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Request desktop site blocked by IPhone 13

In Safari and Firefox and edge you can use the setting but IPhone 13 blocks it and I just get the mobile site. Example is website nasa for James Webb telescope

Posted on Jan 8, 2022 1:38 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2022 8:29 AM

Request Desktop is a “REQUEST” to the site to show the desktop version of the site. It is a REQUEST. The site doesn’t have to honor it. Most sites today are coded to be “responsive”, meaning that they adjust the display to fit the dimensions of the user’s screen; they don’t really have a separate “desktop version”. When you visit a site your browser tells the site the dimensions of your screen; a responsive site uses this information to decide what to display to you, whether you requested mobile or desktop. Back when desktop and mobile versions existed they had different URLs, usually like “website.com” and “m.website.com” or “website.com/m”, but for almost any professional site these distinctions no longer exist. As an example of responsive design, I just tried nytimes.com. When I switched to the “desktop version” it briefly displayed a wide view, then a second later switched to a view appropriate for my iPhone.



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Request desktop site blocked by IPhone 13

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