[Verizon] Default JB browser to desktop view?

[Dabitz]

Is there a way to do this on JB's browser? I really miss ICS Browser.

 

[jbdan]

Open Browser, settings, request desktop site

 

[Dabitz]

Yeah but some sites are stubborn and change to android view.

 

[jbdan]

Yeah but some sites are stubborn and change to android view.

Did it not do that on ICS?

 

[Dabitz]

Yes but I used ICS Browser +.

 

[jbdan]

Yes but I used ICS Browser +.

Aha! So does that not work on JB?

 

[Dabitz]

Aha! So does that not work on JB?

No, it forecloses

 

[CopperWires]

I'm with you Dabitz. browser + was my favorite by far. It looks as though the developer hasn't been updating it for a while now. I found another app that was similar. I can't remember the name now but it didn't work.

 

[Deleted User]

The "request desktop site" doesn't work well with sites that dump you off into mobile sub-domains.

Frequently, you'll land on a site, it'll see you're on a mobile browser, and send you off to m.sitename.com or whatever. From that point on, no matter what browser ID is sent to it, it will always return a mobile site.

The trouble is that when you try to go back to www.sitename.com, you again present a mobile ID, and thus get shipped off to m.sitename.com... etc.

 

[jbdan]

The "request desktop site" doesn't work well with sites that dump you off into mobile sub-domains.

Frequently, you'll land on a site, it'll see you're on a mobile browser, and send you off to m.sitename.com or whatever. From that point on, no matter what browser ID is sent to it, it will always return a mobile site.

The trouble is that when you try to go back to www.sitename.com, you again present a mobile ID, and thus get shipped off to m.sitename.com... etc.

Interesting thanks for the info. I've never had an issue with the request desktop site feature

 

[CopperWires]

Just an update for me. I have found that the stock browser has pretty much the same functionality as browser+. I'm ok with it. The only issue is that Swype won't type in the text boxes.