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Old Mar 21, 2016, 8:43 pm
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Originally Posted by tim0409
Like others my iPad intermittently jumps to the mobile site - a fix would be greatly appreciated as it is annoying!
Selecting mobile/desktop is cookie based, and the cookie expires after 24 hours, so you will need to select it once per day.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 5:22 pm
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Why is the site forcing "mobile version" on iPad users??
A recent update is forcing all my FT bookmarks to show the dreadful (and I mean, *truly* awful) mobile version of the site. How do I avoid this??
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 10:47 pm
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Originally Posted by djmp
A recent update is forcing all my FT bookmarks to show the dreadful (and I mean, *truly* awful) mobile version of the site. How do I avoid this??
Originally Posted by IBobi
Selecting mobile/desktop is cookie based, and the cookie expires after 24 hours, so you will need to select it once per day.
The post immediately above yours (from IBobi, replicated above) explains it, and it works - I'm accessing FlyerTalk from my iPad as well. All my bookmarks take me to the sites using Safari or Chome in the full site mode and not the mobile skin.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 11:46 pm
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Every 24 hours? You're kidding me! Also, private mode is going to defeat those cookies. How do we get this fixed?
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Old Apr 11, 2016, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by djmp
Every 24 hours? You're kidding me! Also, private mode is going to defeat those cookies. How do we get this fixed?
Many site functions are cookie based, and settings that eliminate cookies will also interfere with those functions.
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Old Apr 11, 2016, 8:37 pm
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Originally Posted by IBobi
Many site functions are cookie based, and settings that eliminate cookies will also interfere with those functions.
Umm session cookies work fine in private mode, the site worked great before. So, seriously, every 24 hours it'll force back to the mobile version?? How to avoid this?

Secondly, if you bookmark anything in the site in full mode, it includes ?styleid=17 in the links but if you click on anything it dumps you back into the mobile version. Bad experience overall to have the mode change... It's kind of a mess.
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Old Apr 11, 2016, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by djmp
Umm session cookies work fine in private mode, the site worked great before. So, seriously, every 24 hours it'll force back to the mobile version?? How to avoid this?

Secondly, if you bookmark anything in the site in full mode, it includes ?styleid=17 in the links but if you click on anything it dumps you back into the mobile version. Bad experience overall to have the mode change... It's kind of a mess.
My bookmarks are not going to mobile -- can you be specific about what you are doing i.e. device, browser, etc.

As to the 24 hour rule, that's not a new one since the update, it's always been a 24 hour cookie for a year or more now.
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Old Apr 12, 2016, 9:01 pm
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Originally Posted by IBobi
My bookmarks are not going to mobile -- can you be specific about what you are doing i.e. device, browser, etc.

As to the 24 hour rule, that's not a new one since the update, it's always been a 24 hour cookie for a year or more now.
Here's the sequence:
1. Go to flyertalk.com -> Forums -> United (on an iPad).
2. Deal with the Choice Ad screen takeover (twice) and the awful mobile skin.
3. Select "View Full Site", full site appears.
4. Bookmark the page: this is the URL http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...81/?styleid=17

-- snip --
1. Go back to the site next day via the bookmark.
2. Deal with Choice Ad screen takeover again.
3. Full site is displayed.
4. Select a thread, and the skin switches from full back into mobile.
5. Completely inconsistent user experience.
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 2:11 pm
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Originally Posted by djmp
Here's the sequence:
1. Go to flyertalk.com -> Forums -> United (on an iPad).
2. Deal with the Choice Ad screen takeover (twice) and the awful mobile skin.
3. Select "View Full Site", full site appears.
4. Bookmark the page: this is the URL http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...81/?styleid=17

-- snip --
1. Go back to the site next day via the bookmark.
2. Deal with Choice Ad screen takeover again.
3. Full site is displayed.
4. Select a thread, and the skin switches from full back into mobile.
5. Completely inconsistent user experience.
Reported
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Old Apr 16, 2016, 4:50 pm
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I'm not a mobile developer so I can't explain how or why this works but I've had a fair bit of luck with full version/desktop version persistence on my iPhone using the Puffin browser, which has a specific preference setting for this very issue. It's not the cleanest or most intuitive UX but I like its speed and the fact that I don't have these internecine battles like I do with Safari, FF, Chrome or Mercury.
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Old Apr 18, 2016, 5:03 pm
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Originally Posted by djmp
Here's the sequence:
1. Go to flyertalk.com -> Forums -> United (on an iPad).
2. Deal with the Choice Ad screen takeover (twice) and the awful mobile skin.
3. Select "View Full Site", full site appears.
4. Bookmark the page: this is the URL http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...81/?styleid=17

-- snip --
1. Go back to the site next day via the bookmark.
2. Deal with Choice Ad screen takeover again.
3. Full site is displayed.
4. Select a thread, and the skin switches from full back into mobile.
5. Completely inconsistent user experience.
Should be fixed now.
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Old Apr 21, 2016, 10:52 pm
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Originally Posted by IBobi
Should be fixed now.
Appears to be, thanks.
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Old Apr 24, 2016, 5:23 pm
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Appears to be, thanks.
And... It's back to broken again... skin switches unexpectedly.
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Old Apr 25, 2016, 6:13 am
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Yep, still broken. Who needs the mobile site anyways?
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Old Apr 25, 2016, 6:41 am
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Originally Posted by DeafFlyer
Yep, still broken. Who needs the mobile site anyways?
That's what I'd like to know. Does anyone actually like it?
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