931839 - vrisko.gr mobile site redirect is broken on Firefox for Android

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

Site: http://www.vrisko.gr
vrisko.gr mobile site redirect is broken on Firefox for Android

:: Steps To Reproduce

1. Open Firefox for Android app
2. Type vrisko.gr in Firefox for Android address bar

:: Expected Result

Get redirected to http://m.vrisko.gr. When typing the web site address on iOS Safari or Firefox OS we get redirected to the mobile site.

:: Actual Result

For an instant we are redirected to the mobile site and then back to the desktop version with the url http://www.vrisko.gr/?nomobile=true

:: Additional Information

Firefox for Android Beta
Software Version: Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Mobile; rv:25.0) Gecko/25.0 Firefox/25.0
Device Information: ZTE Blade

Comment 1

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

This one is interesting. If you load m.vrisko.gr in Firefox for Android, you'll notice it loads then quickly jumps over to the desktop site.

For whatever reason, if you're an Android or iOS device and haven't already been redirected to the desktop site (in the same session), you get sent to http://www.vrisko.gr/?nomobile=true. Once you've been there and re-visit m.vrisko.gr, you get the mobile site (because you've now got a "informed" key in sessionStorage).

function hasVisited() {
        if (typeof (sessionStorage) != 'undefined') {
            try {
                // an to exei episkeftei toulaxiston mish wra prin...
                var now = new Date();
                if (sessionStorage.getItem("informed") != null) {
                    if ((now.getTime() - Date.parse(sessionStorage.getItem("informed"))) > (1 * 60 * Math.pow(10, 3))) {
                        return false;
                    }
                }
                else
                    return false;
                    
                return true;

            } catch (e) { /* katapiola */ }
        }
    }
    
    // inform iPhone/iPod/iPad visitors for our apple application
    function informVisitors() {
        if (!hasVisited()) {
            if (window.location.href.indexOf('informed') == -1) {
                if (isiPhone() || isAndroid()) {
                    storeVisit();
                    window.location.href = "http://www.vrisko.gr/?nomobile=true";
                }
            }
        }
    }

I assume this is part of their strategy to "encourage" people to use their native apps? This appears to be by design, so apart from asking them to be nicer to their users, there doesn't appear to be any bugs here.

Comment 2

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

I send an email at the address found at http://www.vrisko.gr/Contact.aspx

Comment 3

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

Contacted though twitter https://twitter.com/alefteris/status/400364610567405569

Comment 4

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

I got a reply from them. They have fixed the issue where if you went directly to m.vrisko.gr, they would redirect you to the desktop site. They also mentioned that they serve the desktop version for all Android and iOS browsers and they don't redirect to the mobile site. Firefox OS still gets redirected to the mobile site. So I think we can mark this as resolved?

Comment 5

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Yep, nice work!