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cblown
Boss
12 years ago

Problem noted with ?device-view=mobile LITHIUM object

Hi guys   When we use ?device-view=mobile we note that the LITHIUM javascript object is not loaded / included, which results in a javascript error. Uncaught ReferenceError: LITHIUM is not defi...
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    ChiaraS
    12 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Please note that testing the mobile view using the "?device-view=mobile" parameter in the browser will disable Javascript, so the variable will not be available. You will need to either use a mobile device or change the user agent string of the browser (the easiest is test this on safari with the Developer menu).

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cblown
Boss

Thanks for the reply.

 

Whether JS is being disabled in this mode by removing the include is really not the point, the main point of the post is that ?device-view=mobile isn't actually a fully compatible mobile view (like a user-agent switcher) and thus should be offered to clients with the included caveat that some functions may not work.

 

We continue to get defect reports from clients using this feature which run perfectly fine on a mobile device and its difficult to explain to them why it doesn't work using ?device-view=mobile since according to the Lithium docs it should just work.

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ChiaraS
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
12 years ago

I agree with you, the documentation should be very clear about the limitations of using "?device-view=mobile" for testing, especially related to javascript.

Can you confirm where in the Lithium docs did you find the references to it (pdf admin guides, tkb articles, ...)? I'll then check with the documentation team to have it updated...

 

thanks!

Chiara