Overclockers forum on App

[Rizo-UK]

Safari on the iPhone or iPad are perfect for this forum, no need an app.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Safari on the iPhone or iPad are perfect for this forum, no need an app.

Have you tried an app? Much better experience IMO.

 

[Dewotter]

You need an 'App' to view a specific web page now? What happened to just formatting CSS making it more suitable for mobile web browsers?

But that would also require work to be done.

 

[Kenai]

I can't say I've had any problems with large images causing broken layouts on my phone, they just fit to the screen...

Nor do I have problems with reaching the end of a text box.

Sounds like the iOS browser is more shoddy than I remember it being if it can't even manage basic web browsing functions like that these days.

edit - and I even made this post on my phone whilst trying to break the text box after having looked at a thread with some large images in it... no problems

 

[RomanNose]

I have a tablet, I use dolphin browser. The only annoying thing about it is the size of the page numbers, which are annoying to click. Other than that it's fine with a web browser.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

- MODS - Can we have tapatalk plugin for OCUK forums?
- OCUK Forum not supported on TapaTalk or similar app?
- OcUK Mobile
- Is there an app for ..................
- Tapatalk?
- OCUK forum app
- OcUK Forum app
- OCuk forum on a phone
- Forum app reader on iPhone 4
- overclockers app
- and the list goes on.......

To be honest. whoever started designing the mobile app really needs to come back and code more. (Peve). That was an awesome project he had going!

 

[Rozzy85]

But that would also require work to be done.

Yes it would but it's better than making a specific so called application for every mobile device just to view a single web site. The whole App thing has gone mad with things like this.

 

[Dewotter]

Yes it would but it's better than making a specific so called application for every mobile device just to view a single web site. The whole App thing has gone mad with things like this.

My point was they aren't willing to do any work on this front.

 

[Glaucus]

People that post large images for starters resizes the whole page, an app would thumbnail them. If you type a lot in the reply box and you go past the end of the text box you can't scroll.. to name a few issues.

a) you resize by pinching
B) you use two fingers to scroll text boxs. Same on iPhones.

So learn to use device. Be nice if pics were limited to 800x600 that size seems to work nicely on all things be it phones, tablets or net books.

 

[Amp34]

He does have a point though, my Nokia lumia 800 has no text wrapping (most of the new browsers don't) and It becomes difficult to see text, why is it a decision beyond mods?

Sorry, what? WP does text wrap, at the very least on forums.

get a phone with a bigger screen.

Won't make a difference, higher resolution might however.

TBH I've never seen the point if you have a decent resolution phone screen, the reason these threads were always started by iPhone users in the past was because they had **** poor screen resolutions, the new iPhones and most other smartphones don't so no need...

 

[leaskovski]

Maybe a mobile view of the forum would be nice, eg like when browsing the net weather forums via your mobile device.

 

[neil_g]

a) you resize by pinching
B) you use two fingers to scroll text boxs. Same on iPhones.

So learn to use device. Be nice if pics were limited to 800x600 that size seems to work nicely on all things be it phones, tablets or net books.

A) yeah but you have to zoom in to read the resized text then zoom back out when you get to the massive pics. Agree that it could be fixed by having the forum auto resize to a certain size with full size on click.

B) yeah okay didn't know that. If only apple supplied a manual that was more than 4 bullet points

 

[izzop]

On my phone HTC, I can pinch open/close to reside, but also double tap and it automatically sizes the post to a readable size. Is that not the norm?

 

[benjo]

I'm browsing the forums on my GS2 right now and have no problems at all, don't even need to pinch to zoom - just double tap and it zooms/fits to the element you tapped.

An app would just worsen the experience imo.

 

[KingArthur]

Sorry, what? WP does text wrap, at the very least on forums.



Won't make a difference, higher resolution might however.

TBH I've never seen the point if you have a decent resolution phone screen, the reason these threads were always started by iPhone users in the past was because they had **** poor screen resolutions, the new iPhones and most other smartphones don't so no need...

nope, ie9 on my device if you want the text to fit the screen, you have to double tap but the text is small and its difficult to see, so I have to zoom in and pan left to right with my finger, and there's no opera on wp7 which has text wrapping which I used to have on the N8

 

[Rizo-UK]

Have you tried an app? Much better experience IMO.

I use tapatalk a lot but the simple layout of this forum makes it fairly simple to navigate.

 

[Megahurtz400]

OcUK:

1) Make app
2) Sell for 50p
3) ?????
4) PROFIT!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Edit.

 

[Concrete]

"Apps" that duplicate functionality that already exists on the web are completely pointless.

This article completely describes most people's feelings for these crummy "apps": http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AppsAreTooMuchLike1990sCDROMsAndNotEnoughLikeTheWeb.aspx

A thesis of at least 40,000 words exists in this single image.

Really good article, hadn't read anything on that before and it really shows you how history repeats! CD/early modem bandwidth comparison was particularly spot on.

 

[Glaucus]

"Apps" that duplicate functionality that already exists on the web are completely pointless.
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I tend to agree, apps are needed, but will start to die out again. All be ause websites weren't designed with small screens and touch screens in mind. More and more are being designed with them in mind and. The official death of flash, will only speed up this process.