932026 - sansimera.gr doesn't redirect to mobile site on Firefox OS and Firefox for Android

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

Site: http://www.sansimera.gr
sansimera.gr doesn't redirect to mobile site on Firefox OS and Firefox for Android

:: Steps To Reproduce

1. Open Firefox OS browser
2. Type capital.gr in Firefox OS browser address bar

also

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

:: Expected Result

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

:: Actual Result


On Firefox OS we receive the desktop site of http://www.sansimera.gr.

On Firefox for Android we get an "Access Denied" page and following on the link on how to solve the issue, we get a page that tells us that the User Agent string contained data witch is associated with spam and malware and advices us to remove the malware from our system or use a different browser.

:: Additional Information

Firefox OS
Software Version: Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:26.0) Gecko/26.0 Firefox/26.0
Device Information: Keon

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]]

Some strange behavior here, getting a 403 Bad Behavior if my Firefox for Android version is 25, https://gist.github.com/miketaylr/7205880. However the error page I get has a contact email, "Αν δεν μπορέσετε να αποκαταστήσετε το πρόβλημα μόνοι σας, επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας στο support at sansimera.gr . Μην παραλείψετε να αναφέρετε στο μήνυμά σας και τον παραπάνω κωδικό."

Comment 2

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

For whatever reason, they think version 25 is bad. Firefox 24 and Nightly (27) get the mobile site without problems. I guess we just need to reach out and ask them what that was about?

Comment 3

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

I send a message to the webmaster using the contact form at http://www.sansimera.gr/contact

Comment 4

[Thanos Lefteris [:alefteris]]

Got a reply from them. Because of attacks on their site, they are using "Bad Behaviour" (http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/about/) to block spam bots. karlcow found out that this software's filters incorrectly block anything with "Gecko/25" in the User-Agent. I was told that the use of Bad Behaviour in their site is temporary, because in November they are launching a more secure and responsive redesign of their site. So there will be no separate mobile site any more.

Comment 5

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

OK so to revisit in November. I will contact Bad Behavior, it might affect other sites. Bug 932498

Comment 6

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

Status now: the responsive site seems to be up and running. I get the same content in all browsers (although it looks a bit more desktop-like and zoomed-out on mobile..?)