If you're writing custom code, simply set the user-agent header yourself. If you're stuck in IE6 for WinCE, and it's just you, I think there are registry settings you can hack.
If you have wider distribution, you might be out of luck. I think this issue has been raised previously however. A fix from Twitter would be nice. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM, NaileBrotte <nailebro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm working on a device running Windows CE 6.0 / IE6 (not Windows > Mobile 6), and when accessing www.twitter.com, I'm redirected to > m.twitter.com (because the User Agent says "Windows CE"). The problem > is that IE6 doesn't handle the login page that is being sent by the > server because it's marked as "application/xhtml+xml" which IE > doesn't handle and just offers for download. > > Is there a way to access the standard page? Or browse a fixed URL that > wouldn't redirect to the mobile page? > There must be a few devices like that with that same problem. > > Maybe the parsing of the User Agent could be made a bit more specific > about what has to be identified as a mobile. > > Thanks in advance. > NB. > > > wget -U "Windows CE" www.twitter.com > > --2009-10-08 11:46:33-- http://www.twitter.com/ > Resolving www.twitter.com... 168.143.161.20 > Connecting to www.twitter.com|168.143.161.20|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently > Location: http://twitter.com/ [following] > --2009-10-08 11:46:33-- http://twitter.com/ > Resolving twitter.com... 168.143.161.20 > Reusing existing connection to www.twitter.com:80. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Cookie coming from twitter.com attempted to set domain to > m.twitter.com > Location: http://twitter.com/login [following] > --2009-10-08 11:46:34-- http://twitter.com/login > Reusing existing connection to www.twitter.com:80. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 3404 (3.3K) [application/xhtml+xml] > Saving to: `login' > > 0K ... 100% > 24.6K=0.1s > > 2009-10-08 11:46:34 (24.6 KB/s) - `login' saved [3404/3404] > > > > > wget -U "Windows" www.twitter.com > > --2009-10-08 11:46:15-- http://www.twitter.com/ > Resolving www.twitter.com... 168.143.162.116 > Connecting to www.twitter.com|168.143.162.116|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently > Location: http://twitter.com/ [following] > --2009-10-08 11:46:15-- http://twitter.com/ > Resolving twitter.com... 168.143.162.116 > Reusing existing connection to www.twitter.com:80. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 21063 (21K) [text/html] > Saving to: `index.html' > > 0K .......... .......... 100% > 54.8K=0.4s > > 2009-10-08 11:46:21 (54.8 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [21063/21063] > >
