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About 10 years late, I can't think of any websites other than Wikipedia still doing the mobile domain.

by SchemaLoad 11mo ago

layer8 11mo ago
YouTube? Twitch? FaceBook? GSMArena? There are lots.
- sedatk 11mo ago
  m.youtube.com and m.facebook.com redirect you to main "m-less" domain when on desktop. That was the greatest problem with Wikipedia. You had to experience that mobile layout on desktop unless you edited the address line and reloaded the page.
  - SoKamil 11mo ago
    m.wikipedia.org was a feature, not a bug. The interface is good on desktop. For some time, before Wikipedia did a desktop site rework, this was my go-to frontend.
  - huflungdung 11mo ago
    [dead]
micromacrofoot 11mo ago
late for what?
- sedatk 11mo ago
  Late for fixing design and UX bifurcation.
- NooneAtAll3 11mo ago
  pc website redirected mobile users from the very beginning mobile website did not redirect pc users 10 years late at fixing this very basic problem
  - micromacrofoot 11mo ago
    again though... late for what? it's not like someone else came along, did it better, and now wikipedia is some dwindling anachronism they didn't jump on the shifting trends immediately, got to it eventually when it was the clear path, and implemented it in a completely reasonable way... they may have actually benefited quite a bit for directions to settle
    - NooneAtAll3 11mo ago
      > implemented it in a completely reasonable way... ...no? A LOT no? one-way pc/mobile redirect is not reasonable, whatsoever
      - micromacrofoot 11mo ago
        the current result, not the previous state
eru 11mo ago
https://m.xkcd.com/ https://m.xkcd.com/ is one example that I actually find useful. (Well, the mobile view is useful. Not sure whether splitting it off into its own domain is useful.)
- encrypted_bird 11mo ago
  I agree. AFAICT there is no way to view a comic's alt-text on mobile on the desktop site. (Also, the desktop site is way too zoomed out.)
  - RealStickman_ 11mo ago
    Long press on the image to get the alt-text on desktop xkcd
    - encrypted_bird 11mo ago
      I've been following that webcomic for 15 years. How the crap have I never noticed that before??
- Insanity 11mo ago
  Very touching current XKCD. https://xkcd.com/3172 https://xkcd.com/3172. Guess this also means I’m getting old as I remember the earlier comics about his partner going through this. I think this is the first one I read after I became a “weekly reader”: https://xkcd.com/1141 https://xkcd.com/1141.

About 10 years late, I can't think of any websites other than Wikipedia still doing the mobile domain.

layer8 11mo ago

YouTube? Twitch? FaceBook? GSMArena? There are lots.

sedatk 11mo ago
m.youtube.com and m.facebook.com redirect you to main "m-less" domain when on desktop. That was the greatest problem with Wikipedia. You had to experience that mobile layout on desktop unless you edited the address line and reloaded the page.
- SoKamil 11mo ago
  m.wikipedia.org was a feature, not a bug. The interface is good on desktop. For some time, before Wikipedia did a desktop site rework, this was my go-to frontend.
- huflungdung 11mo ago
  [dead]

micromacrofoot 11mo ago

late for what?

sedatk 11mo ago
Late for fixing design and UX bifurcation.
NooneAtAll3 11mo ago
pc website redirected mobile users from the very beginning mobile website did not redirect pc users 10 years late at fixing this very basic problem
- micromacrofoot 11mo ago
  again though... late for what? it's not like someone else came along, did it better, and now wikipedia is some dwindling anachronism they didn't jump on the shifting trends immediately, got to it eventually when it was the clear path, and implemented it in a completely reasonable way... they may have actually benefited quite a bit for directions to settle
  - NooneAtAll3 11mo ago
    > implemented it in a completely reasonable way... ...no? A LOT no? one-way pc/mobile redirect is not reasonable, whatsoever
    - micromacrofoot 11mo ago
      the current result, not the previous state

eru 11mo ago

https://m.xkcd.com/ https://m.xkcd.com/ is one example that I actually find useful. (Well, the mobile view is useful. Not sure whether splitting it off into its own domain is useful.)

encrypted_bird 11mo ago
I agree. AFAICT there is no way to view a comic's alt-text on mobile on the desktop site. (Also, the desktop site is way too zoomed out.)
- RealStickman_ 11mo ago
  Long press on the image to get the alt-text on desktop xkcd
  - encrypted_bird 11mo ago
    I've been following that webcomic for 15 years. How the crap have I never noticed that before??
Insanity 11mo ago
Very touching current XKCD. https://xkcd.com/3172 https://xkcd.com/3172. Guess this also means I’m getting old as I remember the earlier comics about his partner going through this. I think this is the first one I read after I became a “weekly reader”: https://xkcd.com/1141 https://xkcd.com/1141.