Comparison of WebKit and the two embedded browsers, the Butterfly “minibrowser” and the microButterfly “microbrowser”:
Browser Comparison
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WebKit Browser |
Butterflytm “Minibrowser” |
µButterflytm “Microbrowser” |
| Designed for |
the entire Web |
controlled content |
controlled content |
| Advantages |
feature-rich but takes a lot of memory and power |
lightweight, low memory and power requirements |
extremely lightweight, very low memory and power requirements |
| Memory |
~16Mb |
currently 6+Mb, possibly reduce to 2+Mb |
as little as 109Kb |
| Operating Systems |
Linux |
MQX, Linux |
MQX |
| Image Formats |
many |
many |
limited (JPEG, BMP)* |
| Fonts |
TrueType |
TrueType |
pre-rendered |
| SVG |
yes |
yes |
no* |
| Dynamic |
JavaScript |
active graphics |
active graphics |
| Based on |
Qt |
Qt |
Motomic HTML/CSS rendering engine |
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