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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olivier Tilloy wrote on 16/06/16 16:12:
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>…
>> If you can access Facebook messages on an M10 but not on other devices,
>> that suggests Browser might work around the problem by using a
>> particular User-Agent string specifically for Facebook.
> 
> This will need to be tested,

It would be easier to test if Browser had a “Request Desktop Site”
function, like Safari and Chrome do. (Which is useful generally when Web
developers omit functions from a mobile site.)

>                              but it’s likely that a desktop UA string
> on a phone screen will make for a very bad UX.

That’s an example of why I avoid the term “UX”: it’s nearly always far
too vague to be useful. Not being able to use something at all is a
fairly bad user experience.

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mpt