709241 - Twitter does not serve refreshed mobile site redesign to Fennec (December 2011)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Twitter recently redesigned their website [1]. As of this filing, Twitter is a #9 Top-500 Web Site according to Alexa [2]. On Android, under the stock Android browser (Android 2.3.6), Dolphin HD and all Webkit variants, you will get their newly redesigned site. Opera 11 will be served their old site; along with Firefox XUL/Fennec Native. Safari on iOS5 gets served their new content too.

Firefox should get their newly redesigned content too.

Their site does a huge long test for browser detection at [3].

[1] http://blog.twitter.com/2011/12/lets-fly.html
[2] http://www.alexa.com/topsites
[3] https://si0.twimg.com/twitter-mobile/264d12c096370bff400a5604194c4cec4870c342/assets/m5.js

Comment 1

[Ioana Chiorean]

Attachment: designs for start up page and sign up

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Twitter is a top site/app. Related to mobile web compatibility k9o user story. Nominating this for kilimanjaro.

Comment 3

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Note: Twitter has an HTML5 rendition of their web client in the works that Mobile QA has been tinkering with. I really don't know what control we have over their testing and rollout cycles.

Comment 4

[chris hofmann]

probably no control, but maybe some influence if we can find the right person.

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to chris hofmann from comment #4)
> probably no control, but maybe some influence if we can find the right
> person.

Chris Lee I believe is in contact from twitter right now. We just sent off a bunch of feedback to twitter on how to get gecko support.

Comment 6

[Chris Lee [:clee]]

We have good relationships with the mobile Twitter team and am working with them on improving compatible of their HTML5 site/app with Gecko.

Comment 7

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

Twitter now serves their mobile optimized site to Fennec.