Web Browser

Konqueror uses a very capable HTML rendering engine called KHTML. This engine is implemented as a KPart and as such, it can be easily used by other KDE programs. KHTML is also used by the Apple browser Safari.

Features of the HTML rendering component in KDE 3.4:

1. HTML 4.01 compliance.
2. ECMAscript 262 support (JavaScript). Notice that ECMAscript can still give problems because websites can detect browsers and choose to ignore Konqueror. Spoofing as another browser will often make sites work anyway.
3. Ability to house Java applets.
4. Cascading Style Sheets:
   • CSS 1: supported
   • CSS 2.1: supported (paged media only partially supported)
   • CSS 3 Selectors: supported
   • CSS 3 (other): Details about the visual media support can be found here.
5. DOM1, DOM2 and partially DOM3 support in ECMAScript and native C++ bindings.
6. Full support for bidirectional scripts (arabic and hebrew).
   A screenshot can be found here.
7. SSL support (requires OpenSSL).

	From the Explorer... The original Explorer was simply a file manager - nothing more, nothing less. Obviously, this isn't a problem...
	To the Navigator... Here we have a simple internet browsing window - it's what the original Navigator did and did well.
	To the Konqueror This browsing window contains an HTML frame, and two local hard drive views.
	About... Konqueror also has a very nice "About" screen.

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