xendrome Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I may be totally missing something, but on Android, Chrome, latest version, if I hit "Request Desktop Site" it refreshes and goes right back to the mobile version. And nowhere on the mobile homepage is any link or method to make it "Full Site" or show the Desktop version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 In Chrome, on the upper right press the overflow menu, scroll down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted December 7, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 7, 2014 All that feature (Request Desktop Site) does is toggle the user agent string sent with the request. On sites that determine what to present based on the browser width (which is the way Neowin seems to do it) it will not have any effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 In Chrome, on the upper right press the overflow menu, scroll down I see Login Signup "Search News..." News Features Forums More> Forum Spy Subscribe Store Chat on IRC Send Tip Write for Neowin Advertising That's it.. and some social media icon links. All that feature does is toggle the user agent string sent with the request. On sites that determine what to present based on the browser width (which is the way Neowin seems to do it) it will not have any effect. Yeah I believe you are right, there has to be a way to turn off the auto-responsiveness though if I want the full site. Or maybe it can be added in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeston Veteran Posted December 7, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2014 I see Login Signup "Search News..." News Features Forums More> Forum Spy Subscribe Store Chat on IRC Send Tip Write for Neowin Advertising That's it.. and some social media icon links. Yeah I believe you are right, there has to be a way to turn off the auto-responsiveness though if I want the full site. Or maybe it can be added in. He means the menu on Chrome itself, the one that let's open a new tab, go to settings, etc. There's a "Request desktop site" button. However, it doesn't usually help on my tablet. I use a file that forces chrome to use desktop version for every site. If you're interested in that I can help you out. Edit: here's the link to the file on XDA. It just changes the user agent to something else. Again, this forces it for all sites though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 He means the menu on Chrome itself, the one that let's open a new tab, go to settings, etc. There's a "Request desktop site" button. However, it doesn't usually help on my tablet. I use a file that forces chrome to use desktop version for every site. If you're interested in that I can help you out. Edit: here's the link to the file on XDA. It just changes the user agent to something else. Again, this forces it for all sites though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 Yeah that Chrome option doesn't work, it was the first thing I tried. I think the devs should look at putting in a static link that will load the site in Full mode if users want that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 7, 2014 Member Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yeah that Chrome option doesn't work, it was the first thing I tried. I think the devs should look at putting in a static link that will load the site in Full mode if users want that. The site is responsive and adapts to the size of the screen you are using. Like it or not this is the way the web has been going for some time. The reason the menu option doesn't appear to work is because the site is always in "Desktop site mode". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorsepip Veteran Posted December 7, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2014 In the website footer is a link to toggle between the desktop and the mobile theme :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted December 7, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted December 7, 2014 The site is responsive and adapts to the size of the screen you are using. Like it or not this is the way the web has been going for some time. The reason the menu option doesn't appear to work is because the site is always in "Desktop site mode". only the front page is like that so far. the forums don't do that yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 In the website footer is a link to toggle between the desktop and the mobile theme :p Not on mine, DCMA, Terms of Use, and Privacy. with a link to go back to the top. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 In the website footer is a link to toggle between the desktop and the mobile theme :p That is just for the forum. Not on mine, DCMA, Terms of Use, and Privacy. with a link to go back to the top. That's it. Whoever handles it would need to provide a way to disable the media queries to get what you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoopZ Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I don't think the full site view is supported in Android on a mobile phone which really bugs me as i don't want to view the front page in mobile view as i miss so much! xendrome 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted December 8, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 8, 2014 The idea of a responsive design is that everything you would want from the "desktop" version is available in the "mobile" version, because they're exactly the same. All that changes is the way it looks. What's missing from the mobile version that you want to access from the desktop version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Since it's responsive, rotating your device should give you more of the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoopZ Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 The idea of a responsive design is that everything you would want from the "desktop" version is available in the "mobile" version, because they're exactly the same. All that changes is the way it looks. What's missing from the mobile version that you want to access from the desktop version? I want the community activity from the front page on my mobile phone as that is what I always use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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