Comparison of browser engines (graphics support)
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This article compares graphics support for several browser engines.
Explanation of the tables[edit]
| Engine | Status | Embedded in |
|---|---|---|
| WebKit | Active | Safari browser, plus all browsers hosted on the iOS App Store |
| Blink | Active | Google Chrome and all other Chromium-based browsers like Opera and Microsoft Edge |
| Gecko | Active | Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, plus forks like SeaMonkey and Waterfox |
| KHTML | Discontinued | Konqueror browser |
| Presto | Discontinued | formerly in the Opera browser |
| EdgeHTML | Discontinued | formerly in the Microsoft Edge browser |
| Trident | Discontinued | Internet Explorer browser and Microsoft Outlook email client |
Values[edit]
These indicate the level of support for the given item in each engine. By default, the most recent version of the engine is implied. However, a specific version number can be listed; when this indicates full support, it's the initial version of the engine fully supporting the item.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Yes | Fully supported |
| No | Has never been supported |
| Partial | Only some values are supported |
| Incorrect | Not implemented correctly in all cases |
| Experimental | May be incomplete or buggy |
| Nightly build | Currently in development; full support is expected |
| Depends | Only supported for the specified conditions |
| Dropped | No longer supported |
Image format support[edit]
| MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML[n 1] | Presto | ||
| AVIF | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |
| JPEG | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
| JPEG 2000 | No | No | No[1] | Dropped[n 2] | No | No | No | |
| JPEG XL | No | Nightly build | Nightly build | No | Nightly build | No | No | |
| JPEG XR | 5.0[3] | Yes | No[4] | No | No | No | No | |
| GIF | GIF 89a | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
| GIF 87a | ||||||||
| PNG | 1.2 | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
| 1.1 | ||||||||
| 1.0 | ||||||||
| APNG | No | No | 3.0 | 528 | 59.0 | No | 9.5 | |
| BMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
| ICO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
| TIFF | 5.0[3] | Yes | No[5] | No | No | Yes[6] | No | |
| WebP | No | 17 [7] | 65[8] | 534.10[9] | Yes[10] | No | 2.8.131[11] | |
JPEG features[edit]
| MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML[n 1] | Presto | ||
| Operation mode | Progressive | 3.0[n 3] | Yes | Yes | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
| Baseline | 3.0 | |||||||
| Hierarchical | ||||||||
| Lossless | ||||||||
GIF features[edit]
| MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML[n 1] | Presto | ||
| GIF 87a | Interlacing | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
| GIF 89a | Binary transparency | |||||||
| Animation | ||||||||
PNG features[edit]
| MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML[n 1] | Presto | ||
| Color mode[n 4] | True color | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
| Grayscale | ||||||||
| Palette-based | ||||||||
| Alpha channel | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
| Gamma correction | 5.0[12] | Yes | 3.5[13] | Incorrect[n 5] | ? | No[15] | Partial[n 6] | |
| Color correction | Yes | 1.9 | ? | ? | ? | No | ||
| Interlacing | Incorrect[n 7] | ? | 1.0 | ? | ? | 4.0 | 1.0 | |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 KHTML did not have any native image support. This was by design: in Konqueror, multimedia files were handled by KParts.
- ↑ JPEG 2000 support was only available on the macOS platform prior to the release of 10.15 Catalina, and required QuickTime 7, since Safari 12 dropped official support for NPAPI plugins (including QuickTime).[2] (Note that the referenced link leads to the Mozilla Bugzilla, where this was brought up and confirmed.)
- ↑ MSHTML only displayed progressive JPEGs after they were completely downloaded.
- ↑ There are 15 combinations of the color modes in PNG but not all modes are available in every image editor.
- ↑ Webkit incorrectly applies gamma correction to unlabeled PNGs.[14]
- ↑ Presto supported gamma correction for all color profiles except for ICC-profile.[16]
- ↑ In MSHTML, interlaced PNGs were displayed progressively, but in 1D instead of 2D.
References[edit]
- ↑ Bug 36351 - Support the jpeg2000 (jp2k) format, Mozilla
- ↑ Bug 36351 Comment 150 - Support the jpeg2000 (jp2k) format
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Protalinski, Emil (2010-03-16), Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9, Ars Technica
- ↑ Bug 500500 - Add support for JPEG-XR/HD Photo, Mozilla
- ↑ Bug 160261 - (TIFF) TIFF Support?, Mozilla
- ↑ Faure, David, Re: Bug#15507: tiff, 'Open with:' -> many konqueror windows
- ↑ WebP is supported in Edge
- ↑ Bug 1294490 - Implement experimental WebP image support, Mozilla
- ↑ Bug 47512 - Add support for decoding WebP image, WebKit
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions | WebP".
- ↑ Opera 11.10 for Windows changelog, Opera Software, archived from the original on 2011-04-16, retrieved 2011-08-25 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview, Microsoft, 2010-03-15, archived from the original on 2010-04-19, retrieved 2010-03-20 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Color correction for images in Firefox 3.5 – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog".
- ↑ Sivonen, Henri, The Sad Story of PNG Gamma "Correction"
- ↑ Bug 179690 - PNG gamma correction doesn't work (bug 61829), KDE
- ↑ Roelofs, Greg, Browser Gamma-Consistency Test
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