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Math.js crashes my iPad

The site math viewer is consistently crashing my iPad; it makes a note that it is trying to load something math.js for awhile before Safari just dies. Either this is an iOS issue, or an iOS + great firewall issue (if the font files aren't hosted locally, they are usually hosted by a blocked-in-china google).

By Sean McDirmid at 2014-07-02 12:57 | Site Discussion | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 6568 reads

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It does it on my iOs device too

The trick seems to be to just let it load and run to completion. On Google Chrome, by the way. It's odd this happens on both Safari and Chrome.

By marco at Wed, 2014-07-02 13:19 | login or register to post comments

If they are downloading

If they are downloading fonts from Google, it will never complete for me :(

By Sean McDirmid at Wed, 2014-07-02 18:30 | login or register to post comments

Something like that may be it

Yah. That may be the problem. Both browsers may be talking to the OS to install a font which leads to a deadlock when you intermediately navigate to another page.

May be something completely unrelated too though. I don't have the feeling it's related to fonts but simply the js loading. Best would be to place a bug report somewhere. Too lazy for that, someone else will do the report I imagine.

By marco at Thu, 2014-07-03 14:04 | login or register to post comments

Was it working previously?

Was it working for you previously? The current config pull the latest version from the MathJax.org CDN, which means there's a potential for breaking changes outside of our control.

The latest version 2.4 was released on Jun 14. If it was working prior to that, I could revert the site to use the prior version.

By Anton van Straaten at Wed, 2014-07-02 13:38 | login or register to post comments

It works now. Last night, it

It works now. Last night, it was crashing reliably hanging in web font installs. Perhaps mathjax.org was down or somehow badly connected to me. I notice web font problems a Lott, and LtU crashes haven't been uncommon this month, even if sporadic.

By Sean McDirmid at Wed, 2014-07-02 18:37 | login or register to post comments

It used to crash for me as

It used to crash for me as well (iPhone). Doesn't anymore. Good work, Anton.

By Matt M at Wed, 2014-07-02 18:52 | login or register to post comments

For some weird reason, I

For some weird reason, I find I can mostly avoid the issue by avoiding the main page and going straight to tracker.

By Sean McDirmid at Thu, 2014-07-03 00:07 | login or register to post comments

Yep

Yes, I noticed the same thing.

By Matt M at Thu, 2014-07-03 16:05 | login or register to post comments