Abstract: By analyzing the software and hardware characteristics of information appliance (IA) platforms, the restrictions and requirements of the software of Web browser on IA platform were defined, with the aspects of code-weight, run-time memory requirement and implementation cost. The structure and design of the embedded and modularized Web browser software with free function configuration were proposed, and a Web browser applicable to embedded information apparatuses was obtained, that is, GDBrowser. The structure and design scheme of this browser are of extensive applications in the user interactive interface, the function configuration interface and the presentation procedure of the system service information in Electronical-government, VOD and digital television, etc.

Key words: information appliance, embedded system, Web browser, structure design