Google Chrome for iPad
Jun 29, 2012
By
Will Findlay
Anyone tested HTML5 content with Google Chrome on an iPad? Chrome just came out recently for iPad and I was crossing my fingers that maybe HTML5 support would be better than what we get under Mobile Safari.
I tried the Green Monster example (which works flawlessly on Mobile Safari), but unfortunately all I got was this in Chrome...
2 Replies
Hi Will,
Storyline content should act very similar in Google Chrome for iPad as to how it does in Safari because they use the same webkit. In a nutshell, the Google Chrome browser for iPad and iPhone is basically the same as Safari, but without some of the JavaScript optimizations. See the link below for more information:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/chrome-for-ios-review-syncing-is-great-but-still-just-a-webkit-wrapper/
I just tried the Green Monster on my course and I can get it to display like yours only if I turn my iPad while it's loading. If you refresh and don't rotate your iPad during mid-load, it should load as expected. I could only get your screenshot to happen about 10% of the time.
Will it is never going to be better than mobile safari, because Apple restricts the way web browsers can behave, Chrome is basically Safari with a new skin. They both use the safari rendering engine (UIWebView) - the nitro javascript which means some sites will be slow
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