Anyone getting the mobile version on a regular browser?
Has anyone been seeing the simpler mobile version of this blog on a regular browser lately? One of my readers has tweeted to say he’s noticed the problem but I can’t replicate it here.
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Jorgh 18:36 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
Long time reader first time commenter: I’m using Firefox (latest version whatever that is) on Windows XP. It seems to happen at random.
Blork 18:45 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
I have not seen that problem (mobile version in a non-mobile browser). However, now I don’t see the mobile version when I *am* in a mobile browser. As in, it’s as if the mobile version has disappeared. (That’s me testing right now on three mobile browsers. I did see the mobile version — in a mobile browser — a couple of days ago.)
Anto 19:18 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
It happened to me a couple of weeks ago but it’s been fine since.
Charles Lanteigne 19:27 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
I’m seeing this blog correctly in a desktop browser, but sometimes you post links to articles in their mobile form. Take a look at the link you provided in this post, for example: http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/?p=20592
Kate 19:47 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
I knew it’s been unpredictable on mobile devices. Sometimes I get the mobile version on my ipod, sometimes the regular. I’ve never seen the mobile version show up on a full-size browser.
I have to do some updating which may be tricky – update the template and try to preserve my customizations, it’s a solid day’s work.
Susana Machado 20:31 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
There is a mobile version?
I check in here from various browsers/platforms and never seen a mobile version….
Blork 21:57 on 2012/07/09 Permalink
Frankly, I prefer the regular version, even when I’m mobile. Since the design is so clean and uncluttered anyways, there’s little need (for me) for a mobile version, whose purpose is to remove clutter.
dwgs 05:48 on 2012/07/10 Permalink
It has happened to me maybe four or five times. Also a Firefox user. Ditto what Blork said about the regular version on a mobile device.
Dave M 07:27 on 2012/07/10 Permalink
It’s happened to me a few times, but not recently. I doubt it’s a browser thing, since I use Chrome and other people seem to be having it happen with Firefox.
When it happens, it happens consistently (ie. reloading the page doesn’t fix it, so it’s not just a random page load thing either). Is there a load balancer on the site and 1 of the servers is misconfigured, maybe?
jeather 08:35 on 2012/07/10 Permalink
It also has happened to me a few times, not recently (a month, two, three?), and I cannot get off the mobile page (by clicking go to full site, reloading, etc). I don’t think I ever bothered to try a different browser, though.
Dave M 08:43 on 2012/07/10 Permalink
I take back what I said about it not happening to me recently. It’s happening right now.
Kate 10:08 on 2012/07/10 Permalink
Thanks everyone for feedback.
Seems like the system for perceiving whether an incoming request is from a mobile browser or a regular one is flickering on and off unpredictably. I will look into it.
Yes, Susana, there’s a very simple version autogenerated for mobile devices, black and white, no sidebars or top graphic. But obviously not everyone gets to see it!
ant6n 15:18 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
On a mobile device, I also always switch to the full version – mostly because in the mobile version the stories need to be clicked on to be read, meaning there’s more loading. Sometimes it takes several clicks to ‘exit mobile version’ before it actually goes to the full version.
steph 15:42 on 2012/08/02 Permalink
just came across this error. no idea what triggered it, i have no mobile devices and always brows this site with firefox. took a screen shot. http://i49.tinypic.com/1pfnr6.jpg
Kate 17:11 on 2012/08/02 Permalink
That’s the way the mobile version is meant to look! Not an error.