So, this is actually a different question. And if a mobile site already exists, that's all the less of a reason for the developers to strive to make the desktop version mobile-friendly. Any tweaking to make features work with a mobile browser would have to be done by the site developers.īut that's why there are different desktop and mobile versions: so that each version can be tailored to the behavior and feature sets of the browsers it's designed for, rather than having one version try to satisfy all types of browsers with the same code. There's not much tweaking you can do from the browser's end to 'make it work correctly', because the problem is not that the browser is misbehaving, it's the the features were developed for desktop browsers and tested with desktop browsers. That's because you're (deliberately) requesting a version of the site that's not designed for the browser you're using. It's there any way to make it work correctly?Īny time you request a desktop site in a mobile browser, there's a good chance that the rendering will be messed up or difficult to navigate, and some advanced features won't work. It seemed to work at first but then I realized the chart box doesn't work.

The stock browser and Chrome both seem to force you to use the mobile version of Gmail (selecting Desktop View or Request Desktop Site, respectively, simply reloads the mobile site), but in Firefox, if you select Request Desktop Site, you actually get the desktop version.

Gmail desktop mode