Web Standards

Most authoring tools offer the choice between HTML5 and Flash output, or a mixture of both with the most appropriate selected automatically depending on the browser’s compatibility.

 

Flash-based developments are no more supported anymore, please only provide HTML5 based contents.

 

The following graph depicts the maturing of the HTML5 standard in several browsers over time, as measured by HTML5test.com.

 

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Desktop browser support for HTML5 over time as of March 2018. Source:htmlt5test.com

The following table gives an overview of each authoring tool’s HTML5 output and which browser versions are supported. When selecting an authoring tool it is essential that the tool chosen supports the current version of both of the official Bayer browsers.

 

Authoring Tool HTML5 Output Browser Support Matrix

 

IE / Edge

Firefox

Safari

Chrome

Adobe Captivate 8

9 +

-

5.1 +

17 +

Adobe Captivate 9

9 +

35 +

5.1 +

17 +

Lectora 12

10 +

(latest)

-

(latest)

Lectora 16

10 +

(latest)

-

(latest)

Articulate 360

10 +

(latest)

(latest)

(latest)

iSpring Suite 8.1

9 +

12 +

5 +

18 +

 

Legend

nn +      HTML5 officially supported from version number nn and higher

latest    HTML5 officially supported, but no browser versions number communicated

-            HTML5 not officially supported

 

An overview of the currently used standard browsers at Bayer can be found in the chapter “Client Standards".

 

Discontinued Standards

Apple QuickTime

As of June 2016, Apple QuickTime software was discontinued on all Bayer PCs for security reasons. Any video or audio codecs that rely on Apple QuickTime technology can thus no longer be used in WBT development.