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Force Safari to load desktop site?
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Thorzdad
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Jul 19, 2018, 05:29 PM
 
Suddenly today, when I go to Facebook on my iPad, I get the wretched mobile site. Up until today, I’ve always gotten the desktop site. Is there any way to force The desktop site to load?

This mobile site is horrible. I can’t so much as figure out how to get to my front page. I generally don’t go to Facebook, but my neighborhood operates via a Facebook page.
     
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Jul 19, 2018, 05:41 PM
 
I use the app, I'm afraid.
     
Thorzdad  (op)
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Jul 19, 2018, 06:42 PM
 
I asked this question elsewhere and discovered that if you hold down on the reload button in Safari’s address field, you’ll get a popup to request the desktop site. Who knew?
     
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Jul 19, 2018, 10:14 PM
 
not me!
     
Thorzdad  (op)
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Nov 7, 2018, 05:57 PM
 
Well, the “hold the reload button” trick doesn’t work with Facebook any longer. Come hell or high water, if you’re on a mobile device, you’re getting the mobile site, period. No matter how large your screen is.
     
   
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