Is there a way to opt out of this display and/or tick the forum to think I am really viewing from a computer?
I don't know. It's triggered by this CSS media query:
only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-width: 650px)
This is what it looks like in Chrome on an iPhone (clicked on 'request desktop site' however I don't think anything changed when this happened).
This is a little better however I still like the desktop version better (even on my phone).
According to
this stackoverflow question, sites have a 'view desktop site' link that saves a cookie that rejects the mobile site. I am not sure if the above responses contains enough information to implement this and I cannot vouch that implementing it would not open up some security risk.
What does everyone else think of it? If everyone hates it, I'll make it not so weird.
I personally do not mind "pinching" my screen and/or zooming to make the specific text bigger and to click on page numbers, report to moderator links, etc.. I do however understand that these features are not available on all mobile devices.
FWIW the double arrow at the end of the page numbers will lead you to the next page when browsing a specific board. To accomplish the specific request of the OP, you could make the arrows farther from the last page number and/or bigger to accommodate mobile users.
(in this case the double arrows are next to the 105, and this particular screenshot was taken from the meta board)