diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff8ddda..9bdb1ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ specifically Canvas and WebSockets (supports 'wss://' encryption).
noVNC is licensed under the
[LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html).
-For browsers that do not have builtin WebSockets support, the project
-includes [web-socket-js](http://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js),
-a WebSockets emulator using Adobe Flash .
-
Special thanks to [Sentry Data Systems](http://www.sentryds.com) for
sponsoring ongoing development of this project (and for employing me).
@@ -28,7 +24,26 @@ Running in Chrome before and after connecting:
See more screenshots here.
-### Requirements
+### Browser Requirements
+
+
+Detailed browser status/testing.
+
+* HTML5 Canvas: Except for Internet Explorer, most
+ browsers have had Canvas support for quite some time. Internet
+ Explorer 9 will have Canvas support (finally).
+
+* HTML5 WebSockets: For browsers that do not have builtin
+ WebSockets support, the project includes
+ web-socket-js,
+ a WebSockets emulator using Adobe Flash.
+
+* Fast Javascript Engine: noVNC avoids using new Javascript
+ functionality so it will run on older browsers, but decode and
+ rendering happen in Javascript, so a slow Javascript engine will
+ mean noVNC is painfully slow.
+
+### Server Requirements
Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets
connections (only my [fork of libvncserver](http://github.com/kanaka/libvncserver)
@@ -116,77 +131,6 @@ There a few reasons why a proxy is required:
vnc server is using (if any). Hit the Connect button.
-### Browser Support
-
-In the following table Jaunty is Ubuntu 9.04 and WinXP is Windows XP.
-
-#### Linux (Ubuntu 9.04)
-
-
-
- | OS | Browser |
- Status |
- Notes |
-
- | Jaunty | Chrome 5.0.375.29 |
- Excellent |
- Very fast. Native WebSockets. |
-
- | Jaunty | Firefox 3.5 |
- Good |
- Large full-color images are somewhat slow from web-socket-js overhead. |
-
- | Jaunty | Firefox 3.0.17 |
- Fair |
- Works fine but is slow. |
-
- | Jaunty | Opera 10.60 |
- Poor |
- web-socket-js problems, mouse/keyboard issues. See note 1 |
-
- | Jaunty | Arora 0.5 |
- Good |
- Broken putImageData so large full-color images
- are slow. Uses web-socket-js. |
-
- | Jaunty | Konqueror 4.2.2 |
- Broken |
- web-socket-js never loads |
-
- |
- |
- |
- |
-
- | WinXP | Chrome 5.0.375.99 |
- Excellent |
- Very fast. Native WebSockets. |
-
- | WinXP | Firefox 3.0.19 |
- Good |
- Some overhead from web-socket-js. |
-
- | WinXP | Safari 5.0 |
- Fair |
- Fast. Native WebSockets. Broken 'wss://' (SSL) - weird client header |
-
- | WinXP | IE 6, 7, 8 |
- Non-starter |
- No basic Canvas support. Javascript painfully slow. |
-
-
-
-
-* Note 1: Opera interacts poorly with web-socket-js. After two
- disconnects the browser tab or Flash often hang. Although Javascript
- is faster than Firefox 3.5, the high variability of web-socket-js
- performance results in overall performance being lower. Middle mouse
- clicks and keyboard events need some work to work properly under
- Opera. Also, Opera does not have support for setting the cursor
- style url to a data URI scheme, so cursor pseudo-encoding is
- disabled.
-
-
### Integration
The client is designed to be easily integrated with existing web
diff --git a/docs/browsers.md b/docs/browsers.md
index 8831a44..3cc186c 100644
--- a/docs/browsers.md
+++ b/docs/browsers.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
| Browser |
Status |
- Notes |
+ Performance/Notes |
| Chrome 7.0.510.0 |
Broken |
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
Firefox 3.6.1 |
Good |
Slowed by web-socket-js overhead. Local cursor causes segfault. |
+
+ | Arora 0.10.1 |
+ Fair |
+ Slow due to broken putImageData and web-socket-js. |
| Opera 10.60 |
Poor |
web-socket-js problems, mouse/keyboard issues (see note 1) |
-
- | Arora 0.10.1 |
- Good |
- Slow due to broken putImageData and web-socket-js. |
| Konqueror 4.3.2 |
Broken |
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
| Browser |
Status |
- Notes |
+ Performance/Notes |
| Chrome 5.0.375.29 |
Excellent |
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
Firefox 3.0.17 |
Fair |
Works fine but is slow. |
+
+ | Arora 0.5 |
+ Fair |
+ Slow due to broken putImageData and web-socket-js. |
| Opera 10.60 |
Poor |
web-socket-js problems, mouse/keyboard issues (see note 1) |
-
- | Arora 0.5 |
- Good |
- Slow due to broken putImageData and web-socket-js. |
| Konqueror 4.2.2 |
Broken |
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@
| Browser |
Status |
- Notes |
+ Performance/Notes |
| Chrome 5.0.375.99 |
Excellent |
Very fast. Native WebSockets. |
+
+ | Safari 5.0 |
+ Excellent |
+ Fast. Native WebSockets. |
| Firefox 3.0.19 |
Good |
Some overhead from web-socket-js. |
-
- | Safari 5.0 |
- Fair |
- Fast. Native WebSockets. |
| IE 6, 7, 8 |
Non-starter |