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Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers

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{{Infobox website

| name = Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers

| logo =

| screenshot = File:Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers on Safari for iOS 2.png

| caption = Revision 1.23 of the Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers on Safari for iOS 2

| url = [http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/ www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/]

| commercial = no

| type = Web standards test

| language = English

| registration = none

| owner = The World Wide Web Consortium

| author = Dominique Hazael-Massieux, Wilhelm Joys Andersen, Kai Hendry

| launch_date = 16 April 2008

| current_status = online

| revenue =

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Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers, often called the Mobile Acid test,{{cite web|url=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mwts/2008Mar/0010.html|title=Renaming Mobile Acid Test|last=Hazael-Massieux|first=Dominique|date=13 March 2008 |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium|accessdate=12 April 2009}} despite not being a true Acid test,{{Cite web |date=16 April 2008 |title=Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers |url=https://www.w3.org/blog/MWITeam/2008/04/16/web_compatibility_test_for_mobile_browse/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225082343/https://www.w3.org/blog/MWITeam/2008/04/16/web_compatibility_test_for_mobile_browse/ |archive-date=25 February 2009 |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=w3.org}} is a test page published and promoted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to expose web page rendering flaws in mobile web browsers and other applications that render HTML.{{Cite book |last1=Harsha Prabha |first1=E. |last2=Piraviperumal |first2=Dhivya |last3=Naik |first3=Dinesh |last4=Kamath |first4=Sowmya |last5=Prasad |first5=Gaurav |chapter=Performance Evaluation of Web Browsers in Android |date=2013 |editor-last=Das |editor-first=Vinu V. |title=Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-3363-7_58 |series=Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering |volume=150 |language=en |location=New York, NY |publisher=Springer |pages=499–504 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-3363-7_58 |isbn=978-1-4614-3363-7}} It was developed in the spirit of the Acid test by the Web Standards Project to test the relevant parts that a mobile browser needs to support. The browser has to accomplish 16 different subtests indicated by a 4 x 4 image of green or red squares.

Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers – Version 2

A second version of the Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers was released in January 2010, this time testing HTML5 elements.{{Cite web |last=Bournique |first=Dennis |date=24 February 2010 |title=Mobile Firefox Best On The W3C's New Mobile Browser Test {{!}} Wap Review |url=https://wapreview.com/6491/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=wapreview.com}} The second test does not have an official explanation page, only a direct link to the test is available.

Overview of standards tested

The mobile Acid test tests a variety of web standards published by the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Specifically, the mobile Acid test tests:{{cite web |date=June 2008 |title=Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers |url=http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/doc.html |accessdate=12 April 2009 |website=W3C |publisher=The World Wide Web Consortium}}

The second version of the test tests the following elements:{{Cite web |title=Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers - version 2 |url=https://www.w3.org/2010/01/wctmb2/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.w3.org}}

  • XmlHttpRequest
  • contenteditable
  • Geolocation
  • Appcache
  • Web Workers
  • localStorage
  • sessionStorage
  • @font-face

Passing Conditions

A green square indicates that the browser fully supports its assigned feature. A square colored red or a different color indicates that the feature is not fully supported.{{Cite web |title=Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers (WCTMB) [$Revision: 1.48 $] |url=https://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=www.w3.org}} The second test shows a percentage bar indicating the percent of elements supported.

Results

Due to the wide variety of web engines used at the time for mobile browsers, results varied between browsers used.{{Cite web |last=Netto |first=Igor |date=June 2022 |title=Part 3: How mobile is overtaking desktop |url=https://resources.eyeo.com/part-3-mobile-overtaking-desktop |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=resources.eyeo.com |language=en}} Safari on iOS 3 received a 15/16 score on the first test and the Palm Pre web browser scored a 13/16 in revision 1.47 of the first test.{{Cite web |last=Cremin |first=Ronan |date=2009-06-16 |title=Battle of the Superphones: Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone - which is a better Web browsing device? |url=https://mobiforge.com/news-comment/battle-superphones-palm-pre-vs-apple-iphone-which-a-better-web-browsing-device |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=mobiForge |language=en}} In 2010, Firefox Mobile for Android scored a 75% while Safari scored a 67%. By 2012, versions of Chrome, Safari, and Firefox had scores of 80% or over on the second test. The most common failure on the second test was , with a 61.45% failure rate.{{Cite web |date=January 2010 |title=Scores Web Compatibility Test For Mobile Browsers version 2 |url=https://www.w3.org/2010/01/results-wctmb2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704222331/https://www.w3.org/2010/01/results-wctmb2 |archive-date=4 July 2012 |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=w3.org}}

File:Mobile Acid Test Taken With Firefox macOS.png

File:Web Compatability Test for Mobile Browsers 2 with Desktop Firefox 115.png

See also

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/ The Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers]
  • [http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/nored/ The Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers – a black-green version of the test]
  • [http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/doc.html Official explanation of the test]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120704222331/https://www.w3.org/2010/01/results-wctmb2 Results for the second test (archived)]

Category:Web design

Category:World Wide Web Consortium

Category:Acid tests

Category:Internet properties established in 2008

Category:Web software

Category:Mobile content