Web in a desktop application: Good web browser controls?

Question

I've been utlising a "web browser control" in desktop based applications (in my case Windows Forms .NET) for a number of years. I mostly use it to create a familiar flow-based user interface that also allows a seamless transition to the internet where required.

I'm really tired of the IE browser control because of the poor quality html it generates on output. Also, I guess that it is really just IE7 behind the scenes and so has many of that browser "issues". Despite this, it is quite a powerful control and provides rich interaction with your desktop app.

So, what other alternatives to the IE browser control are there? I looked at a Mosaic equivalent a year ago but was disappointed with the number of unimplemented features, maybe this has improved recently?

Answer 1

hmm..Interestingly

1. Mozilla seems to provide ActiveX control
2. K-Melon is another Gecko based browser control

Answer 2

Popular layout engines:

1. Mozilla Gecko
2. KHTML
3. WebKit (based on KHTML)

Though I'm not sure how easy it is to embed those in a .Net app.