Web Workers - Current Status
A quick one about workers after few tests. Mobile Workers are apparently nowhere in Android devices stock browsers. The only one able to bring workers seems to be Chrome in ICS. As alternative, both Opera Mobile and Firefox Beta work without many problems. About iOS , version 4 does not support workers while version 5 does and quite well. Desktop and Data URI Workers are almost fine everywhere except IE9 ( surpriiiiiiiiiise ) but there is one thing not a single browser does except again Firefox and Opera, accepting " data:application/javascript; " with or without base64 encoded code. On mobile side this is supported again by Opera Mobile and Firefox Beta without problems but on desktop, and not only ... Safari works only with external files while inline data uri are supported only via file protocol WebKit nightly does not support inline data uri even through File protocol Chrome does not support inline data uri neither via file protocol nor online Safari Mobile does not ...