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[DEL]I'm on mobile Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Phone 7.5) and I don't see a mobile optimized forum like I do when on my iPod Touch. As a suggestion, that same skin should appear for Windows Phone too.
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The forum works fine on Mobile IE9, and my phone but it does not go to the mobile view automatically, as it does on my iPod Touch. It seems to me that Vbulletin is not detecting Mobile IE as a mobile browser as it does with Mobile Safari. I have made sure to set the browser's setting to Mobile version, and not Desktop, so it should be telling sites via user-agent that it is Mobile IE. My suggestion is for the forum to handle Mobile IE in a similar way it handles Mobile Safari.

Although not very likely, it could very well be a bug in the browser sending the wrong user-agent. I'll check it with a custom HTML/JavaScript page later.
 
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I know that vb4 is optimized for Windows Phone 7, but how recent is Windows Phone 7.5? I'm not sure they're compatible yet (though this might be fixable manually?).
 

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I know that vb4 is optimized for Windows Phone 7, but how recent is Windows Phone 7.5? I'm not sure they're compatible yet (though this might be fixable manually?).

Windows Phone 7.5 is an update to Windows Phone 7, codenamed "Mango". In this particular case, the main change that is significant is the jump from Internet Explorer 7 to Internet Explorer 9.

Oh, this forum works fine on Mobile IE9, and my phone but it does not go to the mobile view automatically, as it does on my iPod Touch. This is what I was trying to get at. It seems to me that Vbulletin is not detecting Mobile IE as a mobile browser as it does with Mobile Safari. I have made sure to set the browser's setting to Mobile version, and not Desktop, so it should be telling sites via user-agent that it is Mobile IE. Although not very likely, it could very well be a bug in the browser sending the wrong user-agent. I'll check it with a custom HTML/JavaScript page later.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790k @ 4.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97 U3 Plus
    Memory
    8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon R9 285 (2 GB GDDR5), and Intel HD 4600
    Sound Card
    Integrated HD audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VW246H 24.6 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 (natve)
    Hard Drives
    512 GB Crucial SSD (SATA-III)
    PSU
    800W NZXT PP-800
    Case
    CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced Edition (Steel fulltower)
    Cooling
    Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Logitech G35
    Internet Speed
    11 Mbps download
    Browser
    Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    AVG free (and common sense :P)
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