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flekschas / regl-scatterplot

Scalable WebGL-based scatter plot library build with Regl
https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/
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Demos do not render in Safari v14 due to missing BigInt64Array support #92

Closed phinoda closed 1 year ago

phinoda commented 1 year ago

https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/ <- this demo is not rendering on some MacOS Safari versions. Safari version: 14.0.3 MacOS version: 11.2

flekschas commented 1 year ago

Do you see any errors in the web console?

Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the issue. I've tested the following versions and in both cases the demo works for me:

  1. macOS v11.6.1 with Safari v15.1
  2. macOS v12.6 with Safari v16
phinoda commented 1 year ago

I get this: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: BigInt64Array

Screen Shot 2022-11-03 at 7 57 33 PM
flekschas commented 1 year ago

This error is expected as Safari didn't add BigInt64Array support until version 15: https://caniuse.com/?search=bigint64array.

However, regl-scatterplot does not directly use BigInt64Array. Apache-Arrow does (which I am using for a demo) My guess is that this is causes all demos to fail for you.

flekschas commented 1 year ago

I could break up the demos so that only https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/multiple-instances.html relies on Apache Arrow (all the other demos do not use Apache Arrow)

phinoda commented 1 year ago

This error is expected as Safari didn't add BigInt64Array support until version 15: https://caniuse.com/?search=bigint64array.

However, regl-scatterplot does not directly use BigInt64Array. Apache-Arrow does (which I am using for a demo) My guess is that this is causes all demos to fail for you.

Makes sense. I'm actually reluctant to upgrade my system as Apple is doing an ever worse job... breaking up the demo sounds like a great idea :)

flekschas commented 1 year ago

I've updated the demos such that apache-arrow is only included in https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/multiple-instances.html.

Can you confirm that you can load other demos now? E.g., https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/. You might have to do a hard refresh (i.e., when you open the web console you should see a message saying Scatterplot v1.3.2)

phinoda commented 1 year ago

I'm still just seeing the error message ("Unfortunately, your browser does not support all WebGL extensions required by regl-scatterplot") after hard refreshing Safari.

flekschas commented 1 year ago

That's a different error. The above Can't find variable: BigInt64Array issue should only appear when you go to https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/multiple-instances.html but not at https://flekschas.github.io/regl-scatterplot/.

Apart from that I highly recommend to update Safari to version 14.1 (currently the latest version on macOS Big Sur). Regl-scatterplot works fine on that version in my tests.

Apart from that, I updated the modal that say "Unfortunately, your browser does not support..." to be closable. In Safari 13.1, the scatter plot renders even though some GL extensions are not supported. This might be the same situation in Safari 14.0.1.

Thanks for bringing the issue with the lacking support for BigInt64Array to my attention. Nevertheless, I am closing this ticket now because I am not going to spent time on a work-around for the lacking BigInt64Array support for a two-year old browser.