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This article compares graphics support for several browser engines.
Engine | Status | Embedded in |
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WebKit | Active | Safari browser, plus all browsers hosted on the iOS App Store. |
Blink | Active | Google Chrome and other web browsers based on Chromium, such as Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. |
EdgeHTML | Maintained | Universal Windows Platform apps; formerly in the Edge browser [1] . |
Gecko | Active | Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, plus forks like SeaMonkey and Waterfox. |
KHTML | Maintained | Konqueror browser |
Presto | Discontinued | Formerly used as Opera's browser engine, prior to the migration to Chromium and Blink. |
MSHTML (Trident) | Maintained | Internet Explorer and versions of Microsoft Outlook prior to Outlook 2007. |
These indicate the level of support for the given item in each engine. By default, the most recent version of the engine is implied. However, a specific version number can be listed; when this indicates full support, it's the initial version of the engine fully supporting the item.
Value | Meaning |
---|---|
Yes | Fully supported |
No | Has never been supported |
Partial | Only some values are supported |
Incorrect | Not implemented correctly in all cases |
Experimental | May be incomplete or buggy |
Nightly build | Currently in development; full support is expected |
Depends | Only supported for the specified conditions |
Dropped | No longer supported |
MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML [n 1] | Presto | ||
AVIF | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |
JPEG | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
JPEG 2000 | No | No | No [2] | Dropped [n 2] | No | No | No | |
JPEG XL | No | Nightly build | Nightly build | No | Nightly build | No | No | |
JPEG XR | 5.0 [4] | Yes | No [5] | No | No | No | No | |
GIF | GIF 89a | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
GIF 87a | ||||||||
PNG | 1.2 | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
1.1 | ||||||||
1.0 | ||||||||
APNG | No | No | 3.0 | 528 | 59.0 | No | 9.5 | |
BMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
ICO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
TIFF | 5.0 [4] | Yes | No [6] | No | No | Yes [7] | No | |
WebP | No | 17 [8] | 65 [9] | 534.10 [10] | Yes [11] | No | 2.8.131 [12] |
MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML [n 1] | Presto | ||
Operation mode | Progressive | 3.0 [n 3] | Yes | Yes | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
Baseline | 3.0 | |||||||
Hierarchical | ||||||||
Lossless |
MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML [n 1] | Presto | ||
GIF 87a | Interlacing | 3.0 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
GIF 89a | Binary transparency | |||||||
Animation |
MSHTML | EdgeHTML | Gecko | WebKit | Blink | KHTML [n 1] | Presto | ||
Color mode [n 4] | True color | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 |
Grayscale | ||||||||
Palette-based | ||||||||
Alpha channel | 3.1 | Yes | 1.0 | 85 | Yes | Yes | 1.0 | |
Gamma correction | 5.0 [13] | Yes | 3.5 [14] | Incorrect [n 5] | ? | No [16] | Partial [n 6] | |
Color correction | Yes | 1.9 | ? | ? | ? | No | ||
Interlacing | Incorrect [n 7] | ? | 1.0 | ? | ? | 4.0 | 1.0 | |
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