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Bug 58425 - Mobile site does not automatically redirect to desktop version
Mobile site does not automatically redirect to desktop version
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MobileFrontend
Classification: Unclassified
stable (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Unprioritized normal
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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: 49653 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2013-12-13 00:10 UTC by Tyler Romeo
Modified: 2014-02-12 23:55 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Description Tyler Romeo 2013-12-13 00:10:18 UTC 
This is something I could have sworn was reported previously, but I cannot find the bug for it.

Going to en.m.wikipedia.org from a desktop browser stays on the mobile site rather than redirecting back to the desktop version. This makes it extraordinarily inconvenient when somebody shares a mobile link and a desktop user follows it.

This also breaks the functionality in Google Chrome Mobile where you can check "Request desktop version".
Comment 1 Bingle 2013-12-13 00:25:28 UTC 
Prioritization and scheduling of this bug is tracked on Mingle card https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/mobile/cards/1506
Comment 2 Max Semenik 2013-12-13 01:06:59 UTC 
This is intended behavior - if you've accidentally ended up on mobile site, there's always a link back to desktop. However, mobile site is not restricted to mobile devices and there are even some people who prefer to use it from their PCs.
Comment 3 Jon 2013-12-18 17:10:07 UTC 
*** Bug 49653 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Alex Monk 2013-12-25 17:11:18 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> However, mobile site is not restricted
> to mobile devices and there are even some people who prefer to use it from
> their PCs.

I would think there are far more people who hate clicking links on sites like Reddit only to realise it's a mobile link.
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