Re: pc version of yahoo.com
On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Scott Lair wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:53:34 -0700
> Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Scott Lair wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone having trouble getting to yahoo.com pc version in wheezy?
> > > I keep getting the mobile version. I have tried updating
> > > iceweasel to the backported version, cleared the cache, but still
> > > get the mobile version. Even when I click on the pc version on
> > > yahoo's site it brings up the mobile version. Chromium works ok,
> > > but not iceweasel.
> >
> > I'm getting it, too, with iceweasel. Chrome not affected. Started
> > several days ago. Just switched spontaneously while I was at the
> > main yahoo page. Blip! And it changed. I didn't do anything. No
> > other sites affected.
> >
> > Over the past couple of years had it happen with Firefox. With
> > Firefox there was an "mobile" option in the settings menu, IIRC,
> > that would get set. Why, I don't know. Unsetting it returned
> > yahoo to desktop mode. Such a setting doesn't seem to be available
> > in iceweasel.
> >
> > No solutions at this time.
> >
> >
> > B
> >
> >
>
> I installed the user agent switcher, created a new agent, took out the
> string at the end of the new user agent regarding Iceweasel and yahoo
> then worked fine. Maybe yahoo doesn't like us?
I completely purged iceweasel, its configs as well as mozilla's, etc.,
etc. Reinstalled, etc. Still no joy. I think Yahoo's server "sees"
Linux and thinks it must be a mobile device and switches automatically
"to improve your Yahoo experience." Right. Big improvement. Well,
maybe. I don't use Yahoo anymore. Beginning to like not using it. ;-)
What I'd really like to know is why ONLY iceweasel and firefox are
affected. Google-Chrome isn't. Probably not Opera, but I haven't
checked. Haven't gotten around to installing it. I figured one
backup browser was enough. ;-)
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