Turning Off Mobile Websites

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Turning Off Mobile Websites

I was wondering if there is a way to turn off or get around the mobile version of websites? Sometimes I just need to get to the actual website and it defaults to the mobile version which can be limiting as to what can be done. Even though I type in the web address it gets over ridden with /mobile. Is this an annoyance to anyone else?

Macbook, imac, iphone

Posted on Sep 3, 2009 5:12 PM

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Answer 1

paulcb

Level 6

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Sep 3, 2009 6:57 PM in response to maczeo

Try another browser, i.e. iCab Mobile. You can set it to report itself as IE, Firefox, Safari, etc. That might make some of those sites show the full version.

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Answer 2

Sep 3, 2009 5:26 PM in response to maczeo

This is up to the website developer for each website to include a mobile version, and they are doing a favor for most cell phone browsers.

Since Safari on the iPhone is a mobile version of Safari, it is detected as such when visiting a website that also provides a mobile version of the website. Most websites that also provide a mobile version include a link to go to the full version. If so, select the link to go to the full version and save the URL as a bookmark and/or as a webclip on your home screen. When selecting the webclip for the full version of the website, you will be taken to the full version.

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Answer 3

Jason L

Community Specialist

Sep 3, 2009 5:25 PM in response to maczeo

Hi,

If there is a way around the issue, its going to be different for each site.
This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1308 provides more details about optimized websites.

-Jason

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