Default to Desktop mode despite toggling off
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(Firefox for Android :: Settings, defect)
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(Reporter: quadriflax, Unassigned)
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Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:132.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/132.0
Steps to reproduce:
Browser defaults to Desktop Mode, despite being toggled off. Any new tab that is opened will toggle Desktop Mode automatically.
Actual results:
The Desktop Mode toggle turns itself on every load up, every new opened tab. It has to be manually turned off every time to get mobile version.
Expected results:
Default should be mobile mode. It should not be necessary to manually toggle off on every new tab. This behavior does not happen in latest beta or stable release.
132.0a1 (Build #2016043439), hg-50016ed27344+
GV: 132.0a1-20240909092518
AS: 132.20240904050246
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Comment 1•1 year ago
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Additional testing shows this problem on three different tablets:
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (Android 14)
- Lenovo Tab P12 (Android 14)
- Samsung Tab A (2019) (Android 11)
It doesn't seem to affect my Moto G Stylus (2022) (Android 12).
This occurs on a clean install with no account or extensions. Perhaps only affects tablets or devices of a certain screen size?
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Comment 2•1 year ago
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Also occurring on Samsung Tab S8 (Android 14)
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Comment 3•1 year ago
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It seems like this is a deliberate choice by the developers? If so please make this optional, as it significantly changes the UI of many websites and I find it disconcerting. Also, as someone who browses using split screen, mobile UI suits me much better than desktop.
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Comment 4•1 year ago
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I'm afraid you might be correct. If it is deliberate I agree this should 100% be optional. It makes no sense to force desktop mode on an objectively mobile device. Having the manual toggle to do so on a case by case basis is optimal. As it currently is, I need to use Edge browser on certain websites to get the behavior I expect. I would be very disappointed if this was done on purpose.
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Comment 5•1 year ago
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(In reply to gerard.carroll from comment #3)
It seems like this is a deliberate choice by the developers? If so please make this optional, as it significantly changes the UI of many websites and I find it disconcerting. Also, as someone who browses using split screen, mobile UI suits me much better than desktop.
Seems to have been fixed in
132.0a1 (Build #2016044391), hg-ea9792026c19+
GV: 132.0a1-20240914092100
AS: 132.20240907050348
All three tablets of mine don't toggle desktop mode automatically anymore. Are you seeing the same?
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Comment 6•1 year ago
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I'm seeing the same. Hopefully next time it is implemented it is behind an option.
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Comment 7•1 year ago
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(In reply to gerard.carroll from comment #3)
It seems like this is a deliberate choice by the developers? If so please make this optional, as it significantly changes the UI of many websites and I find it disconcerting. Also, as someone who browses using split screen, mobile UI suits me much better than desktop.
Seems to have been fixed in
132.0a1 (Build #2016044391), hg-ea9792026c19+
GV: 132.0a1-20240914092100
AS: 132.20240907050348
All three tablets of mine don't toggle desktop mode automatically anymore. Are you seeing the same?
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Comment 8•1 year ago
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This appears to be happening again with version:
133.0a1 (Build #2016049767), hg-75d81c21a6ae+
GV: 133.0a1-20241012094524
AS: 133.20241011050317
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Updated•1 year ago
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