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      03-11-2015, 10:06 PM   #1
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*First World Problem Rant* Mobile Websites GRRR

Fair warning, I'm about to vent about a very first world problem.

I do 99% of my web browsing on either my iPhone or iPad and every website defaults to the mobile version of the site, which I cannot stand. I like being able to move around on the page, zoom in on what's relevant and access the website the way it was designed to be used... Not some garbage looking listing of words in a piss poor "mobile" layout. And often times (like on these forums), crucial info is missing on the mobile version. WTF!?

Does anyone else feel this frustration and wish it was just the regular desktop site? Efffff.

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You can request a desktop site since there are features that aren't available on mobile versions, but sometimes the layout is all sorts of messed up or takes forever to load, which is the part that irks me when I'm on my cell phone. If I'm on my tablet, it really depends on how well thought out the sites are.... But either way, if a site is REALLY not even designed for a mobile layout (e.g. it uses Flash or isn't even viewable on say... A non-widescreen 17" monitor @ 1024*768 like a computer I had to use at work before... The boss is too cheap to get infrastructure upgrades), then THAT gets annoying to me.
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Yes I hate that shit too!
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Are you surfing with Safari?

If so, while you're on a mobile version of a site, tap on the address bar. Your Bookmarks and recent history will appear, swipe down and more options will show up. There should be a "Request Desktop Site". This will refresh the site and give you the full desktop version.
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Are you surfing with Safari?

If so, while you're on a mobile version of a site, tap on the address bar. Your Bookmarks and recent history will appear, swipe down and more options will show up. There should be a "Request Desktop Site". This will refresh the site and give you the full desktop version.
This is a first world problem, he wants it to be done automatically. :P
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Are you surfing with Safari?

If so, while you're on a mobile version of a site, tap on the address bar. Your Bookmarks and recent history will appear, swipe down and more options will show up. There should be a "Request Desktop Site". This will refresh the site and give you the full desktop version.
That doesn't always work though, and sometimes a mobile version of a site just locks up and takes forever and a day to convert to desktop and vice versa.

It would be nice if they had a "always request desktop" setting
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My son cried because he had to go into a 328i. Op I feel for you. Life is really rough.
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This is a first world problem, he wants it to be done automatically. :P
Exactly ^^^
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That doesn't always work though, and sometimes a mobile version of a site just locks up and takes forever and a day to convert to desktop and vice versa.

It would be nice if they had a "always request desktop" setting
Yes, that's exactly what we need!

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My son cried because he had to go into a 328i. Op I feel for you. Life is really rough.
How could you do that to your child?? At a minimum you better start saving for your sons therapist bills right now.
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Yes, that's exactly what we need!



How could you do that to your child?? At a minimum you better start saving for your sons therapist bills right now.
I know.

Nah, he didn't appreciate the all weather tires it had under it. He's obsessing about those at the moment. When we got home he said he likes the car because it has more doors than moms stupid car.

He will spend years in therapy. Not because of cars.
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He will spend years in therapy. Not because of cars.
Nope, it will all be because of Peter
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Nope, it will all be because of Peter
Lol no, but after learning how to drive in my car, think what the 2004 toyota Camry will do to him? Its still 16 years from today but I can't wait. He gives me shit for driving girly cars. Mom is going to have the last laugh.
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Can we add autoplay videos to this list? And those popup banners that take up half the screen.
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Can we add autoplay videos to this list? And those popup banners that take up half the screen.
AdBlock Plus and you're done. I never see ads or banners anywhere online. Nice clean webpages.

(Now watch I get banned.)

EDIT: If you were referring to surfing on your phone, ABP might not be a solution. Although they do have an Android version. I use it on my Tab3. But it's a bit of a pain as it requires adjusting for every different wifi network you're on. But if you only use 4G or whatever your phone's service is, it should be set and forget.
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AdBlock Plus and you're done. I never see ads or banners anywhere online. Nice clean webpages.

(Now watch I get banned.)

EDIT: If you were referring to surfing on your phone, ABP might not be a solution. Although they do have an Android version. I use it on my Tab3. But it's a bit of a pain as it requires adjusting for every different wifi network you're on. But if you only use 4G or whatever your phone's service is, it should be set and forget.
Yeah when I'm on my computer I use ABP, works like a charm. And TubeStop is another nice add-on which keeps YouTube ads out as well. But when I'm trying to read the news on my phone half of the sites have huge "GET OUR APP OMG" banners that pop up while I'm in the middle of reading and arrrrgghhhh. I don't want your app. If I did then I don't anymore with you waving it around like a dick in my face, getting in the way of what I'm trying to do.
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I have to drive a rental Ford Focus SE while waiting for my F80 to un-glue itself from somewhere on the east coast. First world problems for sure.
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Lol no, but after learning how to drive in my car, think what the 2004 toyota Camry will do to him? Its still 16 years from today but I can't wait. He gives me shit for driving girly cars. Mom is going to have the last laugh.
Nailed it... I DO NOT think I can go back to Toyota ANYTHING after driving this car, and I used to think the world of my '99 Solara for the 5 years I had it. The new Avalon looks pretty legit, but still. European > Asian as of the moment.
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Nailed it... I DO NOT think I can go back to Toyota ANYTHING after driving this car, and I used to think the world of my '99 Solara for the 5 years I had it. The new Avalon looks pretty legit, but still. European > Asian as of the moment.
Yup, but the kid has to learn to earn and to respect what he has, that will never happen if we hand him everything anyone would want.

I have nothing but respect for engineers of every continent, but I'm willing to bet that in 2031 when he can drive I'm not driving an F8x anymore and his car being older than him he will spend a lot of time under the hood trying to figure out why he needs a ride from mom again. That's what i did. Or more accurately walked to a buss station after giving up on the lovely lady I call mother.

But damn I felt stupid while trying not to laugh while he was terrified of the tiny tires and the handy extra doors. I was an idiot when I bought a coupe.
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It's been 2.5 years since I started this thread and defaulting to mobile sites is still as frustrating as ever!
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Uhhh have you tried using chrome and requesting desktop site? Better than nothing at this point since you've been disappointed these past 2.5 years. Works well enough for me.
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Uhhh have you tried using chrome and requesting desktop site? Better than nothing at this point since you've been disappointed these past 2.5 years. Works well enough for me.
You can do the same thing via Safari. I'm talking about having an option to set the default to desktop version instead of it automatically going to the mobile version. It's just one of those little UX things that is super frustrating. It's not like we spend 99% of our time online on our mobile devices or anything.
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