A much needed chrome extension (for some)
Posted: 2019-03-25 04:30
I purchased an Acer Switch for a relative at Christmas. It's a two-in-one device, essentially a tablet attached to a keyboard that you can yank off the keyboard... Yes, it running the dreaded Windows 10. While I'd never use it on any of my computers (yeah, I'm including tablets, et cetera). I've done some taming of it and it's acceptable for her use, with a few minor exceptions. My gripes are pretty much all with Windows 10 and not the device itself.
Anywho, to the point. Microsoft seems to have put little effort into using the tablet mode. The Edge browser sucks. I am using an extension in Chrome to spoof the user agent so that sites think that the OS is Android and load the mobile versions when possible.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... g?hl=en-US
This is a hell of lot better for the most part than trying to deal with most sites when Windows goes to Tablet Mode. There are some issues however, video on Amazon doesn't seem to work in that mode. I am certain we'll run into more issues as time passes.
An extension for Chrome that would allow you to toggle the OS only would be nice.
Essentially report the current version of Chrome, but report that you were using the current version (or at least a very recent version) of Android would be awesome. Also, being easily operated (toggled) with a finger would be nice. Essentially saying use large buttons/drop-downs, what-not. I'm sure many two-in-one users would love this.
Obviously, if anyone knows of a way of modding User Agent Switcher to make the font larger or of another extension, please sing out.
Forgive my rambling, and errors in this post, I'm using the Acer at the moment.
Anywho, to the point. Microsoft seems to have put little effort into using the tablet mode. The Edge browser sucks. I am using an extension in Chrome to spoof the user agent so that sites think that the OS is Android and load the mobile versions when possible.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... g?hl=en-US
This is a hell of lot better for the most part than trying to deal with most sites when Windows goes to Tablet Mode. There are some issues however, video on Amazon doesn't seem to work in that mode. I am certain we'll run into more issues as time passes.
An extension for Chrome that would allow you to toggle the OS only would be nice.
Essentially report the current version of Chrome, but report that you were using the current version (or at least a very recent version) of Android would be awesome. Also, being easily operated (toggled) with a finger would be nice. Essentially saying use large buttons/drop-downs, what-not. I'm sure many two-in-one users would love this.
Obviously, if anyone knows of a way of modding User Agent Switcher to make the font larger or of another extension, please sing out.
Forgive my rambling, and errors in this post, I'm using the Acer at the moment.