Enhancing website compatibility for older iPads

Hello Apple Developers,

I hope you're all doing well. I have been facing a challenge with my website's responsiveness on older generation iPads and would greatly appreciate your expertise and guidance.


To provide context, I have developed a website aimed at delivering a seamless and user-friendly experience across different devices. However, I've noticed that the website's responsiveness is not optimal on older iPads. The layout and navigation become distorted, making it difficult for users to navigate through the content.


I understand that older devices may have limitations, but I am eager to explore potential solutions to make my website more accessible to a wider audience. Are there any specific coding techniques, frameworks, or optimization strategies that I could implement to enhance compatibility with older iPads? Additionally, are there any known limitations or best practices I should be aware of when developing for older iOS versions?


I greatly appreciate any insights, experiences, or recommendations you can share to help me address this issue. Ensuring a consistent and inclusive experience across different devices is important to me.


If you require further details about the website or its development, please let me know, and I'll be glad to provide more information.


Thank you all in advance for your time and assistance. Your expertise is truly valued.

Warm regards,

Faisal.


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iPad Pro (2nd generation)

Posted on May 31, 2023 7:56 AM

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May 31, 2023 8:49 AM in response to faisalsadd

What fraction of your traffic is from outdated iOS? It’s usually pretty low, per the stats counts from most websites.


Across all iPad and all iPhone devices accessing the app store—all, not those that are arriving at your website—Apple has published some stats. 92% of all are running either iOS 15 or iOS 16: App Store - Support - Apple Developer


What to do? In general, aim for W3C-compliant validation for HTML and JavaScript, using available tooling. That covers more (all) platforms, and also avoids unnecessarily chasing after browser-specific issues.


Here is one of the various validation services: https://validator.w3.org/ (free)


There are other validation tools and services.


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