Timeline for Deprecating our mobile views
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| Jul 19, 2021 at 23:37 | comment | added | TheWanderer | @terdon every time I use that, the browser tells the site my full display resolution and so everything shows at 1440p on a 6" display. | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 21:26 | comment | added | Ryan M | @terdon I'm not certain, but "Request desktop site" likely does something along the lines of emulating a larger display as well. A desktop browser still receives the responsive "mobile" view if you shrink the width enough :-) | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 20:58 | comment | added | terdon | Well, you just blew my mind. I always used the toggle and have simply believed that the whole "responsive" thing is crap. I just tried switching via the link in the footer and it looks so much better, I can't believe it! It had never occurred to me that there would be a difference. It's obvious in retrospect, the mobile browser will be spoofing its ID string and pretending to be a desktop, but I never knew! Thanks! | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 20:52 | comment | added | Spevacus StaffMod | @terdon I use Chrome, but awhile ago I had tried toggling on the "Request desktop site" button for MSE and the responsiveness was super hosed, presumably because I didn't use the avenue expected (clicking "Full site"). I went ahead and tried it just now, and the page was super zoomed out and looked kinda bad. I'm using a Google Pixel 3a, FWIW. | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 20:45 | comment | added | terdon | What browser do you use on mobile? All the ones I am familiar with (which isn't many, granted, just Firefox, Chrome and duckduckgo browser on Android) have a very easily accessible toggle to switch to desktop sites. I haven't used that link in many years. | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 20:02 | history | answered | SpevacusStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |