Saturday, December 24, 2011

Web browsers



BrowserCreatorFOSSCurrent layout engineSoftware licenseNotes
Android browserGoogleYesWebKitApache 2.0 and GPL v2-
BlackBerry BrowserResearch in MotionNoMango (ver 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0)
Webkit (ver 6.0+)
proprietary-
BlazerPalmNoNetFront[10]proprietaryinstalled on all newer Palm Treos and PDAs
Firefox for mobileMozillaYesGeckoMPL 1.1 or later, GNU GPL 2.0 or later, GNU LGPL 2.1 or laterCurrently released for Android and Nokia Maemo devices
Internet Explorer MobileMicrosoftNoTridentproprietaryon Windows Phone
Iris BrowserTorch Mobile?WebKitproprietaryAcquired by Research in Motion - No longer supports Windows Mobile or Linux
Kindle Basic WebAmazon.comNoNetFrontproprietary-
Myriad BrowserMyriad GroupNoMagellan (ver. 6.X)
Fugu (ver 7.X)
WebKit (ver 9)[11]
proprietaryAcquired from Openwave in 2008
NetFrontACCESS Co., Ltd.NoNetFrontproprietary-
Nokia Series 40 BrowserNokiaNoWebKit[12]proprietary-
Obigo BrowserObigo ABNoWebKit (to be released)proprietary100% owned by Teleca AB
Opera MobileOpera SoftwareNoPrestoproprietaryCapable of reading HTML and reformat for small screens, installed on many phones
PlayStation Portable web browserSonyNoNetFrontproprietary
Polaris BrowserInfraware Inc.NoLumi (Ver. 6.X)
WebKit (Ver. 7.X)
proprietaryNokia, Samsung, LG Electronics, KYOCERA and other Smartphone and cellular phone in USA, China, Korea, etc.
Series 60 web browserNokia?WebKitBSD licenseson Series 60 phones (predominantly Nokia)
SafariApple IncNoWebKitproprietaryon iPhoneiPod Touch and iPad
Skyfire Mobile BrowserSkyfireNoWebkitproprietaryRenders Flash 10, Ajax and Silverlight content. Currently supports iOS and Android.
uZard WebLogicplant Co., Ltd.NoMoRDAC (Mobile oriented Remote Display and Control)proprietaryon SamsungLG Electronics and other smartphones and cellular phones in Korea
WebOS Browser NoWebkitproprietary-
BrowserCreatorFOSSCurrent layout engineSoftware licenseNotes

[edit]User-installable microbrowsers

BrowserCreatorCurrentlayout enginePlatformsSoftware licenseNotes
BOLT browserBitstream Inc.WebKitJava MEBlackBerryProprietary
DeepfishMicrosoftWindows MobileProprietaryProxy-rendering browser (Discontinued)
Dolphin BrowserMoboTapWebKitAndroidiOS
Firefox for mobileMozilla FoundationGeckoMaemoAndroidMPL/GPL/LGPL
ibisBrowseribis inc.Java enabled phones, Windows Mobile
JOCAInteracT!VJava MEProxy-rendering free software
LinksTwibright LabsPlayStation PortableGPLUnofficial port, requires custom firmware
MinimoMozilla FoundationGeckoLinuxWindows CEMPL/GPL/LGPLDiscontinued
NetFrontACCESS Co., Ltd.NetFront, WebKitLinuxS60BREWAndroid,Windows Mobile, OthersProprietary
Opera MiniOpera SoftwarePrestoJava MEAndroidWindows MobileiOSBlackBerryS60, OthersSupports most features of stand-alone Opera, but can run on less capable phones by offloading memory-intensive rendering to proxy server (based on Opera Mobile running on a server)
Opera MobileOpera SoftwarePrestoAndroidMaemoBREWS60,Windows Mobilesupports all modern web standards supported by desktop browsers, including XHTML, CSS2 and Ajax. Has advanced Small Screen Rendering that adapts regular pages to small screen (proprietary)
PixoSun Microsystems
Skweezer
SkyfireSkyfire Labs, Inc.WebKit (ver 2.x+),Gecko (ver 1.x)AndroidiOSSupports Flash and Ajax. As of 2010-12-31, it no longer supports Symbian OS or Windows Mobile
SteelWebKitAndroidDiscontinued
TeasharkJava MEProprietary Freeware
TristitJava enabled phones, BlackBerry
UC BrowserUC MobileU3S60Java MEAndroidiOS,Windows MobileBadaProprietary FreewareProxy-rendering
Vision Mobile BrowserNovarraJava MEBREWProprietary
WinWAPWinwap TechnologiesWindows MobileProprietary
BrowserCreatorCurrent layout enginePlatformsSoftware licenseNotes