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Firefoxx redirects me to mobile sites, but only for gawker.com and its sister sites.

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orenjinotaiyou
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When I try to go to gawker.com or its sister sites Firefox redirects me to the mobile sites. I tried running Firefox in Safe Mode with all Plug-ins off but it still took me to the mobile sites.

When I try to go to gawker.com or its sister sites Firefox redirects me to the mobile sites. I tried running Firefox in Safe Mode with all Plug-ins off but it still took me to the mobile sites.

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rbillings
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Hi orenjinotaiyou-

This may be a browser sniffing issue. Many sites will check the user agent string (gives version of browser being used), if it believes that you are using a mobile version of the browser it will re-direct you to the mobile version of the site. Try resetting the user agent string to see if it helps. For details of how to do that see How to reset the default user agent on Firefox.

Hope that helps!