MobileTech AJAX Test Suite Archive
This endpoint preserves the historic MobileTech AJAX test suite as a reference page from the early mobile-web era.
At the time, AJAX support varied dramatically across mobile browsers. Teams needed practical ways to test JavaScript execution, DOM updates, event handling and basic XMLHttpRequest behaviour on feature phones and early smartphones.
Original JavaScript capability check
ajax_support_javascript
Header says: NO, UAprof says: NO
If nothing happens, record the test as failed.
Step 1 of 9
Why this mattered
- Mobile browsers differed widely in JavaScript and DOM support.
- Publishers and product teams needed a quick way to understand which interactions would fail on older devices.
- These tests helped teams decide whether to use progressive enhancement, server-side adaptation or simpler markup flows.
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Modern context
Today, the same questions usually sit inside responsive QA, browser compatibility suites, real-device testing, performance tooling and progressive web app audits. This page remains online because it documents how mobile-web teams used to validate AJAX support in the field.
Continue with the main site’s Mobile Web guide for the current standards, delivery and device-detection context.
Preserved as part of the MobileTech.mobi technical archive.