946737 - Medium.com doesn't display comment callouts in Fennec

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Attachment: chrome_mobile_ua.png

Reported by Vlad, see attached screenshots.

Desktop UA -> comments visible
Firefox for Android UA -> no comments
Chrome Mobile UA -> comments visible

Comment 1

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Attachment: fennec ua.png

Comment 2

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Diffing the served HTML, there's an extra script served to Desktop:

<script charset="UTF-8" src="//dnqgz544uhbo8.cloudfront.net/_/fp/js/main-base.bundle.W3Zj1k9jxkJHKv_F7wNN9g.js"></script>

There's a global "PLOVR_MODULE_INFO" that's introduced in that script which looks like it's responsible for fetching comment data and templating.

We need to reach out to medium and ask that they serve the same JS file to Firefox for Android (and FxOS) that they serve to Chrome Mobile and Firefox Desktop.

Comment 3

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

I tweeted at them, https://twitter.com/MozWebCompat/status/408633054408622080

Their FAQ states,

"How can I contact you?
You can tweet to us @Medium, email us at [e-mail], or leave a note on this story."

Let's give them a day or two to respond to the tweet before emailing.

Comment 4

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Unassigning myself, we never got a response from the tweet.

Comment 5

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Reaching out to a Product Designer at Medium via Twitter. https://twitter.com/AdamOpenWeb/status/426049908919910400

Comment 6

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Response that they are looking at it: https://twitter.com/jyhsu/status/426065084066955264

Comment 7

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

CCing Anton, because he works at Medium now. :)

Comment 8

[Anton Kovalyov (:anton)]

Please check again tomorrow, should be fixed by then.

Comment 9

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Sweet, working now. Thx Anton.