It’s a complete mess to try to type in the forum post editor in safari on iOS 13.4.1. See attached images and video. In this video I’m simply trying to move the cursor to the bottom of the post, and insert an image. The screen jumps around hiding the place I want, every time I try to move it back into view. [image] iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud View, organize, and share photos and videos with iCloud Photos on the web. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud. [296d831252285a8936102d2f3c5194a7b5fa0462_2_562x998] [fb811a2356f61ab5a06464b0e7ab6c4f3f197d14_2_562x998]

That appears to be a desktop mode view, while on mobile :thinking: Can you check the hamburger menu for a “Mobile View” option?

No, it works fine on here, it seems to default to “mobile view”. It works fine even in desktop view. What does this message board owner need to do to fix this?

That is not my board! I posted three topics because the owner told me it was not his problem, and to submit tickets to Discourse. What do I need to tell him? This is very frustrating being told by everyone that it’s not their problem. It feels like it’s my problem, the user. And i’m powerless to fix it.

It looks like you are in desktop mode rather than mobile mode. That’s normally detected based on the user-agent of the browser on your mobile device, which should work fine if you’re using Mobile Safari, the default in iOS.

[image] Falco: Can you check the hamburger menu for a “Mobile View” option? @Steamfire does the link not appear for you?

The link appears and that fixes the problem. On discourse.org the mobile view is shown by default when I log in via safari ios. → On forum.miralouaero.com the desktop view is shown by default when I log in via safari ios. How can the operator of that board fix this AND THE OTHER TWO PROBLEMS I POSTED THAT WERE DELETED?

Well, they all seem related to you seeing a desktop view, do they not? Usually the first thing to try with this kind of thing is clearing all the site data (cache/cookies/etc.) from you device.

[image] Steamfire: AND THE OTHER TWO PROBLEMS I POSTED THAT WERE DELETED One of the deleted topics was irrelevant. The videos showed checklist.miracheck.com, which does not appear to be a Discourse forum. The other, as seanblue suggests, is the same issue, trying to use Desktop Mode on a mobile device. [image] Steamfire: How can the operator of that board fix this First step is confirming if this is a persistent issue in the site, across all users. Have multiple other iOS users reported the same issue? If not, we have to assume it is device specific (your phone).

Ok, it does appear that switching to Mobile view for the forum problems I have reported. The desktop view and the mobile view are nearly identical visually, and there’s no way to tell what view you’re on unless you go into the menu, or you recognize a bunch of broken things in a mobile-looking interface being a “desktop view”. Clearing the website data in Safari iOS preferences for miralou.com does show that mobile view is the default when logging in to the forum. Thank you for your help. This is a problem with the way desktop view looks confusingly like a broken version of the mobile view, and doesn’t look like a “desktop view” of a website to users.

Unexpected switch to desktop view on mobile

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jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld) June 8, 2020, 12:47am 7

@Steamfire does the link not appear for you?

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