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Am I the only one who HATES mobile versions of websites?

03-25-2013, 01:29 PM

When I go to a website on my mobile phone and it shows me a mobile version, I fucking hate it.
I always want the actual desktop version.

Yet the entire web is being re-written to work on mobile devices. Am I the only one who hates mobile versions of websites?
I dont remember the last time I used an actual app, maybe months ago.
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03-25-2013, 01:34 PM

A lot of the mobile sites are pretty shitty. I have to wonder if they were being designed for someone on a flip phone - most of the time on a modern smartphone/tablet the desktop version is better.
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03-25-2013, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by clickhappy

When I go to a website on my mobile phone and it shows me a mobile version, I fucking hate it.
I always want the actual desktop version.

Yet the entire web is being re-written to work on mobile devices. Am I the only one who hates mobile versions of websites?
I dont remember the last time I used an actual app, maybe months ago.

shitty coders and shitty designers. if the mobile version is properly done, it should work equal or even better (well, way better) than the desktop version. Period.

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03-25-2013, 01:39 PM

I cannot stand it either.

The best (read worst) example of this is fucking EBAY! I had to download an app to view their site so guess what - no viewing that site.

There is no need for mobile versions of sites these days. Mobile phones and tablets can display and handle websites without the need to turn the site into a crappy cut down version of the full site.

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03-25-2013, 01:40 PM

can you recommend a mobile version of a website that is properly done? I'd like to see.
Even Amazon and eBay I prefer the desktop version.
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03-25-2013, 01:41 PM

I hate that when i am on my tablet - no reason to give me a mobile version

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03-25-2013, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by georgeyw

a crappy cut down version of the full site.

Exactly how I feel, took the words right out of my mouth.

Im annoyed because Im getting back into web development and everything is mobile mobile now. An executive told me dont bother making a website, just make an app. It feels so foreign to me
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03-25-2013, 01:45 PM

Mobile versions of almost every site I have used are worthless. GFY actually being one of the best.

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03-25-2013, 02:03 PM

eBay is amazing on iphone, far better than the desktop version. Even GFY whist not an app is better in a mobile version, rather than desktop... at least I can easily avoid the multiple images of mens assholes that frequent threads these days.

A lot of sites use a simple generator to create a mobile version and I will agree that these, on the whole are pretty bad. Done well though a mobile site can be brilliant.
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03-25-2013, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by nexcom28

eBay is amazing on iphone, far better than the desktop version. Even GFY whist not an app is better in a mobile version, rather than desktop... at least I can easily avoid the multiple images of mens assholes that frequent threads these days.

A lot of sites use a simple generator to create a mobile version and I will agree that these, on the whole are pretty bad. Done well though a mobile site can be brilliant.

eBay is pretty good on the phone, so is Craigslist.

What bothers me is sites reading iPad as mobile and not having a desktop link to use. I don't want to surf a mobile site on my iPad!

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03-25-2013, 02:22 PM

I have a smartphone with a generous sized screen, yet I often end up viewing plain mobile pages that feature gigantic text (seriously... tumblr mobile shows only 4-5 words per line, and this is on a Galaxy Note II!) I've set up my proxy/cache at home to lie about the user-agent so that I don't get redirected, but when I'm not home I don't have that luxury.

A 301/302 redirect to a mobile version - rather than simply displaying differently formatted content under the same URL - is also stupid, because it means that people share m.example.com links, which breaks those of us using desktop browsers.

People need to start doing something more sophisticated than "if the user-agent is in this list, redirect to mobile version." It's 2013, we're no longer on 20x4 dot matrix WAP screens.
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03-25-2013, 02:28 PM

A better approach would be to base the decision on screen resolution. Don't send those with 800 or 1024px wide screens to shitty sites that have huge letters, and buttons that fill 20% of the screen.

javascript has the screen.width/screen.height and screen.availWidth/screen.availHeight variables. That's a good start.
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03-25-2013, 02:34 PM

I like mobile version for news sites here.. no ads

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03-25-2013, 02:48 PM

I see where you're coming from, I think it depends on the nature of the site, I'd like your opinion on the mobile version of vixen-escorts.com which is here vixen-escorts.com/mobile/

Originally posted by clickhappy

When I go to a website on my mobile phone and it shows me a mobile version, I fucking hate it.
I always want the actual desktop version.

Yet the entire web is being re-written to work on mobile devices. Am I the only one who hates mobile versions of websites?
I dont remember the last time I used an actual app, maybe months ago.
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03-25-2013, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by VIXEN ESCORTS

I see where you're coming from, I think it depends on the nature of the site, I'd like your opinion on the mobile version of vixen-escorts.com which is here vixen-escorts.com/mobile/

You do exactly what i hate: i am on my pad with 1280x800 resolution and get redirected to a mobile version. Why?

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