Worth a read, even if you already know most of these.
One quibble, though.
Sometimes you don’t want the stripped-down mobile version of a website. Google’s Chrome has long had a “request desktop version” option, and now Safari does also.
To access this, give a gentle pull down on the menubar to see two new choices: Add to Favorites and Request Desktop Site. Tap the latter and the page will reformat, usually presenting itself in desktop glory.
I believe you need to tap in the menubar so you are editing the URL, which will bring up the favorites popup. Tap in the favorites popup and drag down to reveal the Add to Favorites and Request Desktop Site choices.
Other than that minor point, this is good to know.
Why is it that even when I request the desktop version I still can’t see these comments in Disqus? Why is it I can’t ever see them on my iPhone? I can on any other site I visit.
Funny, Macworld.com apparently ignores my request for the desktop site on my iOS 8 iPhone 6.
how sad that it doesn’t work for this very site.
i believe it’s by the hand of the site owner. I’ve emailed Jim about how annoying and ironic it is that he choose to not render Disqus on the mobile version of site, served to all iPhone users….ironic since the iPhone was first touted as the REAL internet in your pocket, yet JD chooses to treat iPhone users as second-class web citizens.
the hell?
Jim Dalrymple decided he didn’t want Discus comments served to mobile users, which includes all iPhone traffic. pretty mind-numbing, since he’s one of the greatest champions for the iPhone.
Yes, Trying to read a long string of single letters is a bit of a readability issue.
it occasionally happens, but the majority of articles i come across are pretty flat. a couple levels.
vastly better than no comments at all. if for no other reason than i can establish a hot topic and choose to view it on another device. but the loop on an iPhone? i have no idea if theres any discourse, so i rarely return to those stories when at another device.
This doesn’t work on websites that have a responsive design (at least all of the ones I’ve tried). Makes sense considering there are not really mobile and desktop versions of those websites.. I feel this feature will be less and less useful as more websites adopt this kind of design.