question: why does mobile() also return tablets? about mobile-detect.js HOT 4 CLOSED

@hgoebl

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Thanks for your feedback. You can see mobile() as a short form of phoneOrTablet(). If you are interested in more details you can use phone() and/or tablet().

@daedelus-j do you have a suggestion how to change the API?

And what would you expect when calling mobile()? Returning a falsy value when it's a tablet? A tablet is a mobile device, isn't it?

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@hgoebl - A tablet is a mobile device, yes. However, for most use cases, tablets are to be treated/rendered differently due to their much larger screen resolutions.

I'd personally recommend differentiating between the two using something like: is_tablet() and is_phone(). Additionally, is_mobile() should yield true for BOTH phones and tablets. 👍

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@bhamodi that's exactly the case: phone() is truthy for phones, tablet() is truthy for tablets and mobile() is truthy for both. So I don't know what could/should be changed in the existing API.

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