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Mobile view?

Unread post by smithy » 2020-09-21, 12:02

I use the latest version of Pale Moon on Linux Mint 20 with the following extensions
Theme: Fox2 the moon 4.6.0
No plugins
Extensions:
Moonscribe
Decentraleyes
Open With
Pure URL
ScriptBlock
Search Image Everywhere
SearchLoad Options Revived
Toolbar Buttons
uBlock Origin
Cookie permissions button

On this site: https://www.theicon.org.uk/
The home page loads into what looks like a mobile view. This happens in Pale moon even in safe mode. The same happens in Basilisk which has no extensions or themes added. This started maybe a month or so back.
Its all still readable, just not a desktop view..
On my ipad however the page loads correctly with both Safari and the DuckDuckgo browser.
Any ideas how I can revert back to non-mobile view?

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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by Moonchild » 2020-09-21, 12:40

Useragent sniffing at work. Possibly they are still using some (older versions of) a detection library that doesn't like our "Goanna" slice.

Workaround:
Create the following preference in about:config :

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general.useragent.override.theicon.org.uk
And use the following value for it:

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Mozilla/5.0 (%OS_SLICE% rv:79.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/79.0
Solution:
Contact the website owners and inform them of the mobile misdetection, so they can fix their site.
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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by smithy » 2020-09-21, 13:35

Thankyou.:) That worked. I'll contact the site asap.

I used the SSUA extension to achieve this as I couldn't figure out a way of creating a new preference whilst in about:config. Searching the web didn't help much at all.
How do you go about it with out SSUA?
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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by vannilla » 2020-09-21, 13:57

smithy wrote: ↑
2020-09-21, 13:35
 How do you go about it with out SSUA?
You don't, the problem is on the server side. Only the site developers can fix it.
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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by smithy » 2020-09-21, 14:01

I meant how do I go about adding a new preference in about:config without SSUA

As Moonchild stated:
Workaround:
Create the following preference in about:config :
It is common to think of our own time as standing at the apex of civilisation from which the deficiencies of preceding ages may patronisingly be viewed in the light of what is assumed to be progress. The reality is that in the long perspective of history the present century will not hold an enviable position unless the second half is to redeem its first.

Chief US prosecutor Robert Jackson's closing statement - Nurenburg 1946
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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by coffeebreak » 2020-09-21, 14:07

smithy wrote: ↑
2020-09-21, 13:35
 the SSUA extension
Was that Sasuga?
smithy wrote: ↑
2020-09-21, 13:35
 How do you go about it with out SSUA?
  • Open about:config (Type about:config in the address bar and hit Enter)
  • Right-click anywhere on the page to open the context menu and select New -> String
  • In the box that opens, enter: general.useragent.override.theicon.org.uk
  • Hit "OK"
  • In the next box that opens, enter: Mozilla/5.0 (%OS_SLICE% rv:79.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/79.0
  • Hit "OK" again, then you're done.
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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by smithy » 2020-09-21, 14:12

Oops :oops: Yes sorry it was Sasuga..
And thankyou for the info. )
I thought i Had tried that..Hmmm...

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It is common to think of our own time as standing at the apex of civilisation from which the deficiencies of preceding ages may patronisingly be viewed in the light of what is assumed to be progress. The reality is that in the long perspective of history the present century will not hold an enviable position unless the second half is to redeem its first.

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Re: Mobile view?

Unread post by vannilla » 2020-09-21, 14:33

That extension was created exactly to help those that don't know how to use about:config.
No need to be embrassed and it's actually better if you use sasuga instead of about:config. After all, hic sunt dracones.
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