Why does simple website crash on mobile (iOS Safari and Chrome, at least)?

Question

I have a website that is very simple, but very long -- a lot of text that could be scrolled through. It\'s a documentation site, and considering the nature of the content (a lot

Answer 1

I just read this post and tried http://davidtheclark.github.io/scut/ on my iPad. Chrome crashes immediately, although sometimes shortly shows the home page. Safari renders the home page correct and many other pages, but clicking on the "about > installation" link at the left makes it crash right away (well, once it displayed OK, but clicking again crashed it). All of this is pretty consistent.

The errors are indeed due to LowMemory and it's the browser process that uses the most memory. The crashes happen at around 150000 pages (4KB/page? => 600MB???).

That being said, I'm afraid I don't have an answer to your question. Hope it helps at least a little bit.

Kind regards, /Sigiswald