can't get on facebook
 

hi all,
using up-to-date diablo software and my n800, i can't get to the facebook website. i am prompted to download a file, and can't see the page whether or not i download it. i tried clearing my cash with no success. is anyone else having this problem? thanks

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Same problem here, it's trying to download home.php and says there is no application to run it with...

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Add one here. I get a download home.php promt

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I'm certain I havn't updated my N800, it must be some change at facebook.

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i'm having the same problem. php is a ubiquitous web page format (e.g. these forum pages), so i don't understand why it's doing that. it prompts you to download home.php from m.facebook.com (!) so it looks like facebook is doing a browser/agent check and redirecting us to the cell-phone-ized version of the website. wtf?

i haven't tried fennec or iceweasel. anyone else?

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well, i got to my page by googling 'mobile facebook' because i suspected that the site was trying ro force me to load a mobile version that wasn't working. i clicked the sign in link and was sent to some address with 'iphone' in it. then i clicked the 'view normal facebook site' (or something like that) link. i hope i don't have to do this every time.

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ok. another solution. use http://iphone.facebook.com/
it's really fast.

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or try User Agent Switcher. it might solve similar problems on other websites, too.

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stay well away from user agent switcher as it will nuke your default agent string!

and it worries me that it took the likes of apple for the websites to jump on the custom page bandwagon...

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that's how it works. anyway, no worries. the default agent string can be found here.

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It appears to depend upon your entry point to the site. If you just go to www.facebook.com, the site tries to be clever and serves up a WAP page. On the other hand, if you go directly to a profile page (say, mine, for lack of a better example), the site works just as it always has.


EDIT: "...just as it always has" since they redesigned the site in such a way that they needed to provide pop-up help for every single component part so as to assist their mostly young, web-savvy audience in coping with the thing.

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im saying that the entry marked with "default" or something like that will leave you with a blank, or near blank, user agent string.

and imo, pointing someone to a forum thread where one can find how to manually enter the info is a poor fix.

either "user agent switcher" should be pulled of the repo or someone should patch the issue, as it is right now it has potential to do more harm then good...

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i was unaware of User Agent Switcher's "default" bug. thanks for clearing that up. it sounds like you've had a negative experience with UAS overall, but i'm sure plenty of people have had positive experiences, too. has anyone tried this with facebook? i'll give it a try when i get home....

i guess user agent switching isn't really a "fix" at all. it's a "work-around". but as far as work-arounds go, imo, it's simple and relatively easy to implement and/or reverse.

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I've sent off a message to the Facebook staff about this problem. I suggest everyone else do the same. Let them know its not a small problem. I left a link to this thread in the message I sent the Facebook staff.

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I have the same problem (using OS2007 on N800) -- it appears to be change in Facebook. To avoid facebook "helping" you and rerouting to WAP or mobile or whatever you can use this address "http://www.facebook.com/home.php" -- seems to work fine .... although when you click logout it goes back to the "vnd.wap.xhtml+xml" crap. Geeze Facebook.

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Hmm, I clicked at the browser top menu entry and then on the facebook link, and everything works fine for me. N810, 4.2008.36-5.

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well i get the m.facebook.com download dialog window...

one funny detail is how its pointing towards dbus-switchboard at the bottom of said window...

hmm, going to http://www.facebook.com/home.php got me the regular login and home area.

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I guess the problem is that if you go to:

http://www.facebook.com

Like I was it makes the decision for you, but as TSO points out if you go to:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php

All is good.

Kooky

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I got a reply from Facebook regarding this issue. No fix yet, but I guess they are at least aware of it.

------------------------ Msg from Facebook Staff
Thanks for this information. We will look into this as soon as possible. We apologize for the delay and for any inconvenience it may cause. Let me know if you have any further questions.
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I just ended up saving the home.php file to my documents. Then I opened the file, which launched a facebook mobile page in the browser. On that page I was able to click a link that set facebook back to regular instead of mobile.

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What application did you open it with?

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I got an email from Facebook saying this has been fixed now... and, lo, so it does seem to be.

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I also got an email from Facebook that they fixed the problem, but I didn't get it until this afternoon. Oh well, glad its fixed now.

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I just double clicked the home.php file and it automatically opened in the web browser... Either way seems like a non issue now.