QtWeb
Internet Browser
Comparison

 

This table compares basic features of the most popular browsers vs QtWeb Internet Browser v. 2.0. Tested in March 2009. Previous testing results of QtWeb 1.2 (Nov 2008) are here, QtWeb 1.5 (Jan 2009) here and QtWeb 1.7 (Feb 2009) here.

 

General QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Support for third party search providers

Yes
Google, Yahoo, Live, Cuil, customizable

Yes
customizable
Yes
Google & Yahoo
Yes
customizable
Yes
Google, Yahoo, MSN, customizable
Yes
customizable
Yes
Live and Google, customizable
Export/Import bookmarks from other browsers Yes
IE,Mozilla,Html,Xbel,Xml
Yes
IE, Opera, Html
Yes
Html
Yes
Firefox, IE, Konqueror, Html
Yes
IE, Firefox
Yes 
Opera, IE, Netscape
Yes
Html
Save Web Pages, Web Images locally Yes Yes Yes Yes
archives supported
Yes
archives supported
Yes Yes
archives supported
Sessions support (restore last session, closed tabs, ..) Yes Yes Yes Yes
multiple sessions management
No Yes Yes
Downloads management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
FTP browsing and downloading Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Local off-line Help with index Yes No
online only
Yes No
online only
No
online only
No
online only
Yes
Software Updates Yes
manual
Yes
automatic
No Yes
automatic
Yes
automatic
No No
AutoComplete (forms and passwords) Yes
usernames and passwords
Yes
forms and passwords
Yes
AutoFill
Yes
Wand Passwords
Yes Yes Yes
AutoComplete
               
Performance Testing QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Acid3 performance test score (JavaScript & DOM)

100 of 100

70 of 100

100 of 100

85 of 100

79 of 100

53 of 100

20 of 100

SunSpider JavaScript performance test score (the less time the better)

4,208 ms

 5,258 ms

 2,455 ms

7,608 ms 

2,678 ms 

19,609 ms 

9,658 ms 

               
Privacy & Security QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
SSL Certificate Info and Path Display Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Extended SSL Certificate validation and display No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Disk Cache can be turned ON/OFF Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Browser Reset/Clear Private Data Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for Proxy Yes Yes Yes
via MS Proxy config
Yes Yes
via MS Proxy config
Yes Yes
Privacy Mode Private Browsing Safe Mode Private Browsing No Incognito Window No InPrivate Window 
Block Cookies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Block Popups Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Block JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Block Java No
Java not supported yet
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Block Images Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Hide UserAgent Yes No Yes No No Yes No
Customizable UserAgent Yes No Yes
very flexible
No No Yes No
Clear downloads with a downloads history Yes No No No No No No
Clean Reset & Uninstall (not leaving files, folders, registry entries) Yes No
Plugins, folders , registry entries left
No
user profile left
No
files, folders, user profiles, registry entries
No
user profile, registry entries
No
files, folders, registry associations
No
cannot be just removed easily
               
Web Content QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Rendering Engine Apple WebKit
v. 527
Gecko Apple WebKit v.528.16 Opera Apple WebKit
v. 525.19
Gecko Trident 4
also known as MSHTML
HTML/CSS/XHTML Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frames Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PlugIns (Flash, QuickTime, MediaPlayer, etc..) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ActiveX No No No No No No Yes
Java No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
RSS Feeds No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
               
For Developers QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
View Page Source Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Page Content Inspector Yes New! No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Network Statistics Yes New! Min
in status bar
Yes No No No No
JavaScript Debugger and Errors Console Yes New! Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Page Info Yes New! Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Command Line Download Manager Yes New! No No No  No No No
               
User Interface QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Tabbed interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tabbed can be switched to non-tabbed Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Movable and Dock/Undockable toolbars Yes No No No No Movable only Movable only
Customizable Toolbars Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Customizable GIU (schemas, app. styles) Yes No No Yes
via skins
No Yes
3 skins supplied
No
Customizable menu titles and hotkeys Yes New! No No No No Yes No
Customizable command shortcuts Yes New! No No Yes No Yes No
Text Encodings supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Full Screen mode Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Intellectual Addres Bar No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Customize default fonts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zoom page Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-language support No
English only
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickTabs  No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
               
Management QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Cookies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bookmarks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
History Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Usernames and Passwords Yes Yes Yes 
usernames only
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Search text within a web page Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plun-Ins/Add-Ons management No Yes No
just displayed
No  
just displayed
No Yes Yes
Import settings (History, Passwords, etc..) No Yes
from Opera, IE
No No  Yes
from IE, FireFox
No Yes
Cookies, Bookmarks, Feeds
               
Portability QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Stand-alone executable (requires only system MS DLLs) Yes No No No No No No
Can be run in limited Windows environment (WinPE, BartPE) Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Can be copied as folder and run from other media (USB, CD) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Minimal package size just after installation 6.64 MB 23 MB 60 MB 18 MB 52 MB 17 MB Nobody knows
Portable executable size 4.76 MB N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Installation size 5.31 MB 7.16 MB 25.4 MB 7.1 MB 26 MB 5.59 MB 13.2 MB
               
Licensing QtWeb 2.0 FireFox 3.0.6 Safari 4 beta Opera 9.63 Chrome 1.0 K-Meleon 1.5.2 MS IE 8
Type of license GNU General Public License Mozilla Public License Apple Software License Opera Software License BSD License GNU General Public License Microsoft Software License
Open Source. Code is available to developers Yes Yes No
except WebKit
No Yes Yes No