Skip to main content

Questions tagged [desktop-view]

For questions about the full or desktop view of Stack Exchange sites, provided the question is specific to the way the desktop view looks compared to the way it may look on a mobile device.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
14 votes
1 answer
234 views

How can I switch to the full site when the mobile view only has the "Mobile" link and doesn't provide the "Full site" link?

The mobile view has been deprecated since 14 Feb... or so it seems. Catija mentioned this on The Tavern, So... I have a guess... a few days ago we got rid of the mobile view, right? But we didn't get ...
Meta Andrew T.'s user avatar
12 votes
1 answer
220 views

The in-review-queues edit layout is different from the normal (out-of-review-queues) edit layout on mobile. How can I always use the former?

Overview I can't always be in front of a computer, so I sometimes use an Android/Apple phone (with Firefox browser) to use Ask Ubuntu. There I have noticed that when I edit a post in the review-queues ...
Error404's user avatar
  • 253
14 votes
0 answers
220 views

Is it possible to make the "full site" persistent for mobile across Stack Exchange?

The "full site" setting seems to be stored in a cookie that has a frequent expiry time, and it's unique for every SE site. Whenever it expires, it is a pain to have to click on the tiny link ...
user000001's user avatar
  • 4,058
4 votes
0 answers
54 views

Use the wording and links of "you don't have edit privileges" banner from mobile web in the desktop version

Prompted by the comments on this answer. On mobile, when I try to edit a post on a site I don't have edit privileges on, I get this banner: You do not have edit privileges. Your edit will be ...
Jenayah's user avatar
  • 15.1k
3 votes
0 answers
93 views

Can the web pages please respect "Request desktop site" option?

I am an intensive mobile user and sometimes I meed functionalities of the full page (desktop page). The "desktop site" of mobile Chrome and other browsers has long been ineffective. The only way is to ...
iBug says Reinstate Monica's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
42 views

Weird address parameter when switching between full and mobile versions

Whenever I switch between full and mobile versions of the site (via links in the footer) I see weird unique parameter in browser's address line: What's this?
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
24 views

No badges are visible after switching from mobile web to full site

Second page of the my profile page with opened Badges page looks in mobile web like showed in picture: If you make switch to full site (via link in the bottom of the page), then resulting page ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
53 views

The link to meta is not consist in the web and mobile view

In each site's Participate In Meta - Privilege page, under Where is meta? section the description is starting as There is a link to meta in the footer of every page..... Screenshot for reference: ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 39k
1 vote
1 answer
44 views

Can't vote or flag in full site on mobile Firefox

This used to work, but as of several weeks ago, stopped. I noticed on Photography first but it's not just limited to that. If I click on upvote or downvote, upvote comment, or flag comment, ...
mattdm's user avatar
  • 4,537
1 vote
0 answers
79 views

Text Entry Frequently Lags with the Full Site Theme on Mobile Chrome on an LG G3

I just switched from using Mobile-Chrome on an iPhone 5 to using Mobile-Chrome on an LG G3. While using the Full Site theme, Stack Exchange frequently crashed Mobile-Chrome on my iPhone 5. Without ...
Jim G.'s user avatar
  • 1,054
0 votes
1 answer
251 views

Comments overflowing into sidebar in iOS 7

Not too much else I can say, here's a screenshot, and a link to where this happens: Here is the page where this happens. This problem persisted past the beta, so it's time to fix it!
Richard J. Ross III's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
179 views

"mobile", "full site" links fail intermittently on mobile Safari

It usually takes 2-5 tries in order to switch between mobile and full site on mobile Safari. Sometimes the page would reload without a switch to the other site. I use an iPhone 5 running on iOS 6.
Antony's user avatar
  • 6,455
4 votes
0 answers
51 views

Link underlining vanishes when multiline

I was reading over my own answer found on this question, Capacity limitations in the new review system, on my Nexus 7 using Chrome when I noticed a bug on the full (not mobile) site. One of my links ...
Austin Henley's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
216 views

"Full Site" Profile page layout from mobile device

The layout of the SO profile page looks very squished: SO: MSO (looks fine):
chown's user avatar
  • 3,823