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Comparison Of Layout Engines(HTML5)

The given tables match up to support of HTML5 difference from HTML4 for a considerable number of design engines or layout engine.
The design is at rest a functioning draft not a W3C advice and thus not steady. Otherwise mentioned in foot notes and comparisons are based primarily on the stable versions of the programs without any add-ons, external program or extension.

Description of the tables:

Engine nomenclature:Instead of the names of browsers, the names of the essential engines are used. The browsers that use the diverse engines are mentioned below:

Layout engine Release version Preview version Used by
Amaya 11.3.1 11.3-pre Amaya
Gekeo 1.9.2.14 2.0b10pre All Mozilla software, including Firefox; SeaMonkey and Galeon; Camino; K-Meleon; Flock (up to 2.x); Epiphany-gecko; GNU IceCat; Debian Iceweasel, Icedove, Iceape and Iceowl
KHTML - N/A Konqueror
Presto 2.7.62 N/A Opera; Opera Mobile, Nintendo DS & DSi Browser?; Internet Channel
Prince 7.1 N/A Prince XML
Trident 4.0 (IE 8) 5.0 (IE 9) Internet Explorer and other Internet Explorer shells like Maxthon (Microsoft Windows operating systems only)
WEbkit 533 N/A Google Chrome, Maxthon 3, Safari (both desktop and mobile), 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+)

Values:Values indicate the level of support in the latest version of the layout engine in the specific version. Version numbers without any other price indicate the version at which the layout engine first totally 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.

Elements:While many of those elements, for example section, haven't been implemented natively in layout engines, support might be so easy to copy using CSS or JavaScript.

Trident Gecko WEbKit Presto
Section 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Nav 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Aricle 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Aside 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Hgroup 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Header 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Footer 5.0 2.0 533 2.7.70
Time No No No No
Mark 5.0 2.0 Yes 2.7.70
Ruby 3.1 No 533 No
Figure 5.0 2.0 Nightly Build 2.7.70
Figcaption <3.1 1.7 85 1.0
Embed 5.0(partial) 1.7 85 1.0
Video 5.0(partial) 1.7 85 1.0
Audio 5.0(partial) 1.9.1 525 2.5
Source 5.0(partial) 1.9.1 525 2.5
Canvas 5.0(partial) 1.9.2 Partial 5.0
Inline MathML No 2.0 Nightly Build 2.1
Inline SVG 5.0 2.0 Yes 1.0
Details - - Partial -
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Bot Unknown Bot
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