Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

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Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by Latitude » 2017-06-10, 18:12

Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" in some sites, not the desktop version?

For example, this site (https://vigilantcitizen.com/) would open in "the mobile version".
But, it would open in desktop version if I open it in another browser.

GMforker

Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by GMforker » 2017-06-10, 19:36

See: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=14931&p=107578#p107578

As 1000 times before (and after) :)

This also works:
"general.useragent.override.vigilantcitizen.com" = "Lynx"

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Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by Latitude » 2017-06-12, 11:44

GMforker wrote:See: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=14931&p=107578#p107578

As 1000 times before (and after) :)

This also works:
"general.useragent.override.vigilantcitizen.com" = "Lynx"
Solved. :)

BTW, that's Lynx text-based web browser?
Off-topic:
Why is your username "GMforker"?

Do you fork Greasemonkey for Pale Moon?

half-moon

Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by half-moon » 2017-06-12, 12:27

To simply put it: It's not Pale Moon opening the mobile versions of websites, it's websites displaying the mobile versions of websites to Pale Moon. The reason why this happens to due to unreliable User agent sniffing which is a practice that should've died out years ago.

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Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by GMforker » 2017-06-12, 12:40

Latitude wrote:BTW, that's Lynx text-based web browser?
Off-topic:
Why is your username "GMforker"?
Do you fork Greasemonkey for Pale Moon?
The answer is yes twice.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser))

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Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by Latitude » 2017-06-12, 12:46

GMforker wrote: The answer is yes twice.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser))
Off-topic:
Why does Greasemonkey need to be forked?
Telemetry thing?

GMforker

Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by GMforker » 2017-06-12, 13:20

Latitude wrote:
Off-topic:
Why does Greasemonkey need to be forked?
Telemetry thing?
It will be my last off-topic here:
Off-topic:
No. Migrating Greasemonkey (upstream) to WebExtensions.
Statistics (opt-in): This will be removed later.

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Re: Why does Pale Moon open "the mobile version" of the site?

Post by codeM02 » 2017-06-13, 05:46

half-moon wrote:To simply put it: It's not Pale Moon opening the mobile versions of websites, it's websites displaying the mobile versions of websites to Pale Moon. The reason why this happens to due to unreliable User agent sniffing which is a practice that should've died out years ago.
That explains it.

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