[Q] Browser: Change Touchpad Browser Identity

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dogboyaa1

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• Aug 31, 2011

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Wanted to see if anyone else thought of this, but I noticed that youtube app is really a shortcut to the site via the browser. Also went to Stormpulse.com and it did a great job displaying the flash.

Of course Hulu.com said the browser isnt compatiable which brings me to ask if anyone figured out how to change the browser type from whatever it is now to say Internet Explorer 8?

I bet that hulu will work great on it!

 

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camalus

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• Aug 31, 2011

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There's a patch for that. It's in preware.

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jhego

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Nov 18, 2006

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• Sep 2, 2011

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Certain flash videos won't play on websites.

I wonder if the website recognize it as a mobile device and stops playing the video. If so, can that be changed?

 

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looktall

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• Sep 2, 2011

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which websites?

 

jhego

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• Sep 2, 2011

• #5

pron sites! lol... well not really, tried it and it recognizes it as a mobile device.

 

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Avelnan

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• Sep 2, 2011

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jhego said:

pron sites! lol... well not really, tried it and it recognizes it as a mobile device.

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Liar. My porn sites display as desktop.

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paperWastage

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• Sep 2, 2011

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jhego said:

pron sites! lol... well not really, tried it and it recognizes it as a mobile device.

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did you try the hulu trick? (that makes adobe flashplayer identifies itself as windows instead of a mobile device)

 

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heru

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• Sep 2, 2011

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camalus said:

There's a patch for that. It's in preware.

Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

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Can you please tell me which patch exactly because I could not see it.

 

Realistpm

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• Sep 2, 2011

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heru said:

Can you please tell me which patch exactly because I could not see it.

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"Hulu Fix"

click "List of Everything" and scroll down... you'll find it under "This Week"

 

jhego

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• Sep 2, 2011

• #10

already did the Hulu fix. Hulu works, just not certain (pron) sites

 

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cyclical

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• Sep 3, 2011

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jhego said:

already did the Hulu fix. Hulu works, just not certain (pron) sites

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keeps taking you to a mobile site huh, lol.

 

jhego

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• Sep 3, 2011

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cyclical said:

keeps taking you to a mobile site huh, lol.

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lol yes it does

 

ambivalent-one

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• Sep 3, 2011

• #13

I find looking at pron sites and holding a tablet to be awkward. Someone needs to invent some sort of leg mounted tablet holding device...

My real point is that I agree that you need to be able to change the identifier. For instance, google reader displays the desktop page when I REALLY want it to display the mobile page. The mobile page is way better for reading headlines. I'm baffled though because on my DesireHD it displays the mobile page but not on the tablet. However both browsers are webkit based.