Desktop site on Chrome for Android

[darkbard]

I hate hate hate the interface of the mobile settings for Android. In the past, I figured out a way to default to the desktop settings but ever since I cleared my cache on my phone recently, I must manually convert to desktop interface each time I visit the site (assuming, as I do, that I don't want to simply use the desktop interface for all my browsing). What's more, the desktop display is different when I apply it than the display on saved bookmarks (some of which are already in desktop format).

Any ideas how to permanently save my settings for this site to desktop so I don't need to switch back and forth several times per day? And any ideas on why I get different versions of the desktop display? Google searches have been no help to me.

Thanks if you can help with this!

 

[Morrus]

What do you mean by different desktop displays?

 

[darkbard]

What do you mean by different desktop displays?

I think the "latest news" scroll on the right displays when I switch to desktop now, but it's not there when I go to a bookmarked page? But maybe that's only the case when I'm going to bookmarked Subscriptions page?

EDIT: In any event, the page used to autosize to the posts themselves, but now I have to enlarge to exclude the "latest posts" etc.

 

[darkbard]

Furthermore, one can't (at least I can't) display spoiler boxes in the mobile version. But I can in the desktop version.

 

[darkbard]

Hunh. Turns out there is a toggle switch at the bottom of the page that I didn't see previously that switches to desktop mode via the site itself rather than via Chrome's toggle. Problem solved! (Do note, [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION], that the interface is slightly different depending on how desktop mode is applied.)

 

[CapnZapp]

I gave up on trying to use forum sites (like this one) on my mobile. Reading is passable, but actually posting is a nightmare.

OTOH, ENWorld has an app, which (I believe?) is a skinned version of the regular Tapatalk app. While ads are unavoidable, it does make using the site (reading AND posting) a relative breeze!

 

[darkbard]

I gave up on trying to use forum sites (like this one) on my mobile. Reading is passable, but actually posting is a nightmare.

OTOH, ENWorld has an app, which (I believe?) is a skinned version of the regular Tapatalk app. While ads are unavoidable, it does make using the site (reading AND posting) a relative breeze!

I could be mistaken--it's been forever since I tried the app--but I'm pretty sure it's the sameor similiar format/interface as the nondesktop version I decry in my initial post.

 

[CapnZapp]

I could be mistaken--it's been forever since I tried the app--but I'm pretty sure it's the sameor similiar format/interface as the nondesktop version I decry in my initial post.

Nope Not in the EN World app I'm using anyways. It's a completely different GUI than the regular site (mobile skinned or no).

Do note I had to go through some acrobatics to install it on my phone, though. Basically, no amount of searching found me the app. I could find it on my Windows desktop, but not in my phone's Google Play Store. Can't remember specifics about how I got it sorted in the end, unfortunately (when I recently upgrade phones, I could just install it from the list of apps the Play Store remembered I had installed on the old phone)