The BROWSER component represents a fully functional browser (a "native" browser) that is embedded into the page.

In the FX client the browser is based on the "WebKit Open Source Project". Because the browser in inherent part of JavaFX, there are no integration problems.

The Swing client references the native Internet Explorer by using an SWT based bridge. The framework stack to include the native browser as consequence is a quite high one. You should test your scenario in a 32 and 64 bit environment!

Alternatives, especially within the Swing client environment, are : the #{JBROWSER} component and the #{JSHOWURL} component.