What happened to the browser client?

[CuteRaven]

Can we get full screen back please 😢

[Andy-Relax]

[SShcherbyna]

@Andy-Unibet, this is the full-screen mode, the button you point to will only reduce it, you can make the browser full-screen (F11 in windows), but there will still be a strip on top and on the side:

I also wrote about it in Discord, who has a small diagonal on the laptop, it became very uncomfortable.

[Stubbe-Unibet]

One way to do it on windows:

1. Hit start

2. Type run in search

3. Open run app

4. Copy and paste this Chrome.exe --app=https://www.unibet.com/poker/poker-browser-new

5. Hit enter

Above example obviously with Chrome, but you can replace the exe file part. You can also emulate a mobile device when launching the game, as that will redirect you to client url without iframe, and then just switch back. You can also just use the link above, but it will not load the browser window without the address bar.

Not sure for how long this will work. At some point only the new url will work

[CuteRaven]

@Andy-UnibetAs Scherbyna said, that's a button that reduces the size (similar to a browser restore button).

22 hours ago, SShcherbyna said:

(F11 in windows)

Thanks ☺️! Somehow forgot about F11 😂. It makes it better (like in your screenshot), however, it's still worse than it used to be.

19 hours ago, Stubbe-Unibet said:

One way to do it on windows

Thanks for the idea, but I don't use Windows (if I did, I would just use the app).

TBH, I don't really understand the change. All the new buttons that take space are useless. The close and restore buttons are buttons that the browser panel has anyway. I don't know what the heart button does, but I can't imagine it's anything particularly useful, and the "talletus" (deposit) button is not something anyone would use in the middle of a poker game. The previous system, where it opened up a new window (full screen by default), was perfect. Anyone who wanted to deposit more could do it in another window/tab once they finished playing. I'm guessing it's a change designed to better "integrate" poker with the rest of Unibet or something like that, but it still doesn't make any sense.

[CuteRaven]

I did find a "fix" for this issue. If you manually paste the address: https://fi.unibet.com/poker/poker-browser-new# (change "fi" to whatever it is in your country), it will go to the nice old client.

If you navigate to the browser client through the Unibet website, it will go to this link by default and open the horrible crap new browser client 😄

https://fi.unibet.com/play/pokerwebclient?referrer=%2Fpoker#playforreal

Edit: I guess Stubbe already mentioned the same thing in his anwser now that I'm rereading

Edited February 17, 2023 by CuteRaven

[SShcherbyna]

29 minutes ago, CuteRaven said:

I don't know what the heart button does, but I can't imagine it's anything particularly useful

It is to add poker to your favorite casino games. Indeed, as you said, the poker window now looks more visually similar to other products (especially the casino, which is not a bad thing 😉), and I agree with you that it used to be more convenient from a regular player's perspective. My eyes took these changes quite painfully, since I am the owner of an 11-inch laptop 🥴, it is good that it is not the main device.

Edited February 17, 2023 by SShcherbyna

[Stubbe-Unibet]

3 hours ago, CuteRaven said:

I did find a "fix" for this issue. If you manually paste the address: https://fi.unibet.com/poker/poker-browser-new# (change "fi" to whatever it is in your country), it will go to the nice old client.

If you navigate to the browser client through the Unibet website, it will go to this link by default and open the horrible crap new browser client 😄

https://fi.unibet.com/play/pokerwebclient?referrer=%2Fpoker#playforreal

Edit: I guess Stubbe already mentioned the same thing in his anwser now that I'm rereading

Yes, that's basically what I said. Just keep in mind this method will stop working at some point. The mobile device redirect "hack" is more sure to be working in the longer term as well 

And didn't notice you weren't on windows, but only really matters for the more convenient run app solution 

[CuteRaven]

I think something should be done about this change to make it better. Maybe Unibet could change the behavior of the maximize button to also hide the new additional buttons and the border areas (top, left, right), basically making it like the old client? Or if not then maybe continue supporting the old client (I imagine it's not that hard to maintain cross-compatibility since the main thing that changes is screen size)?

The tradeoff is that it's easier to find and is more familiar for Casino users (but it was already very easy to find), but otherwise a much worse playing experience for all browser users. I don't think it's worth it. Even small changes to screen sizes are very relevant, especially with laptop screen sizes becoming smaller. For users that use the browser version and multitable, it's especially important (I know that there's very few of us so we don't really matter, but still :D).

I would think it's possible to find a way to integrate poker nicely with the casino, without ruining the client. I'm sure some smart solutions exist.

[Stubbe-Unibet]

I totally agree that for players like you, the new solution is worse. However, for the vast majority of players using the browser version, it isn't. Players with your game pattern would normally be playing on desktop client rather than browser, as you say yourself.

I'm sorry to say, but the change won't be reverted as it quite simply is a change for the better; it's not a worse experience for all browser users. For majority of browser users, nothing has changed (mobile) and on desktop it's now a uniform experience across game verticals (casino players will be more at home) with no additional window. Also think it's key that if you are playing 4 tables tiled, there are multiple workarounds to get the game in full screen and none of them require any real effort, once you know how to do it.

Not sure which Linux OS you're on, but it doesn't make much of a difference really. See this one for info on how to open site as a mobile device: https://askubuntu.com/questions/994739/how-to-force-firefox-to-show-mobile-version-of-websites this will allow fullscreen.

[CuteRaven]

Well, as long as you keep one of the hacks around then I can't complain too much (I still think even a lot of the casino gamblers would be delighted to discover the full screen old client). Thanks for the "mobile device website" tip (I didn't understand from the earlier messages what you were referring to)!

In case anyone wants to do the same: The easiest way to get the full screen version of the web client (using the "mobile device website" method) is by using a user agent switcher extension (for example "User-Agent Switcher and Manager" on Firefox). Using the extension, choose an android browser user agent and refresh the page and then you have the good old client. For proper full screen press F11 (or Fn + F11) in the end.