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by davidarkemp2 5027 days ago
Off topic, but according to [1], web workers have not been available in Android Browser since 2.1. There's a SO Question [2] about this, which points to [3]. Seems crazy, when Chrome for Mobile does support it [4].

1: http://caniuse.com/webworkers

2: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7523745/why-was-html5-web...

3: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10004#c7

4: http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/mobile/
1 comments
erichocean 5027 days ago
Web Workers are available in Chrome for Android (which requires Android 4.0 or greater).

They work fine, e.g. on the Nexus 7.

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davidarkemp2 5027 days ago
However, the problem with Android is version fragmentation - a lot of users have phones that they can't trivially upgrade to ICS, and therefore can't use Chrome for Mobile/Android. Asking someone to root their phone and install a custom ROM, and then install a different browser is a bit crazy if you ask me.
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CrazedGeek 5027 days ago
True, but both Firefox for Android and Opera Mobile support web workers and work on Android 2.2+. Installing an ICS rom is wholly unnecessary.
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