Facebook App Browser

[CoffeeLover]

Hi All,

I am doing some tests on my app in different browsers and have found some issues if viewing the website on the Facebook App.

It seems the Facebook App does not allow you to open a new tab / page in their browser.

I have a Datapage where on the results page users can click a button which opens another window showing more details. It works perfectly in Chrome 90, Chrome 95 and the Twitter App.

But with FB it opens this window in the same window / tab and when the user presses the back button it always returns to the Datapage form page and not the previous results page.

Also I have noticed the FB App does not allow "automatically close window" which two of my Datapages use.

I am interested if anyone else has experienced this and has a solution / work around?

 

---- To be honest it's not a massive issue as I doubt many would be viewing my site on this app. ----

 

Kind regards

CoffeeLover

 

[CoffeeLover]

Hi All,

While I'm looking at different browser issues...

Does Safari on IPhone and Mac support window open in new tab / window? (Like Chrome does)

Does Safari on IPhone and Mac support window close automatically command? (Like Chrome does)

Kind regards

CoffeeLover

[Kurumi]

Hi @CoffeeLover 

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But with FB it opens this window in the same window / tab and when the user presses the back button it always returns to the Datapage form page and not the previous results page.

Do you have a sample screenshot of this? This is the first time I heard about it.

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Does Safari on IPhone and Mac support window open in new tab / window? (Like Chrome does)

Does Safari on IPhone and Mac support window close automatically command? (Like Chrome does)

I believe it works as well.

[CoffeeLover]

Hi @Meekeee,

Thanks for your response. I'm not going to worry about the Facebook App browser as I have read most people disable it and use Safari or Chrome.

I am doing some testing on a IPhone using Safari today and I'll let people know if Safari acts the same way as Chrome.

Kind regards

CoffeeLover

[Kurumi]

Hi @CoffeeLover - for additional information of Caspio's system requirements: https://howto.caspio.com/system-requirements/

Hope it helps!

[CoffeeLover]

Hi @Meekeee,

Thanks for the link. I had a look at this yesterday in regards to cookie settings required in Safari.

I can confirm that Safari works perfectly with my app.

Kind regards,

CoffeeLover

[Aether]

Hi! Did you know that there is a known issue with scrolling on MACOS? 

Here is the solution for it:
Update your system settings to make the scroll bars always visible: 

1. From the Apple menu, select System Settings. 
2. In the settings dialog box, in the sidebar, select the Appearance category. 
3. In the Show scroll bars section, select Always. 

Source: https://howto.caspio.com/release-notes/caspio-42-0/known-issue-scrolling-on-macos/#:~:text=Known Issue%3A-,Scrolling on macOS Devices,-Sep 13%2C 2023