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Need to have iPad Safari browser support

Jan 14, 2012 5:28 PM

Tags: #ipad #ipad2

OK I know this is hard to do, but I have a site that is redering badly only on the iPad Safari Browser.  It works perfectly in all other browsers on all other platforms.  Any way to get this support?

3618 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: Mark Rausch, May 23, 2012 10:13 AM
 
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    1. Mark Rausch,
    Jan 17, 2012 4:50 PM   in reply to Jimbo650
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    This is very difficult to do. To solve this problem would require one of the following, each of which has it's own set of problems.

     

    1. Run the content on emulators/simulators on our servers. Far from ideal since inevitably the emulators will be different from the actual browser on the device and our discussions with users indicate this is not acceptable.
    2. Actually host multiple iPads with custom software/hardware modifications to allow us to control them and capture screenshots to return to the BrowserLab client software. This is a very expensive solution for us since it would require constant replacement of expensive mobile devices.

     

    So, unfortunately, no. BrowserLab does not currently support testing on any mobile devices, sorry.

     

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    2. Mark Rausch,
    Mar 9, 2012 2:30 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch
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    Hi Jimbo650, you might want to check this out:

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/973372

     
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    May 23, 2012 8:19 AM   in reply to Mark Rausch
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    Shadow all good if you have the devices.  It would be still great to be able to test iPad/iTouch, IPad and other WebKits.

     
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    May 23, 2012 10:13 AM   in reply to ParrisCC
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    Understood. However when we looked into providing that sort of support in BrowserLab we thought of a few different ways to do it. Using the actual devices would have been too expensive, using emulators/simulators would not have been as realistic as using the actual devices. It was this research and thought process that led to us developing Shadow. So adding mobile capabilities to BrowserLab is very unlikely to happen. We are however, investigating ways we could integrate the two tools to make for a better overall workflow.

     

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