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#1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
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on tablet, can't get Desktop UI for webmail
I have a support ticket in to Fastmail, but I'd be curious to hear from others here if this is just me or if it affects other people.
I'd like to use the desktop UI for Fastmail's webmail on my tablet, but I can't get it to come up consistently. The "request desktop site" button doesn't seem to have any effect. I still get the mobile UI. This happens with both Firefox and Chrome. Has anyone here tried this? Did you have the same problem? |
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#2 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: VK4
Posts: 2,649
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We use this https://www.fastmail.com/login/
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#3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 133
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![]() I have often experienced the same problem.
Modern browsers almost invariably seem to think they know better than me which version of a web-site I want, which I find infuriating. The only way I know of reliably opening the desktop version of Fastmail on my Android phone, is to use an open-source browser called 'Zirco', which is available through F-droid. The security-conscious will doubtless be aghast at this suggestion, as Zirco has not been updated since 2012, but, as I say, I know of no other way. Update 16 Dec 2018: Since the latest changes, Zirco now defaults to the mobile interface, so this tip no longer works... however a much more satisfactory solution is given below. Last edited by Grhm : 17 Dec 2018 at 04:07 AM. Reason: Update |
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#4 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
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Okay, Fastmail support found something for me:
add Code:
&force_screenSize=desktop (not exactly easy to remember, but I guess you bookmark it or something) Also, the following URL might just work: http://www.fastmail.com/mail/?force_screenSize=desktop (maybe you have to be logged in first) |
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#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 133
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There was a typo in that link, it should have been
http://www.fastmail.com/mail/&force_screenSize=desktop ...which does indeed work. Hurrah! |
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#6 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: a virtually impossible but finitely improbable position
Posts: 2,207
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Great find, thanks!
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