OCaml webpages are abnormal

The ocaml org websites are not very mobile friendly. They’re readable, but they don’t seem to come up in a browser. So no url bar, and it’s hard to share a link from them.

Specifically I’m on android and the ocaml webpages do not act like other webpages. I instead must save the Google search page and click through to get back to ocaml discuss, for example. Highly annoying.

I do not see this kind of behavior on Firefox from iOS. So perhaps platform specific? It would probably be helpful to file an issue on https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/issues that includes the browser you are using and how you are navigating to ocaml.org before hitting these problems.

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Hmm. Just tested it here from a boring Android 13 with chrome and it seems OK. Clicked through from Google to the home page and then into “A Tour” and the standard library. Hamburger menu top-right and a tree button and arrow bottom right. URL bar at the top as normal.

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I didn’t encounter any problems with the OCaml website on Firefox/Linux yet…

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And if you have any extension enabled… More than once I have banged my head on the table on a problem that was due to a user using a weird browser extension.

Always first try in private mode with all extensions disabled to see if the problem persists.

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Can you post any screenshots that show the problems you are describing?

Sorry folks, I think this is user error. I noticed an ocaml icon on the phone’s app page. I guess I must have somehow installed it as a web app? I’m guessing that might explain why it loads (its a webpage) but doesn’t look like a webpage in a browser (i.e. with url bar at the top).

Thanks for the suggestions.

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