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After latest ubuntu upgrades for firefox installed, MarketWatch website only displays the mobile site

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After latest Ubuntu patches installed (which included Firefox updates) http://www.marketwatch.com always displays the site www.marketwatch.com/m

For some reason marketwatch thinks I am on a mobile device

After latest Ubuntu patches installed (which included Firefox updates) http://www.marketwatch.com always displays the site www.marketwatch.com/m For some reason marketwatch thinks I am on a mobile device

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This is a problem on the MarketWatch site - I see the same result in Firefox in Ubuntu. I sent an email to their feedback address, and will post here if / when they respond.

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This is a problem on the MarketWatch site - I see the same result in Firefox in Ubuntu. I sent an email to their feedback address, and will post here if / when they respond.

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Same problem after the upgrade to Firefox 8 on Mint Linux.

Not only Marketwatch, but Briefing.com also. The problem appears to be recognizing the browser as residing in a mobile device. I suspect there will be a slew of websites which are responding to desktop Firefox with mobile web pages.

Marketwatch has corrected their problem and I'm waiting for a reply from briefing.com.

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Not only marketwatch, but also Denny's and BigCharts.

My solution is as follows:

First type 'about:config" in the address bar...

then in the Filter bar type "user"

Now find "general.useragent.compatMode.firefox" and double click on it to change it to "true"

Now try the above sites.

Jerry