Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

The ICEbrowser® SDK offers a set of customizable and extendable browser components for developers of enterprise applications and Web-enabled devices. It supports the latest Internet standards and protocols, empowering you to build highly functional and customized client solutions.

The ICEbrowser SDK uses Java technology, which significantly reduces your development costs in porting, releasing, and supporting applications across heterogeneous environments. Its modular architecture and compliance with current Web standards makes it the most versatile Web browser development kit in the Java world.

At a static code-base size of 650K to 1.5M (depending on the configuration), you can create standalone web clients or web clients embedded within your enterprise applications. Your applications can offer robust HTML/XML page rendering and deliver a rich user experience by supporting JavaScript, applets and other types of Web content.

The provided sample GUIs, for both AWT and JFC/Swing, are fully customizable, allowing you to extend or constrain end-user functionality and to control the application's look and feel.

The SDK also provides numerous examples and complete documentation.

Optional Modules

Sections in this guide that refer to the following optional modules are applicable only if you have licensed the module:

The optional ICEhttp NTLM module provides support for the Windows NT challenge/response authentication protocol.
The optional ICEssl module supports encrypted communication between your application and secure Web servers.
The optional Accessibility module provides support for accessible features for users with disabilities.
The optional Flash module contains a pilot for displaying Flash (.swf) movie files.