Android no longer columnizes text on website

nottsphil

For years I have been able to read MSE easily on my phone because the text was automatically arranged in columns like in the second picture. A few weeks ago, it inexplicably switched to displaying text I can hardly read, as in the first picture. Changing to another browser doesn't fix it, and other websites aren't affected either. I've checked the MSE site technical sub-forum but no one else seems to have had this problem. I can't even find my own site settings on MSE! 

Emmia

I read MSE via the browser on my smartphone - Chrome shows this if I screenprint your post.

Emmia

Do you have the desktop site option, on or off? Mine appears as an option in the kebab menu on the top right?

Emmia

If I check the desktop site box, I get this, which is much more difficult to read.

Exodi

Emmia beat me to it (again).

My immediate thought is that you've accidentally enabled desktop mode.

There has been no changes to the websites.

nottsphil

Thanks both of you, that worked instantly.
I've endured weeks of constantly changing to widescreen and manually zooming in when I could have got the solution within three hours ☺️