[imp] How run IMP instead of DIMP on Mobile Device

[Eric Jon Rostetter]

Quoting Brian Leggee <brian at leggee.com>:

> My IPAD automaticlly starts up MIMP when I rum IMP thru a Browser
> (via webmail.MYDOMAIN.com). On the Login Screen, I DO select
> "Traditional" not "Minimalist". How do I either force it to run IMP
> instead of MIMP, or is there a different link that does this?

See the list archives for iphone (rather than ipad) discussions about this.
I "fix" it for iphone via the following patch to  
framework/Browser/Browser.php:

Index: Browser.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /repository/framework/Browser/Attic/Browser.php,v
retrieving revision 1.153.2.70
diff -u -r1.153.2.70 Browser.php
--- Browser.php 7 Jun 2009 10:42:51 -0000       1.153.2.70
+++ Browser.php 31 Dec 2010 04:12:07 -0000
@@ -547,6 +547,14 @@
                  $this->_mobile = true;
              }

+/* EJR: Make the iPhone not default to mobile */
+           if ( strpos($agent, 'iPhone' ) !== false &&
+                strpos($agent, 'Safari' ) !== false &&
+                strpos($agent, 'Mobile' ) !== false ) {
+                $this->_mobile = false;
+           }
+/* EJR */
+
              $this->_majorVersion = $version[1];
              if (isset($version[2])) {
                  $this->_minorVersion = $version[2];

You might have to modify the above for iPad (where it says 'iPhone', the
iPad may return something different, like "iPad" for example).

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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