The forum goes to mobile mode on my laptop.

[Dash Lambda]

I often have two windows on my monitor at a time while I use my laptop, and when I do that and use the forum it goes to mobile mode. That's obviously very irritating because it takes away a lot of interface stuff I'd rather keep.

Is there a "use desktop mode" button or something I'm missing?

[kelvinhall05]

6 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I often have two windows on my monitor at a time while I use my laptop, and when I do that and use the forum it goes to mobile mode. That's obviously very irritating because it takes away a lot of interface stuff I'd rather keep.

Is there a "use desktop mode" button or something I'm missing?

 

I think it's just because there isn't as much screen real estate, and it's a "skinnier" space to work with. This happens to me too, don't worry about it

[Dash Lambda]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I think it's just because there isn't as much screen real estate, and it's a "skinnier" space to work with. This happens to me too, don't worry about it

I know why it happens, I was asking if I could fix it. Not worrying about it isn't exactly a fix.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Dash Lambda said:

I know why it happens, I was asking if I could fix it. Not worrying about it isn't exactly a fix.

I don't think you can fix it, sorry

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 minute ago, Dash Lambda said:

I know why it happens, I was asking if I could fix it. Not worrying about it isn't exactly a fix.

 

Try to zoom out.

[Mr.Meerkat]

5 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Try to zoom out.

Was literally about to suggest that as if I zoomed in on my 1440p monitor, it will eventually go into mobile mode  

[Dash Lambda]

9 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

Try to zoom out.

Well that worked.

I really hope they can add an option so the forum doesn't make this necessary, I hate having to fiddle with zoom.

[LogicalDrm]

40 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Well that worked.

I really hope they can add an option so the forum doesn't make this necessary, I hate having to fiddle with zoom.

Not going to happen. Its already adjusted so that you can have normal mode when browser takes half of screen on normal zoom 1440p monitor and normal zoom.

[Aniallation]

1 hour ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Was literally about to suggest that as if I zoomed in on my 1440p monitor, it will eventually go into mobile mode  

That's actually cool lol

[Blade of Grass]

1 hour ago, Dash Lambda said:

Is there a "use desktop mode" button or something I'm missing?

No, it's not possible due to the way that the forum is designed. There is no "desktop mode" or "mobile mode", instead the forum is designed to seamless scale from desktop -> tablet -> mobile depending on the size of the viewport. 

[Dash Lambda]

10 hours ago, Blade of Grass said:

No, it's not possible due to the way that the forum is designed. There is no "desktop mode" or "mobile mode", instead the forum is designed to seamless scale from desktop -> tablet -> mobile depending on the size of the viewport. 

That... Seems a little silly to me. I mean, they are modes, they just switch between each other based on screen real estate rather than explicit request. Actually, it doesn't just seem silly, it seems lazy...

[Blade of Grass]

2 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

That... Seems a little silly to me. I mean, they are modes, they just switch between each other based on screen real estate rather than explicit request. Actually, it doesn't just seem silly, it seems lazy...

They're modes... kinda? It's a bit hard to explain exactly how it works without going into the difference (good explanation https://www.nngroup.com/articles/mobile-vs-responsive/) but "responsive design" is actually the preferred method to develop websites nowadays (it's also quite a bit more work than having separate websites). But I do agree that the breakpoint is a bit high, and ideally it will be changed in the future.