Redirected to mobile sites on OpenPandora


Silent-Hunter

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Whether I'm using Jumanji browser or Links, it happens on both. I'm being redirected the the mobile versions of some sites. The BBC does it, and ShoutCast does it. And ShoutCast's mobile site is busted. The "Go to full desktop site" doesn't work, but that's their fault.

But why is this happening? Are these sites using nothing but CPU architecture to determine whether people's machine is mobile or not?
 
Some websites determine the screen resolution on page load via some client side script(javascript) and will direct you to the mobile site if your screen is lesser than a specific size.
 
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So likely someone with an older laptop that has only 640x480 resolution would have the same issue?
 
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