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I am trying to find out what the PS3 web browser is like in terms of CSS, JS, Flash, etc.

I found some articles saying it is pretty bad, but these are several years old and the PS3 software is frequently updated so I can't trust things like this.

Can anyone point me at official specs or a recent analysis? Your own test results are welcome but please state how recent they are.

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This is an old post, but thought I'd add to it.

A quick visit to acid3.acidtests.com shows that my (up-to-date) PS3 is now getting a 99% score. It's actually a little lower since the test also requires pixel-perfect rendering and smooth animation, neither of which it has yet. (One of the boxes is gray when it should be yellow, and the animation is jerky.)

Whatsmyuseragent.com shows that it's running WebKit 531.22.8, which must be behind the improvement. It's strange that they're using 531 in a 2012 system update since that build is almost three years out of date. But regardless it's a huge leap forward compared to what they had before.

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The latest specs I could find showed the PS3 getting an ACID3 score of 27 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3) and a similar Wikipedia page details the capabilities of the NetFront engine, which is used by the PS3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetFront. These results are from a January 2011 release, but the release notes for subsequent updates don't show any modifications to it.

There are also a few questions on here which can give you a pointer to potential issues such as: Javascript not working on PS3 Browser.

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As of PS3 firmware 4.50, a custom fork of the WebKit browser is used that masquerades as Netfront NX. It is roughly equivalent in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript functionality to an iPad 1 running iOS 5.0 in terms of functionality -- except that the PS3 also includes a Flash 9.x runtime. Having the Flash 9 runtime allows for using polyfills for WebSockets, Promises, and other HTML5/ES6 features. It does effectively pass the Acid3 test, which some minor alignment issues like most 2012-era browsers.

A decent JavaScript development setup that is using webpack and Flash 9 polyfills should be able to produce a JS bundle targeting PS3, Xbox 360, and Android 2.x with pretty advanced functionality comparable to modern mobile browsers.