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Viewing the desktop and mobile versions of Mumsnet

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JanineMumsnet · 02/09/2020 16:29

Dear all,

We wanted to let you know that we are shortly going to be removing the ability to manually switch the view of the website from desktop to mobile and vice versa. The reason for doing this is because an incorrect view of MN for the device you are using (eg a desktop view on a mobile device) can impact the functionality of some elements of the website, and this causes real problems with Google and the way they view and rank us.

So from today, if you use a mobile device to access the site you will only be able to see the mobile view, if you view on a desktop device you will only see the desktop view and those using a tablet will also only see the desktop view. We're sorry if this impacts your enjoyment of the site - we know that a very few Mumsnetters do use the link to view the site differently - but we do need to do this or it will cause lots of problems going forward.

If you have any particular concerns or queries do please post them here.

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soniamumsnet · 03/09/2020 10:45

Hi @SoupDragon a mobile device would be a smartphone or tablet. Flowers

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JanineMumsnet · 03/09/2020 13:04

Hi @SoupDragon apologies but @soniamumsnet was mistaken here, if you are on tablet you will see the desktop version of the site. And as for what counts as a mobile device, these are smart phones.

@Blondeshavemorefun this should not be happening - do you have more detail about the browser and device you are using here?

@thecapitalsunited you should be able to increase the text size within the browser you are using, so if you're using safari there are instructions here support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207209

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JanineMumsnet · 03/09/2020 16:17

@Blondeshavemorefun that screen shot is really useful showing the OP reply. I will share with our developers and see if it can be fixed.

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JanineMumsnet · 04/09/2020 10:15

@Blondeshavemorefun I have looked into this issue, but it looks as though you are now using Chrome anyway now.

As I understand, the reason you moved away from Safari and Chrome was because you felt you were getting too many pop ups? We have over the last few months been removing as many pop ups as we can, so we would suggest Chrome or Safari as the browser you use, as the site does work better generally in those browsers.

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LilyMumsnet · 30/08/2022 16:40

CourtneeLuv · 29/08/2022 23:16

Is the app going to get all the functions of the desktop version then?

I need to find a thread I was on and I can't because it's dropped off my watching and threads I'm on lists 🤬

Why don't you just shut the site down if you dont want people to use it?!

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