| General |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
K-Meleon 1.5.2 |
MS IE 8 |
| Support for third party search providers |
Yes
Google, Yahoo, Live, Cuil, customizable
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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 |
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| Performance Testing |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
K-Meleon 1.5.2 |
MS IE 8 |
| Acid3 performance test score (JavaScript & DOM) |
100 of 100
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70 of 100
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100 of 100
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85 of 100
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79 of 100
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53 of 100
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20 of 100
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| SunSpider JavaScript performance test score (the less time the better) |
4,208 ms
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5,258 ms
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2,455 ms
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7,608 ms
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2,678 ms
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19,609 ms
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9,658 ms
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| Privacy & Security |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
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 |
Yes |
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 |
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| Web Content |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
K-Meleon 1.5.2 |
MS IE 8 |
| Rendering Engine |
Apple WebKit
v. 527 |
Gecko |
Apple WebKit v.528.16 |
Opera |
Apple WebKit
v. 530.5 |
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 |
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| For Developers |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
K-Meleon 1.5.2 |
MS IE 8 |
| View Page Source |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web Page Content Inspector |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Network Statistics |
Yes |
Min
in status bar |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| JavaScript Debugger and Errors Console |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Info |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Command Line Download Manager |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| User Interface |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
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 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Customizable command shortcuts |
Yes |
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 |
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| Management |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
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 from other Browsers (History, Passwords, etc..) |
No |
Yes
from Opera, IE |
No |
No |
Yes
from IE, FireFox |
No |
Yes
Cookies, Bookmarks, Feeds |
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| Portability |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
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 |
5.63 MB |
23 MB |
60 MB |
18 MB |
75 MB |
17 MB |
Nobody knows |
| Portable executable size |
4.92 MB |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Installation size |
5.16 MB |
7.16 MB |
25.4 MB |
7.1 MB |
30 MB |
5.59 MB |
13.2 MB |
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| Licensing |
QtWeb 2.5 |
FireFox 3.0.8 |
Safari 4 beta |
Opera 9.64 |
Chrome 2.0 |
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 |
