Spoof Bluesky mobile detection

Temporary userscript to work around Bluesky's incorrect touch device detection (obsolete)

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

Author
brw
Daily installs
0
Total installs
9
Ratings
1 0 0
Version
2.0
Created
2024-11-21
Updated
2025-04-10
Size
898 Bytes
License
MIT
Applies to

Update: this userscript is now obsolete as my PR with a fix has been merged and deployed. There is no longer a need to use it.

Old description:

Bluesky assumes that devices reporting they support multi-touch are mobile devices. This means it hides the volume slider on videos, hides hover cards, and inserts a new line on pressing enter when writing DMs instead of sending them. However, checking for multi-touch also matches other devices like laptops/computers with a touch screen, multi-touch trackpad or a drawing tablet attached.

This temporary userscript overrides navigator.maxTouchPoints to be 0 to work around this incorrect touch device detection.

Will be obsolete once https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/pull/5919 (or something better) gets merged.