iOS Safari full time Desktop and Reader modes

Had the same issue and a simple workaround:

Use firefox for ios not safari. Open any site that redirects to mobile version - click the three horizontal bars bottom middle - select "request desktop site" - solved! All links on the site will use desktop mode.

In safari - could not find a solution. Tested on IP6s+.

This is a very serious need. I don't think he needs the scoldings. Know-it-all forum experts can drive customers away from Apple. It's great to know your stuff re: iPad, and yes the proper path would be to www.apple.com/feedback, but can't we be a little more civil please? He had stated that he knew how to get the desktop version, so he did not need to be told / insulted. Just needed a comforting response even if it was to be in the negative.

My humble opinion and hope is that iPad DOES need to be a desktop replacement if it is to compete with the Surface. We are getting closer too.

It might help to read the ToU linked to earlier governing the use of these forums which are technical question and answer forums and strictly user to user (volunteers/users helping fellow users). We are not allowed to speculate or post polls/petitions (among other rules) and we do not work for or get paid by Apple.

If you have an idea and/or request, using feedback is the only way to assure that Apple will read it.

Have you seen the new request desktop feature in Safari ? Go to a website. Tap the URL field. Pull down Favoriites and tap request desktop site.

I wouldn't have repeated something obvious, some websites allow you to request desktop site.

Have the same problem.

I would also like to view in desktop mode all the time for iOS. (iPad, iPhone)

Can it be set only once?

To select the feature "Request Desktop Site" every time visiting a website is annoying and a waste of time. Thank you.

Peace.

Unfortunately presently it must be set each time you want to use it. You can leave feedback at the link below to request it be changed.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I totally agree. i feel like mobile versions are bring us back to the days of WAP. It makes no sense to not be able to use the desktop version if your device is capable of it and having to specify each time is just plain annoying. Android has this and they work absolutely fine, why can't we?

I want permanent desktop mode for my iPad Pro.

Send your feedback to Apple http://www.apple.com/feedback/.

That's what I'm doing posting to this forum. If Apple doesn't follow this they do so at their own peril.

"That's what I'm doing posting to this forum."

Then you're wasting your time. The Forum was set up to be user to user with minimal Apple intervention.

Unfortunately Apple has decided to play a larger role in the Forum. The one thing that hasn't changed if you want to be guaranteed Apple will see your request you have to send in feedback.

You are wasting my time. I not looking to be trolled by these unhelpful comments. You are not an expert. Please let professionals do their job.