Using my Ipad with my KiwiSDR works wonders with “/?m” (not new, but it was to me)

HenrikcHenrikc
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Hi,

if you use an Ipad to check your KiwiSDR, I guess you may have had trouble with the interface as I have had!

And that is just because I missed the extension “/?m”

If you have too, try it:

Log on for example with http://“your kiwisdr serial”.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/?m

and now the interface works as expected on my Ipad…..


Best 73

Henrik

Comments

  • jksjks

    The iPad I have here is so old that /?m makes no difference.

    I'd be interested: Could you mention some of the things that work differently? Since there is nothing in the code that detects /?m and does anything differently, it must be changes in how the browsers render the HTML.

  • HenrikcHenrikc

    Certainly

    When any button is pressed in the userpanel, the keyboard pops up, and the frequency input window is highlighted for input:

    image.png

    So if you adjust the zoom, volume or mode, you have to get rid of the keyboard to continue……

    Also, the two finger swipe functions does not work.

    All is fixed with /?m

    My Ipad details:

    image.png


    BR

    Henrik

  • jksjks

    Okay, the keyboard issue.

    Yeah, I wish Apple would quit changing what are supposed to be stable web standards. And not make it such a moving target. If maintaining the mobile interface was my only job this wouldn't be an issue. But of course that isn't the case.

  • HenrikcHenrikc

    Hi John,thanks

    Trust you have much more on your plate right now....and actually, the /?m does it for you!!

    Perhaps a more prominent presentation of this possibility would have solved my misery earlier.....


    BR

    Henrik

  • jksjks
    edited July 20

    Does anyone think this is a problem for earlier than iPadOS/iOS 17?

    I'm thinking about, on connection, automatically adding the "m" to the URL and forcing the page to reload. But only if the user agent info specifies iPadOS/iOS 17 or later. Just to limit any unnecessary page reloads.

  • G8JNJG8JNJ

    I have an old iPad mini stuck at 9.3.5, and I have to select the mobile site to prevent the keyboard popping up.

    But it's not a problem for me, as I got used to it.

    Regards,

    Martin

  • jksjks

    That's very odd. My old iPad is a gen 2 running 9.3.5 and this problem never occurs. On Safari or Firefox.

  • G8JNJG8JNJ

    Apologies John,

    I was using Chrome, and clearing the cookies restored "normal" operation, where it defaults to the mobile site.

    Regards,

    Martin

  • jksjks
    edited July 21

    I guess I'll have to try Chrome. I still don't quite understand as I thought this was a problem with recent versions of iOS as opposed to being a browser problem.

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