A recent ArcGIS Online update delivered the ability to view and share Explorer Online presentations using the ArcGIS.com map viewer – a great new feature. We detailed how you can do this in a blog post last month. While Explorer Online is still where you need to author a presentation, you can now view the presentation anywhere, and even embed it in a website or blog, by opening and sharing it from the ArcGIS.com map viewer.
Another advantage of opening presentations using the map viewer is that you can view them in browsers without needing Silverlight to run Explorer Online. The Silverlight download is required for Explorer Online, and while most browsers already have it installed (and installing it isn’t a problem) – especially for those using Safari on an iPhone or iPad where Silverlight is not supported - it’s a showstopper. The ArcGIS.com map viewer is a JavaScript application, and works in any browser, anywhere, including Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
Open your Explorer Online presentation in the ArcGIS.com map viewer and create a link to the presentation there (as detailed in our post). Then use the link to open the presentation in Safari on your favorite iDevice. Here’s how it looks on an iPad:
