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IE11 Support

Discussion in 'Web' started by boogsarah, Mar 12, 2015.

  1. boogsarah

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    Can you elaborate on the current state of IE11 support? Unity WebGL gives a "not supported" message when loading content. Do you know what currently is/is not supported?
     
    boogsarah, Mar 12, 2015
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  2. Dustin-Horne

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    There are probably other things, by primarily WebAudio is not supported. Firefox is really the only supported browser at the moment.
     
    Dustin-Horne, Mar 12, 2015
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  3. boogsarah

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    You're right about WebAudio on IE although it seems to work other than that. Chrome also seems to run well.
     
    boogsarah, Mar 13, 2015
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  4. jonas-echterhoff

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    Yes, Web Audio is not supported in current IE, which is the main reason we don't officially support IE yet. The other is that current IE is rather slow when it comes to executing JavaScript.

    Luckily, MS is adding Web Audio support, and they are working on an asm.js JS engine, which I expect to get roughly equal performance as Firefox. So I believe that IE will actually become one of the best browsers to run Unity WebGL content in in the future.
     
    jonas-echterhoff, Mar 13, 2015
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  5. Dustin-Horne

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    Technically it probably wont be IE but rather Microsoft's replacement browser unless they plan to keep updating IE for awhile as well.
     
    Dustin-Horne, Mar 13, 2015
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  6. jonas-echterhoff

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    Correct, it will be the new MS browser codenamed "Spartan".
     
    jonas-echterhoff, Mar 13, 2015
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