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All iPads iPad Safari vs iPhone Safari
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Yeah, starting with iPadOS 13, the iPad requests the desktop version by default. My Air 5 on iPadOS 15 identifies itself as “MacOS X”. There may be other differences, that’s the first one that comes to mind. iOS 12 and earlier though? They might be the same.
Thanks what would cause iPhone and Safari not letting me see a google price calendar listing of a hotel when I look up the term hotels name of place I want to vacation. It just loads and freezes. Of course there a few more steps. If you need me to go through them I will. Why does it work on my iPad though ? Weird.
Safari regularly crashes and partially loads webpages on my iPad. I don’t use it anymore. I hear some web developers hate Safari and don’t bother supporting it anymore, and pages don’t load properly.
Safari currently holds a 3 star review in the App store, the lowest of them all.
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Which version of iPadOS? Can you kindly provide a link to allow us to check?
If not already done, try:
Temporarily deactivate the blocking of Pop-Ups in Safari.
iCloud Private Relay can sometimes interfere with a site - check after temporarily allowing the website to see your IP address or turning it off.
You have the Goole calender app installed? If not do so and check again. If yes, temporarily deinstall.
You are using any additional adblock extension in Safari or a VPN? Check with having them turned off (depending on the VPN it might be necessary to temporarily deinstall).
If not already done, try:
Temporarily deactivate the blocking of Pop-Ups in Safari.
iCloud Private Relay can sometimes interfere with a site - check after temporarily allowing the website to see your IP address or turning it off.
You have the Goole calender app installed? If not do so and check again. If yes, temporarily deinstall.
You are using any additional adblock extension in Safari or a VPN? Check with having them turned off (depending on the VPN it might be necessary to temporarily deinstall).
iPadOS 16.1. and 16.2. The issues are the same for both versions.
I disabled, enabled Limit IP Address Tracking, Hide IP Address, Block All Pop-Ups and Block All Cookies. All these are off when using DuckDuckGo and no issues at all.
I disable ad Blocker Pro and no I’m not using a VPN.
All, All websites should be built for Mobile first. Mobile wins on the web, 60%+ web traffic is Mobile.
www.oberlo.com
I've only had one website in the last year that didn't load fully on iPad. But did so on my phone. Sometime you need to orient in Portrait mode over landscape for the buttons on the bottom of screen to be visible, those are the issues I've encountered. If prices missing, likely due to cookies or tracking.
What Percentage of Internet Traffic Is Mobile? [Oct '24 Upd]
Mobile's website traffic share has surged in recent years. Here’s a look at what percentage of internet traffic is mobile in 2024.
www.oberlo.com
I've only had one website in the last year that didn't load fully on iPad. But did so on my phone. Sometime you need to orient in Portrait mode over landscape for the buttons on the bottom of screen to be visible, those are the issues I've encountered. If prices missing, likely due to cookies or tracking.
All, All websites should be built for Mobile first. Mobile wins on the web, 60%+ web traffic is Mobile.
What Percentage of Internet Traffic Is Mobile? [Oct '24 Upd]
Mobile's website traffic share has surged in recent years. Here’s a look at what percentage of internet traffic is mobile in 2024.
I've only had one website in the last year that didn't load fully on iPad. But did so on my phone. Sometime you need to orient in Portrait mode over landscape for the buttons on the bottom of screen to be visible, those are the issues I've encountered. If prices missing, likely due to cookies or tracking.
Interesting. I’m actually quite surprised it’s not closer to 80%. I feel like almost everyone just uses their smartphones to browse on the web.
It wasn't that long ago, but not at all recent, that I contacted the site manager for some financial company I think, and was told they recommended Explorer and didn’t support Safari. I replied that..uh you might want to rethink that stance. Of course now that no longer comes up but I do see either Firefox or Chrome referenced often, and I again think they might want to reconsider and do the work needed to serve their users. I used to keep Firefox on my laptop just in case but deleted it a year or so ago. Haven’t had an issue but will protest if I do and another browser is suggested.