Kestrel HTML Engine

A HTML 5 specification web engine designed from scratch
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  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Element Software
  • File Size:
  • 327 KB

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Kestrel HTML Engine Description

Kestrel is a proprietary web engine that was started in mid 2008 to combat today's web engine woes: Old code. Most of the web engines used today in modern web browsers are based on code that dates back to the 1990s at least, and contains all of the most common bugs and security flaws. They also have a hard time adhering to web standards and newer technologies because they have to support old methods used in previous code (IE is still based on Spyglass, Firefox is still based on Netscape code, Safari is still based on KHTML code) . This is where Kestrel comes in. Kestrel is designed from the ground up to serve the needs for TODAYS web technologies and web standards. To name a few; HTML5 and html5 video support and wc3 complacence. Kestrel is also designed to combat portability issues. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari all have issues in that their codebases are getting much larger with each release to a point, in time, in which the application slows down because of this. Kestrel, because it already supports new technologies and out of the old habits (ActiveX, Old JavaScript versions) it is ready for the next generation of the web. This means that the Kestrel code base is incredibly tiny for such a powerful engine. It is currently at 745KB (at the time of writing), meaning an incredibly small codebase for an engine that can handle many web technologies. This is where you come in. Will Flash work? Will Silverlight work? And most importantly- can I use it with one of my projects??? Flash and Silverlight are unsupported and will remain unsupported since HTML 5 video and canvas specifications will succeed this technologies. Using it in one of your projects- Yes and No. You can easily use Kestrel in your projects if you choose to become a partner with Element Software UK. Becoming a partner with Element Software means that you would have to share information with Element Software regarding the means and purpose of your project and how Element Software can help you out. You do NOT have to pay any royalties however, you must understand that Kestrel is a closed source project so modifications you would like made to Kestrel to adapt to your product (i.e. a Web Browser or a mobile phone application etc) you would have to personally contact us on the matter so that we can adapt the product for you. It is as simple as that. If you need a next generation browser engine, take Kestrel for a test drive to see what its really capable of. Why Kestrel ? We chose the name Kestrel because it represents a small, fast but powerful bird of prey. We believe that this represents the web engine. We aimed it to be small as possible and portable as possible, but most importantly of all fast, and with lots of power making Kestrel a truly next-gen web experience.


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