Desktop Version of websites with 3.1 update???

[MarqBland]

I just received my shiny new update this morning, but when web browsing, the "about:debug" method to switch to the desktop version doesn't work anymore. Does anyone have a remedy yet? I'll probably try the opera browser until there is a fix :-(

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[baltwade]

Worked fine for me, but I do wish I didn't have to use about:debug just to get the desktop setting.

 

[Terrigno]

Yeah but didnt that trick only work when your in the browser session for the only time your in it? You had to do it over and over is what I herd. Is that right? Thats a total waste of time. They should optimize that for websites to know that its not a mobile phone trying to open them up.

 

[sup3r1or]

Most of the flash streaming websites still send me to mobile version even I use desktop settings.

 

[moosc]

the browser is still classified as a mobile phone. unless Google rebuild or makes serious changes then the debugg is your only choice and then that isn't truly a good browser so no HULU no netflix etc

 

[FrankTheTank]

Tablet browser should have been desktop by default. Huge screw up by Google

 

[andxoomy]

I use Dolphin HD. It always takes me to the desktop version of my favorite websites. I have it set up so flash content gets uploaded only if I want it. I like the book marks and how easy it is to sort them the way you like. It has this gestures feature as well. I do find it to be a bit slower than stock but not by much and since the last update to it the random crashes have been few and far in between. I won't switch back to stock until the desktop thing is resolved because I can't stand getting mobile sites.

 

[Smokexz]

Tisk Tisk Tisk... GOOGLE! Lol

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[strudel#AC]

Worked fine for me, but I do wish I didn't have to use about:debug just to get the desktop setting.

How did you get it to work? Maybe I am missing something but I am not seeing the colon ' : ' on the keyboard anymore.

 

[PearlDriver]

Work arround for about:debug...

Hello all, I just tried copy the text about:debug and paste in address bar and used the same steps as before and it worked. I agree thou the default mode should be Desktop browser..

 

[Complex Pants]

How did you get it to work? Maybe I am missing something but I am not seeing the colon ' : ' on the keyboard anymore.

It is located in the symbols section. Push the key with "?123" on it.

 

[JohnnyBlaze]

about:debug still works for me and I only have to do it once a day, not for every session. It's a bit annoying but definitely not that bad.

 

[LMO]

I use Dolphin HD. It always takes me to the desktop version of my favorite websites. I have it set up so flash content gets uploaded only if I want it. I like the book marks and how easy it is to sort them the way you like. It has this gestures feature as well. I do find it to be a bit slower than stock but not by much and since the last update to it the random crashes have been few and far in between. I won't switch back to stock until the desktop thing is resolved because I can't stand getting mobile sites.

+1 to that!!!

 

[mfriedman79]

Wouldn't the main cause if this issue be on web developers? Honeycomb uses 'Android' as it UAstring, and i thought phones use 'Android mobile'. Websites just need to adjust their classification just like they did with the iPad which uses adifferent user agent as well.

OK well scratch that comment. Looks like the UAstring is Android on both phones and the Xoom. The difference is the version specified.

user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 3.1; en-us; Xoom Build/HMJ37) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13

user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.4; en-us; SGH-I897 Build/GR22) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1

 

[anon(194966)]

Instead of changing it to 'Desktop', I have found it better to change it to 'iPad' ... a good example is if you are a facebooker, the photos will show up in the old gallery format instead of the lightbox that is hard to control

 

[PearlDriver]

It is located in the symbols section. Push the key with "?123" on it.

After 3.1 the Colin ":" is not available when attempting to type in address bar. It is however available in text fields such as this one, just not from the address bar.

 

[chemgeek]

After 3.1 the Colin ":" is not available when attempting to type in address bar. It is however available in text fields such as this one, just not from the address bar.

Actually, you can insert a colon in the address bar by doing a long-press on the slash "/" key. When you do a long-press on a key you get the little grayed-out character in the upper right corner of the key. You can also do a SHIFT-"/" to do the same thing.

I see that the keyboard has been "improved" in 3.1 when entering an address-bar text field, with a ".com" key, as well as moving some of the other keys around. Why did they do that? Many of the special characters are in completely different places on the address-bar keyboard compared to the text-entry keyboard. Weird.

Cheers.

 

[LynnL]

I third the motion on Dolphin HD. It lets you choose desktop or mobile for your user agent in the preferences. Also, if you are a LastPass premuim user, there is a plugin for the browser so you don't have to have the browser remember passwords.

 

[PearlDriver]

Actually, you can insert a colon in the address bar by doing a long-press on the slash "/" key. When you do a long-press on a key you get the little grayed-out character in the upper right corner of the key. You can also do a SHIFT-"/" to do the same thing.

I see that the keyboard has been "improved" in 3.1 when entering an address-bar text field, with a ".com" key, as well as moving some of the other keys around. Why did they do that? Many of the special characters are in completely different places on the address-bar keyboard compared to the text-entry keyboard. Weird.

Cheers.

Good Call.... I did not catch the movement of the Colin as the shift option to the forward slash.....

 

[SongbirdVB]

Works for me. I have the Thumb keyboard (and love it), but I can't imagine they deleted the colon from the keyboard!