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IE8 - Schillmania prototype site doesn't work
The SM2 360 prototype site (the Schillmania hosted one) works great in Chrome and Safari.
However, I can't get it to work in IE8 - it plays audio, the counter works, the progress bar moves and the colour visualisation tweaks work as expected, but no EQ or waveform animation shows.
I set up SM2 on our own server anyway - same issue though - OK in Chrome and Safari, doesn't work in IE8. I got a colleage and two of our web development partners to try it (two different companies in different locations); same issue for all of them on both the Schillmania site and ours, so it can't be my machine, Flash or Java install.
The issue is identical in Compatibility View, and I tried F5, CTRL-F5 in both modes too - no change. We did remember to check no other tabs or browers were open.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Simon
However, I can't get it to work in IE8 - it plays audio, the counter works, the progress bar moves and the colour visualisation tweaks work as expected, but no EQ or waveform animation shows.
I set up SM2 on our own server anyway - same issue though - OK in Chrome and Safari, doesn't work in IE8. I got a colleage and two of our web development partners to try it (two different companies in different locations); same issue for all of them on both the Schillmania site and ours, so it can't be my machine, Flash or Java install.
The issue is identical in Compatibility View, and I tried F5, CTRL-F5 in both modes too - no change. We did remember to check no other tabs or browers were open.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Simon
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Inappropriate?Hi Simon,
Sorry this isn't explained at all on the 360 prototype currently, it is a performance issue with IE and thus IE does not "support" the spectrum/waveform visualization part of the UI at all. (The next update will have better messaging about this.)
IE does not support the <canvas> element, which is something Safari, Firefox, Opera et al do support and is a part of HTML 5. This is the element used to draw/paint the UI and visualization
IE does support its own variant of canvas-like behaviour, called VML (Vector Markup Language), but it is a pretty old technology and not exactly compatible with the more modern canvas API.
So as a result, I am using a canvas compatibility script called ExCanvas which makes canvas "just work" in IE. The issue is that the performance is not good enough to quickly draw all of the points for the spectrum and waveform data, so CPU use would skyrocket and the frame rate would only be a few FPS. Regrettably, I don't think there's a simple solution that will make this work at this point.
Pardon the lengthy explanation, but there you have it; IE just needs to get with the times and implement Canvas. :)
I’m annoyed IE doesn't support canvas
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Inappropriate?Ah - OK - makes sense and thanks for taking the time to explain.
Let's hope IE gets with the times then! In the meantime I have a completely unrelated question about live stream feeds which I'll post separately.
Simon
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