Apps on unity8 run with qtubuntu, and there is code in the browser that assumes that qtubuntu == mobile (http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/webbrowser-app/trunk/view/head:/src/Ubuntu/Web/plugin.cpp#L127). Until now this was a decent approximation, but not any longer.
Note that oxide doesn’t do a much better job at it, because it assumes that running on an android kernel + egl means mobile: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~oxide- developers/oxide/oxide.trunk/view/head:/shared/browser/oxide_form_factor_detection_linux.cc. ** Summary changed: - Websites show mobile version, even on desktop + On unity8 desktop, websites serve mobile version ** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon) ** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1504084 Title: On unity8 desktop, websites serve mobile version To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1504084/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
