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Browser XML Display Support Chart

May 2, 2000

Simon St. Laurent


This table summarizes the findings of our investigations into the support for XML browsing offered by the latest web browsers. You can find the full articles here:


 

Browser

Feature

Netscape 6 Preview Release 1

Opera 4 beta 3

Internet Explorer 5.0/Mac

Internet Explorer 5.5/Win

XML display without style sheet

Everything as inline

Everything as inline

Structured presentation

Structured presentation

Uses W3C PI to connect style sheets

yes

yes

yes

yes

display:inline

yes

yes

yes

yes

display:block

yes

yes

yes

yes

display:none

yes

yes

yes

yes

display:list (and list-item)

yes

yes (numbering issues)

yes (numbering issues)

no

display:table (and contents)

yes

yes (some interactions with embedded HTML)

no

no

XLink support

yes (3/3/98 draft)

through CSS extensions

no

no

Embedded HTML support

yes (using HTML 4.0 URI as namespace)

yes (using HTML 4.0 URI as namespace, some problems with HTML img elements)

yes (using html prefix, some problems with HTML a elements)

yes (using html prefix)

XSLT support

no (in development)

no (no announcements)

yes, based on old draft (new processor in development)

yes, based on old draft (new processor in development)

Release status

Preview Release

Beta

Shipping

Preview Release