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Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:07 ]
Post subject:	Mobile browsing
We now have this thing installed: Quote: Tapatalk is a mobile forum app for iPhone / Android and soon to be on Blackberry and Nokia. Tapatalk supports vBulletin (3.x and 4.x) and phpBB forums and forum owner can activate this service for free. Tapatalk supports all the usual forum functions plus full screen image viewing, image upload, caching (less reload), private messaging, all these features are accessible in just a few simple taps. Tapatalk for iPhone: Showing New and Unread Posts: Full Thread Viewing and Pagination Support: See Who's Online: Reply to Post and Image Upload: Some of the large forums activated Tapatalk support Tapatalk for Android Total Android Look and Feel Same feature set as iPhone: Quickly Reply to a conversation: Latest and Unread Posts indicator and multi-tabs support: Full screen image support - support landscape mode also Check out http://www.tapatalk.com for more information! Want to give it a try?

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:15 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Yes! I hate the current mobile skin.

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:16 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Yes.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:21 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Ooh yes pls. Request that we keep the current mobile skin too though. Have you checked "touchBB" as well? That came up when I searched tapatalk - it's cheaper and there's a free read-only evaluation version.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Yes! I hate the current mobile skin. Eh? That took fucking ages and we had a load of feedback about it - why didn't you mention that then? kalmar wrote: it's cheaper and there's a free read-only evaluation version. What, much like this one? I'd imagine that spoilers don't work right on tatapapapapatalk, right? Ak, there's no search

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Cool, this seems to work quite well. I like it!

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:28 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Quotes don't work properly, either.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:31 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
It's a bit, erm, limited on the Android.

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:47 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
It now tells me the forum is temporarily closed.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:48 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I like it. Very much so. It's vastly better than using the phone browser, I'm on GPRS here and it's perfectly usable (the normal forum / phone browser is too slow to bother with) We seem to be in the index too, scary! My point about touchBB was just that it's 59p as opposed to 1.79. Perhaps it's a bit more basic. If we're sticking with this one I'll buy it right now though. The missing features can only get better, right?

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:53 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Er, no. Spoilers and quotes will never work, nor will other 'Beex-specific' stuff, like the smilies and shit. We're keeping it though, because it won't effect anything else and removing it involves me doing work

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:57 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I meant like search. OK, buying now

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 14:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
It's meant to have a search - maybe that's in the paid version.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:01 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Grim... wrote: Craster wrote: Yes! I hate the current mobile skin. Eh? That took fucking ages and we had a load of feedback about it - why didn't you mention that then? I didn't have an iPhone when it was launched. I've moaned plenty (politely) since!

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:03 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
So, where is this new version? on the beex.co.uk/m link?

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:06 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Install the app. Run it. Click the "BEEX" icon! Meh, I seem to be having trouble getting the paid version, keeps timing out...

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:12 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
kalmar wrote: Install the app. Run it. Click the "BEEX" icon! I need to learn to read.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:17 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Posting from! Hmm, uploading an image didn't work. That's a nice to have though, the interface is excellent anyway. Ta grim... !

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:23 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Good stuff, this. Cheers, Grim....

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Announce it to the masses!

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:37 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I think I like this. Testing posting.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:44 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Aw, quotes don't work. Do we do something clever with quotes? The interface is a little odd to work out, but I think I'll get used to it. It doesn't like doing some things, like listing online users, but most stuff is fine.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:52 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
It'll be interesting to see if this gets us more visitors too, being well placed on the 'New' page.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:57 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Aw, quotes don't work. Do we do something clever with quotes? It would appear that your version doesn't let you read seven posts

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 15:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
But yeah, announce away. Mention that spoilers don't work though, or people will get sad. Also, that mobile phone site was written for an iPhone. You and me are going to discuss this on Wednesday.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:01 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Heh. Yes Sir, Mr Grim...othy, Sir.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:01 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
We could just move this topic into the general forum?

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:03 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Fine with me.

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:06 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Delete the stuff about Kissyfur, though.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:15 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Genius app idea though - a substantial proportion of forums are going to have this, and at least a handful of users on each will want to buy the app. Coinage!

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:18 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
But this app isn't on Nokia yet meaning I can no longer view the forum. That makes me a sad panda.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:20 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Nothing's been turned off....

Author:	Joans [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:20 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I saw this the other day (Tapatalk, not this previously top secret thread), but it meant very little to me. I shall now revisit and see (although I don't mind the mobile site that much, except when it decides to log me out at random).

Author:	Malabelm [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:23 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Strange interface, but quite nice. No landscape mode?

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:26 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
No. I am glad of that.

Author:	Malabelm [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:28 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: No. I am glad of that. Why? It supports it for entering text, but not viewing the forum. I hate reading in portrait.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:29 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
You can reply in landscape mode if you want the bigger keyboard. I don't want to personally.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:35 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Malabar Front wrote: Craster wrote: No. I am glad of that. Why? It supports it for entering text, but not viewing the forum. I hate reading in portrait. Because the one thing that annoys me the most about the mobile site is that Safari is massively oversensitive to tilt, so it's switching all the time, which utterly fucks up the rendering.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:36 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Aw, quotes don't work. Do we do something clever with quotes? The interface is a little odd to work out, but I think I'll get used to it. It doesn't like doing some things, like listing online users, but most stuff is fine. I think limitations in it are probably because it was designed to be an interface for vBulletin and phpBB support is relatively new for them. It relies on having a plugin installed server side (because phpBB3 has no API, the useless bastards) and I don't think the phpBB version of that plugin has complete support for all features. I imagine this will change over time. We should probably be filing bug reports. kalmar wrote: Genius app idea though - a substantial proportion of forums are going to have this, and at least a handful of users on each will want to buy the app. Coinage! I came up with this business model about six months ago, but because you need to write a forum-side plugin to expose an API I decided it was too much work. I was going to try and write a native iPhone Beex client though, and just use the web interface for stuff. I probably won't bother now.

Author:	Joans [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:37 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Hmm, I don't usually use the latest posts section, so I'm going to miss the unread posts icon. Looks ok though. Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using Tapatalk

Author:	Malabelm [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:38 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Because the one thing that annoys me the most about the mobile site is that Safari is massively oversensitive to tilt, so it's switching all the time, which utterly fucks up the rendering. An option to lock it to your choice is hardly difficult. Also: the mobile site only fucks the rendering if you tilt it mid-load. I agree that it's annoying, but not really a reason to omit landscape from an application. I always type in landscape; switching back and forth is pretty annoying. That said, it has potential.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:40 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I'm pestering Grim... to also install the server side script for touchBB. Looking at the screenies, it might be slightly superior, and it allows posting from the free version of the client side app. It's iPhone only though. There's no reason we can't support all of these apps though.

Author:	myp [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:42 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Joans wrote: Hmm, I don't usually use the latest posts section, so I'm going to miss the unread posts icon. Looks ok though. Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using Tapatalk Turn that sig off, for a start. Sent from my HP Compaq dc7800p using Firefox

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:43 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Malabar Front wrote: Also: the mobile site only fucks the rendering if you tilt it mid-load. I use it while I walk. That happens a lot.

Author:	Malabelm [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:43 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Malabar Front wrote: Also: the mobile site only fucks the rendering if you tilt it mid-load. I use it while I walk. That happens a lot. Stop waddling then, big man.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:44 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
This has "shake to reply" amusingly.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:45 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: I use it while I walk. That happens a lot. Are you sure?

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:47 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Heh. Browsing while walking is a large proportion of browsing. That says nothing about how much walking there is

Author:	Malabelm [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:48 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
Craster wrote: Heh. Browsing while walking is a large proportion of browsing. That says nothing about how much walking there is One letter off, twice.

Author:	Cras [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 16:49 ]
Post subject:	Re: Mobile browsing
I dread to think what that would do to the mobile site rendering.

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