Windows 10 compatibility

laurence3070

Having made enquiries on the Microsoft community and on a thread here, I reached the conclusion that Flarum does not appear to offer full support for Windows 10 mobile.

I can access a post, but I'm only able to scroll a short way down and all the navigation aids are missing together with the '>click to reveal' spoiler tags.

An error message header states 'Something went wrong while trying to load the full version of this site. Try hard-refreshing this page to fix the error.'
Does anybody know how to 'hard-refresh' a Lumia 550 by any chance?

It has been suggested on giffgaff gd that Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer 'compatibility mode' built in and this may upset the loading of some websites.
I must report that so far I have found no options in Microsoft Edge settings or anywhere else in the menu to switch off this option.

It makes no difference using the giffgaff app.

Any ideas, suggestions would be appreciated.

techiebloke

laurence3070 MS has ditched it https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4485197/windows-10-mobile-end-of-support-faq so there's no real incentive for any party to ensure their code works with it.

gvmhb

Have you tried googling for another browser laurence3070 ?
This looks interesting and possibly useful.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-chrome-on-windows-phones-is-a-real-thing-now-525593.shtml

isabel1066

laurence3070 good luck tell us how you get on please.

harrrrrry

laurence3070 Something went wrong while trying to load the full version of this site

I got that message a few moments ago -- in firefox for android. Closing and restarting Firefox fixed that. So maybe try restarting Edge and/or trying any other browser that can install on a win 10 phone.

123kingarthur

laurence3070 Oh this is what is happening to me I thought I had done something wrong thank you for posting this

laurence3070

forgot to say that the customer interface works ok with Windows 10 mobile, it's community pages which are the problem.

laurence3070

techiebloke thank you for your input.

laurence3070

techiebloke Right, so support ends on 10 December 2019 for

"...new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft for free."

Windows 10 Mobile, version 1709 is supported through the end date. This includes Lumia 550, 950 and 950XL.

laurence3070

techiebloke harrrrrry isabel1066 gvmhb

Microsoft's ditching of JavaScript for Edge is at the root of the problem I suspect, but like you say harrrrrry this can often be cured with a reset.

ps I still can't read the giffgaff posts using the Lumia, but I can use it to read Flarum's own community pages, should I feel the need.

edited: too many words

laurence3070

gvmhb thanks, I will try the link.

laurence3070

gvmhb I have tried, unsuccessfully, to download alternative browsers for the Lumia 550.

laurence3070

gvmhb Thanks once again for the link.

The article refers to the Windows 10 ARM Project and on the face of it, the idea sounds pretty exciting. However, the project is running into a few snags and only premium handsets are being used - Lumia 950 and 950XL.

laurence3070

isabel1066 Thanks for your input.

Although the device is still useable after 10 December, it's clearly time to move on.

laurence3070

harrrrrry Thanks.

Yes, I did all that with Edge and ultimately carried out a factory reset in desperation. Not sure if Windows 10 handsets will allow the download of alternative browsers - I made several attempts to do so, but all failed.

harrrrrry

laurence3070

There might be something here of interest:

https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/windows-phone/top-7-best-browsers-for-windows-phone.html

Of the choices listed there, opera mini is probably the best known but SurfCube is the only one stated to support HTML5. I've not studied the page in detail, but I suspect it's based on the author's claims rather than independent testing.

There may be other suggestions at https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-best-browser-for-windows-phone

laurence3070

harrrrrry Thank you for taking the trouble to post the links.

I'm going through everything, so here is a progress report:

7 Best Browsers for Windows Phone

UC Browser - not available (search opens in a blank page)
Maxthon Browser - downloaded untested
Opera mini beta - not currently available from Microsoft
Nokia Express - not currently available from Microsoft
SurfCube 3D Browser - downloaded and tested
Surfy - downloaded and tested
Aerize Explorer - downloaded untested

Surfy passed the ‘Flarum test’, but won’t let me sign-in to giffgaff

Which is the best browser for Windows phone
Windows 10

Monument browser - downloaded
Microsoft Edge - current browser

laurence3070

harrrrrry

Just to sum-up what I've learned so far:

Maxthon browser and Surfy both allow access to giffgaff community, though neither allowed me to log in. An email has been sent to the support team.
All relevant permissions on my handset are turned 'on' and I tried logging in via https://giffgaff.com/dashboard first - successfully.

Surfy claims HTML5 capability for games, as does SurfCube, however I found the latter quite tricky to use and the paid version, costing £1.69, was the only one which appeared to work at all.

Aerize Explorer is a file handling app, not a browser and requires payment upfront in tiered charges from £0.00 to £20.00 (lifetime subscription).

Monument is certainly impressive so far, but doesn't do giffgaff.

Good luck.

davidevans0000

laurence3070 I've have a windows phone dual sim 8.1 and can't get it to work now at all on the giffgaff forum only good for calls.

laurence3070

davidevans0000

Thank you for your post. Do you get an error message at all, asking you to try hard-refresh the page?

grayme45

davidevans0000 Which phone is it? I had a BLU WIn Jr, and that upgraded to Windows 10. I quite liked it but general lack of app support meant I ditched it. Occasionally used as a spare though.

davidevans0000

laurence3070 Thank you for your post. Do you get an error message at all, asking you to try hard-refresh the page?

I can log in thats it cant see anything as for hard refresh of the page i didnt see that.

pw6049

laurence3070 monument browser is not available for Windows 8.1 that's what my brother said last night.

harrrrrry

laurence3070

Did you manage to find opera mini for windows?

It's no longer a beta, according to https://blogs.opera.com/mobile/2015/06/opera-mini-for-windows-phone/

Some web results imply that it's only for windows 8.x but it doesn't say that on the download page. So possibly if you visit the page from a windows 10 phone it will refuse it.