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Operations => Tools of the trade => Topic started by: Tubacap on July 15, 2010, 12:42:04 PM

Title: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Tubacap on July 15, 2010, 12:42:04 PM
Hey Guys,
Does anyone have the URL for WMIRS Mobile.  My phone all of a sudden started using full version of WMIRS which takes a little bit longer to load for releases.

Thanks!

Will
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Robborsari on July 15, 2010, 03:47:11 PM
I am not sure there is a seperate URL.  I have noticed that it changes behavior if I change the browser type that my phone is claiming to be.  My blackberry will say its either blackberry or firefox or IE.   I usually have good results with firefox.  Maybe your phones browser type setting was changed or they changed wmirs.  There have been a few updates recently.
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Tubacap on July 15, 2010, 03:51:59 PM
Yep, I changed from Dolphin HD to Opera mini.  There should be a unique URL though.

Thanks!
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Phil Hirons, Jr. on July 15, 2010, 03:58:10 PM
Not necessarily. Some frameworks like .NET will use the browser information to generate different results for the same URL.
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Tubacap on July 15, 2010, 04:41:35 PM
interesting, so is there a way to get it to point to the mobile for Opera mini?
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Phil Hirons, Jr. on July 15, 2010, 06:44:16 PM
That feature would have to be used by the developers.
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: Spaceman3750 on July 15, 2010, 06:54:11 PM
I have had problems with sites recognizing Opera mini as a mobile browser on my iPhone and only a few are starting to get it right. I'm considering a switch back to Safari for this very reason.
Title: Re: WMIRS Mobile
Post by: JC004 on July 16, 2010, 05:40:36 AM
Auto-detect is great and I have been using it, but since mobile browsers deliver such widely different results, it's best to have the option of manually selecting a mobile version too, especially if the phones are presenting themselves as browsers that they are not (such as Blackberry's browser allows you to do).  Mobile development sucks, though.   :(

Quote from: Spaceman3750 on July 15, 2010, 06:54:11 PM
I have had problems with sites recognizing Opera mini as a mobile browser on my iPhone and only a few are starting to get it right. I'm considering a switch back to Safari for this very reason.

It sounds like Apple has you exactly where they want you.