Browser XML Display Support Chart
by Simon St. Laurent
May 02, 2000
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:
- Mozilla/Netscape 6
- Opera 4
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
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
