Flash, HTML5, Porn Sites and Ipad user agent...

[Jaymil]

So yeah.. We don't have a flash.. not a huge deal anymore. On my android tablet I could use porn sites because I had flash and I could set the user agent to desktop. On an ipad I could use porn sites because most sites made an ipad html5 version. On an android tablet with no flash (jellybean) I could set the user agent to ipad and run the sites..

I have none of these options on the surface. I can't change the user agent far as I know.. the sites view IE as a mobile browser for some reason.. Anyone found a solution or what?

 

[ndschris]

Gotta admire your honesty haha

I don't have a Surface yet but this should work...

Load up the desktop IE browser
Select F12 Developer Tools from the settings cog in the top-right of the window
Select Tools > User Agent String > Apple Safari (iPad)

 

[Blackwood504]

I think desktop IE will work for you.
LOL at least he is honest about it.

 

[Jaymil]

That worked... nice. Strictly in the name of knowledge of course.

Seriously though you may have just prevented a return.

 

[Stormwatch342]

Desktop IE has flash. No need to change it to iPad etc

 

[Jaymil]

Desktop IE has flash. No need to change it to iPad etc

It wasn't working.. said the version of flash was out of date.. ipad mode works fine though. (HTML5)

 

[Stormwatch342]

It wasn't working.. said the version of flash was out of date.. ipad mode works fine though. (HTML5)

Windows update. I think there was a update for flash. I tested some flash sites. Worked great.

Edit: just wanted to add html5 is always the better option in my opinion, so much smoother. So setting to iPad is probably a good idea

 

[Jaymil]

Windows update. I think there was a update for flash. I tested some flash sites. Worked great.

I had already done the windows update when I tried.. must not be one of the whitelisted sites. Tried pornhub and tube8 both.

 

[si49]

Hello WPCentral Community!!

Do websites like ESPN3 work on the RT? If a broadcast is not allowed on mobile devices like Monday Night Football on androids, will it work on a SURFACE RT?

I guess the main question is, will Surface be considered a mobile device or computer by content limiting websites?

 

[Stormwatch342]

just wanted to add html5 is always the better option in my opinion, so much smoother. So setting to iPad is probably a good idea

Edit: Just ran across the same issue as you on a flash site. Sigh.

 

[anotherhawkeye]

People changing user agent...is going to make it look like there is only fewer windows rt machines than actual number...

 

[Jaymil]

People changing user agent...is going to make it look like there is only fewer windows rt machines than actual number...

Welcome to Android for the last year and a half. Not much we can do.. I'm not gonna gimp myself just to make Microsoft look better..they chose not to support full flash not me.

 

[Blackwood504]

IE 10 has flash but it's only for "white listed sites" - sites that Microsoft has okayed (that list is always being updated I believe). ESPN 3 works fine...actually watching it right now. Desktop IE I think will work on any site...I really don't go to the desktop very often. I've actually unpinned it.

 

[squire777]

Welcome to Android for the last year and a half. Not much we can do.. I'm not gonna gimp myself just to make Microsoft look better..they chose not to support full flash not me.

After you are done your business can you change it back

 

[Gken]

so im confused my porn sites worked.

 

[freestaterocker]

I'm surprised it took this long for somebody to be blunt. Porn drives most emergent technology. Not a fan personally, but no judgment...

 

[blackprince]

I'm surprised it took this long for somebody to be blunt. Porn drives most emergent technology. Not a fan personally, but no judgment...

Then why haven't they all jumped on the HTML5 video wagon?

 

[j_hall_in]

Hello WPCentral Community!!

Do websites like ESPN3 work on the RT? If a broadcast is not allowed on mobile devices like Monday Night Football on androids, will it work on a SURFACE RT?

I guess the main question is, will Surface be considered a mobile device or computer by content limiting websites?

Yes sites like HBOGo, WatchESPN (ESPN3), and Amazon Instant Video all work on my surface. Whether or not they will filter broadcasts for it, I don't know. I don't have any android, but if the android only uses ESPN3 through an app, since on the surface you can access via Internet Explorer you may get lucky in them not noticing it's a 'mobile' device. Not sure though

 

[Jaybotics]

I would love to get Xtube working, and can't. I've tried running it on the desktop mode, and tried changing user agents, but it still takes me to the mobile site.

 

[Flagz]

how do you change user agents? I would love to run pornhub... :|