- Comparison of layout engines (XHTML)
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HTML - HTML and HTML5
- Dynamic HTML
- XHTML
- XHTML Mobile Profile and C-HTML
- Canvas element
- Character encodings
- Document Object Model
- Font family
- HTML editor
- HTML element
- HTML Frames
- HTML5 video
- HTML scripting
- Web browser engine
- Quirks mode
- Style sheets
- Unicode and HTML
- W3C and WHATWG
- Web colors
- Web Storage
- Comparison of
The following tables compare XHTML compatibility and support for a number of layout engines. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
Only XHTML 1.1 is considered. XHTML 1.1 is necessarily XHTML 1.0 Strict with more elements and attributes deprecated. XHTML 2.0 is still a working draft with no layout engine support. XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4 (both served with
text/html
) are covered in comparison of layout engines (HTML). The comparison of XML capabilities are covered in comparison of layout engines (XML).Version number, if possible, is provided for feature that is fully supported. Proprietary extensions are not included.
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Explanation of the tables
Engine nomenclature
Rather than the names of web browsers, the names of the underlying engines are used. The browsers that use the various engines are listed below.
Layout engine Release version Preview version Used by Amaya 11.3.1 11.3-pre Amaya Gecko 6.0.2 8.0a2 All Mozilla software, including Firefox; SeaMonkey and Galeon; Camino; K-Meleon; Flock (up to 2.x); Epiphany-gecko; Debian IceWeasel; GNU IceCat (formerly GNU IceWeasel); Icedove, Iceape and Iceowl; Fennec KHTML N/A Konqueror Presto 2.9.168 2.9.168 Opera; Opera Mobile, Nintendo DS & DSi Browser; Internet Channel Prince 7.1 N/A Prince XML Tasman (IE 5.2.3 for Mac) none (aborted in 2003) Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac OS X Trident 5.0 (IE 9) 6.0 (IE 10) Internet Explorer and other Internet Explorer shells like Maxthon (Microsoft Windows operating systems only), Windows Phone 7 WebKit 534.20 r83424 Safari (both desktop and mobile), Google Chrome, Maxthon 3, Shiira, iCab 4, OmniWeb 5.5+, Epiphany, Adobe AIR, Midori, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and CS5, Android browser, Palm webOS browser, Symbian S60 browser, OWB, Steam, Rekonq, Arora, Flock (version 3+), RockMelt Values
Values indicate the level of support in the most recent version of the layout engine, or (if a version number is given) in the specified version. Version numbers without any other value indicate the version at which the layout engine first fully supported the feature.
Value Meaning Yes Indicates that the layout engine fully supports this property/element when valid values are used. No Indicates that the property/element is completely ignored. Partial Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that not all values are supported. Supported values are implemented correctly. Incorrect Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that it is not implemented correctly in all cases. Experimental Indicates that the property/element is understood, but supported under an alternate name. May be incomplete or buggy. Dropped Indicates that the property/element is no longer supported. Nightly build Indicates that the property/element is supported to some extent in an experimental/nightly build. Future support is expected. Depends Indicates that the property/element is supported only on certain platforms, or if certain settings are configured. Media types
The responses when a well-formatted XHTML document is served with different media types. Note that only
application/xhtml+xml
is the recommended media type.Internet media type Trident Tasman Gecko WebKit KHTML Presto Prince XML application/atom+xml
? ? ? ? ? ? ? application/mathml+xml
No No 2.0[g 1] No No ? ? application/rss+xml
? ? ? ? ? ? ? application/xhtml+xml
XHTML 5.0 Prompt for download XHTML XHTML
125HTML XHTML
1.0? application/xml
XHTML 5.0 Crash XHTML XHTML
125XML XHTML
1.0? application/xslt+xml
? ? ? ? ? ? ? image/svg+xml
? ? 1.0[g 2] ? ? ? ? text/xml
XHTML 5.0 Crash XHTML XHTML
125XML XHTML
1.0? text/html
HTML HTML HTML HTML HTML HTML ? KHTML media type notes
- application/xhtml+xml — KHTML supports this media type, but processes the document as HTML.
- application/xml, text/xml — HTML entities and custom entities defined by custom DTD are not recognized.
Combined profiles
Extending XHTML by combining with other applications of XML (not referring using img/object element).
Trident Tasman Gecko WebKit KHTML Presto Prince XML MathML No No 1.0 No[w 1] No 2.1 6.0 SVG 5.0 1.8 522 3.2 1.0 5.1 XForms No No[g 3] No[w 2] No No ? VoiceXML No No 1.0 No References
Gecko references
- ^ Bug 124709 - MIME type application/mathml+xml should be supported, Mozilla, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124709
- ^ Bug 160882 - MIME type image/svg+xml should be supported, Mozilla, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160882
- ^ Bug 97806 - (xforms) Implement W3C XForms in browser and composer, Mozilla, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97806
- "the mozilla.org projects list". MathML in Mozilla. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
- "the mozilla.org projects list". Mozilla SVG project. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
- "the mozilla.org projects list". Mozilla XForms project. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xforms/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
WebKit references
Other references
- "W3C". XHTML media type test. http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/xhtml/media-types/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
- "Opera Features". SVG. Archived from the original on April 14, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050414082314/http://www.opera.com/features/svg/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
- "Developer's corner". Authoring XHTML+Voice. http://my.opera.com/community/dev/voice/. Retrieved May 1, 2005.
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