IE team must feel.

The ironic thing was as I was reading about this, I was told my new application needs to be supported by IE6 now... 10,000 lines of JS Script... 100+ images (alpha-transparent PNG...) oh the joy.

Here's a link to the IEBlog that talks more about this.