960918 - allabout.co.jp sends desktop site to Firefox OS

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect, P5)

Description

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

Attachment: 093.png

Inline sniffing:

if (aa.f.ReadCookie('touch_view_type')!='pc'){
    if( (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android(.+)?Mobile/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/Tizen/i)) ) {
        aa.v.no_impcnt='1';
        var spref = encodeURIComponent(aa.v.ref);
        var _href = location.href.replace('summary/', '');
        _href = _href.replace('http://allabout.co.jp', 'http://touch.allabout.co.jp');
        _href = _href.replace('http://focus.allabout.co.jp','http://touch.allabout.co.jp');
        _href = _href.replace('http://focus-org.allabout.co.jp','http://touch.allabout.co.jp'); 
        _href = _href.replace('http://stg01.allabout.co.jp','http://touch.allabout.co.jp');
        _href = _href.replace('http://aafront.withabout.net','http://touch.withabout.net');
        if(_href.contains("?")) {
            _href = _href+'&spref='+spref;
        }else{
            _href = _href+'?spref='+spref;
        }
        //add referrer to the end of url
        location.replace(_href);
    };
};

Comment 1

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Contacted through http://corp.allabout.co.jp/inquiry/info/info.html

Comment 2

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Adam,
because you had success with Bug 935913. Do you want to try for this one through the same contacts? 
Thanks.

Comment 3

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Passed along the information for this bug to see if they manage this property as well. Will let you know when I receive a response.

Comment 4

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Looks like About.com is not related to allabout at this point.

Comment 5

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Ah interesting. Same story than Yahoo! they started as a co-branding and been owned by Yahoo! Japan and then now seems to be owned by Navi. Similar story than Yahoo! and Yahoo! Japan. Thanks Adam.

Comment 6

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

So we didn't receive any answers to the previous contact aka Comment #1

Let's see. 
Windows Phone 8 IE 10 receives Desktop version too.

When faking Chrome Mobile 30 Android 4.4, we are directed to which is a perfectly working version on Firefox OS.
http://touch.allabout.co.jp/?spref=

On Firefox OS, we still receive the desktop version. This is not fixed. The script in the home page has not changed yet.

They just need to add 
    (navigator.userAgent.match(/Mobi/i))
in 
     if( (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) 
      || (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android(.+)?Mobile/i)) 
      || (navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i)) 
      || (navigator.userAgent.match(/Tizen/i)) )
to improve a lot things.

They would also catch things like iPod Touch, that they don't catch right now, and also IE Mobile users.

We need to find a direct contact there.

Comment 7

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Trying to establish contact. Not many traces of Japanese engineers on linkedin working for allabout.

There is an ex-employee, a bit of a shot in the dark, but let's try.
http://twitter.com/MozWebCompat/status/516390534760259584

Comment 8

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Putting back to needscontact.
Adding Kudo-san in case he knows someone there.

Comment 9

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Closing as we are not working on Firefox OS anymore.