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webbrowser-app package

The browser still requests mobile version of sites even in desktop mode

Bug #1517131 reported by Kugi Eusebio on 2015-11-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1504084: On unity8 desktop, websites serve mobile version. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Accessing sites with mobile version such as Facebook and Youtube still shows the mobile version eventhough the UI is in desktop mode. The more appropriate behavior is that the browser should only identify itself as a mobile/touch device when in Staged mode but should be treated as PC when in Windowed mode.

Kugi Eusebio (kugi-igi) on 2015-11-17

summary:

- The browser still requests mobile version of apps even in desktop mode
+ The browser still requests mobile version of sites even in desktop mode

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2015-11-17:

Would you mind detailing the use case and conditions to reproduce the problem (device, channel, image #, URLs visited, …)?

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Kugi Eusebio (kugi-igi) wrote on 2015-11-18:

Device: Nexus 7 (flo)
Channel: rc-proposed
Image #:292
URLs: facebook.com, youtube.com

Simply, the browser still presents itself as a mobile browser even though Unity 8 is in windowed/desktop mode.
The UA for the browser I think should automatically switch as well.

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2015-11-19:

So you’re plugging a mouse to the device, which prompts unity8 to switch to windowed mode, right?
In that case, this bug is a known issue: bug #1504084. I’m marking this one a duplicate, feel free to undo this if I misunderstood the issue.