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It's not Apple's responsibility to "fix" a misbehaving company. To stop sending information identifying you as an iPad user breaks the web just the same by not
by gry 15y ago
It's not Apple's responsibility to "fix" a misbehaving company. To stop sending information identifying you as an iPad user breaks the web just the same by not honoring the user agent spec in RFC 1945.
Mobile implementations abuse agent sniffing, no doubt. This is a clear example of organizations who don't get it, or are willing to exchange readership attrition for a perceived benefit with an app. Or in this case, an attempt to create revenue.
I'm ok letting these organizations die on the vine. It means those who plan better are greeted with opportunity.
- jasonlotito 15y ago> It's not Apple's responsibility to "fix" a misbehaving company. No. But it is important for them to make sure browsing on the iPad is good. When something doesn't work while browsing, it hurts the user. Why do you think they put so much effort on combating Flash? Why push HTML5? They couldn't drop Flash and not support a replacement. They had to make that push, and it worked well for them. I'd love the option to expose my iPad Safari as a normal desktop safari. Many sites don't give me the option of going to a non-mobile version, and it sucks. It breaks being able to browse on my iPad. How could they do that smoothly in an Apple like way? I don't know. I'm not Apple. Responsibility has nothing to do with it.
- haribilalic 15y agoAtomic Web Browser (http://atomicwebbrowser.com/ http://atomicwebbrowser.com/) can identify itself as IE, Firefox or Desktop Browser and is available on both the iPhone and iPad.