Template comparison	Dynamic Maps	Manifold	Note
center tool	no	yes	non-intuitive
hyperlink tool in the toolbar	yes	no	more explicit
grabber / pan tool	yes	no	was missing
panning arrows	yes	no	was missing
hyperlink or result can be blocked by pop-up blocker	no	yes
legend is loaded only one time, for faster response	yes	no	only possible with Ajax
ready for indexing by search engines like Google	yes	no
auto-centered web page on screen	yes	no
Authentication procedure in ASPX version (log in /log out)	yes	no
Ajax based	yes	no
way to avoid to long height of the panels column	yes	no
scrollbar in layer, legend, view and query panels	yes	no
color-filled zoom box rubber band in IE without bad behaviour	yes	no
XHTML valid	yes	no	no doctype in Manifold template
CSS valid	yes	no
whole page is sentback to server at every action	no	yes	only possible with Ajax
Auto-collapsing panels	yes	no
panels status are updated and flickers at every action	no	yes
support included	yes	no	developper incident needed at Manifold
persisting selection and attributes with Query and Find tools	yes	no	by Ajax
presence of an "about" panel to display general information	yes	no
highly expensible	yes	yes, but painfully
one page per function for an easier understanding	yes	no
limited number of mapserver calls for query, find, info and links	yes	no	by Ajax
contributes to lower the bandwidth needed for the server	yes		by Ajax
designed with current major browsers compatibility in mind	yes	no
animated gif displayed while loading	yes	no
can exchange data with the server without reloading the map	yes	no	by Ajax
avoid loading new map when no result are found with many tools	yes	no	by Ajax