Exactly this. I don't EVER want to see a mobile version of any website on my tablet. And yet far too many websites refuse to give me the full site no matter what I click, ignoring the flag in my browser for "request desktop version" and not having anything of their own I can click to get there.
I have never seen a site that works better on my tablet in mobile version than full, but I have seen many sites refuse to let me even try the full version.
Additionally, my phone is now in the same range, I only want the desktop version on it too. again, not an option on many sites.
And even on my phone which is *not* in that range, no mobile site I've ever seen works well. There is always too much loss of funtionality. I'm willing to scroll around on the desktop site, even if I'm doing so through a tiny porthole. If you're going to force your mobile site on me, then I'll just leave. Give me a way to turn the damned thing off.
To be fair, Slashdot hasn't forced it on us yet. When I go to http://slashdot.org/ [slashdot.org] on my phone, I get the real site, not the mobile one. Lets h
The only major problems I'm aware of with the full version of Slashdot on mobile devices are the ratings slider (which could be trivially fixed by adding support for touch events or by providing an alternative set of up-down arrow controls for the two values that appear only on mobile devices via CSS trickery) and the fact that the minimum column width is too damn wide for viewing on a phone, so you end up scrolling back and forth (which again could be trivially fixed with CSS by adding the various -*-text-
I occasionally have problems with getting the desktop version of various sites to load. Whenever my default browser can't manage it, Opera Mobile has a change user agent setting that seems to actually work.
Android browsers normally have a settable user agent. But the setting depends on the device. On my Galaxy SII you go to about:useragent to access it. Google it up.
Exactly this. I don't EVER want to see a mobile version of any website on my tablet. And yet far too many websites refuse to give me the full site no matter what I click
Amen to that.
I can't tell you how annoying it is to follow a link that says "redirecting to our mobile site", which then dumps you at the main page without attempting to get you where you wanted and no way to get to it.
If you can't give me the content I was looking for, and give me at least as good as what I'd have gotten from the normal pag
Oh, yes, I'm so tired of that...and the mbeta site is weirdly proportioned on my galaxy tab. Looks like I'm getting the "ancient nokia" version stretched to fill a 10 inch screen. Just gimme the desktop site already.
Tablet is HIGHER resolution than many laptops (Score:1)
My tablet has higher resolution than many laptops sold today, so I'm not interested in a different layout.
Regardless, I'd like to choose whether the mobile or normal layout is shown.
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Exactly this. I don't EVER want to see a mobile version of any website on my tablet. And yet far too many websites refuse to give me the full site no matter what I click, ignoring the flag in my browser for "request desktop version" and not having anything of their own I can click to get there.
I have never seen a site that works better on my tablet in mobile version than full, but I have seen many sites refuse to let me even try the full version.
Additionally, my phone is now in the same range, I only want the desktop version on it too. again, not an option on many sites.
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Yes, yes, yes.
And even on my phone which is *not* in that range, no mobile site I've ever seen works well. There is always too much loss of funtionality. I'm willing to scroll around on the desktop site, even if I'm doing so through a tiny porthole. If you're going to force your mobile site on me, then I'll just leave. Give me a way to turn the damned thing off.
To be fair, Slashdot hasn't forced it on us yet. When I go to http://slashdot.org/ [slashdot.org] on my phone, I get the real site, not the mobile one. Lets h
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The only major problems I'm aware of with the full version of Slashdot on mobile devices are the ratings slider (which could be trivially fixed by adding support for touch events or by providing an alternative set of up-down arrow controls for the two values that appear only on mobile devices via CSS trickery) and the fact that the minimum column width is too damn wide for viewing on a phone, so you end up scrolling back and forth (which again could be trivially fixed with CSS by adding the various -*-text-
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Amen to that.
I can't tell you how annoying it is to follow a link that says "redirecting to our mobile site", which then dumps you at the main page without attempting to get you where you wanted and no way to get to it.
If you can't give me the content I was looking for, and give me at least as good as what I'd have gotten from the normal pag
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Oh, yes, I'm so tired of that. ..and the mbeta site is weirdly proportioned on my galaxy tab. Looks like I'm getting the "ancient nokia" version stretched to fill a 10 inch screen. Just gimme the desktop site already.
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God yes. Listen to this man.