I resisted for awhile because I didn't think I'd like messageboard-ing on my phone, but I finally broke down and tried it last night and I like it. I'm using my Android (HTC Incredible) to type this post right now.
Anybody else???
CRZ: Can you tell if someone logs in from their phone?
Originally posted by DJ FrostyFreezeI resisted for awhile because I didn't think I'd like messageboard-ing on my phone, but I finally broke down and tried it last night and I like it. I'm using my Android (HTC Incredible) to type this post right now.
Anybody else???
CRZ: Can you tell if someone logs in from their phone?
Well your IP would be different and I'm guessing your browser/agent would be as well, but I'd have to really be looking for it in the logs.
One of those things I always wanted to do was create an m.the-w.com mobile version of the board which stripped practically everything except the text, but I've never put the time into it. (Heck, I think this idea even predates me having it - I seem to recall Aaron wanted to set up blind.the-w.com before phones could surf the Internet)
Plus, this site looks pretty good on my phone so *I* don't need it, therefore nobody else needs it either. ;-)
What's REALLY annoying is when I have to log into the server to reset something. I can DO it, but that tiny keyboard isn't doing me any favours. I don't want to ever have to do anything incredibly complex. Fortunately, over the years we've just about eliminated every "easy" way to hack the board, so I haven't had to do a whole lot of stuff away from a laptop recently.
I visit the site frequently with my BB Storm2, and it loads quickly, and I never have any issues. I usually just read the topics from the phone, but I'm fairly certain I've replied a couple of a times.
When I use my Blackberry browser, it looks a little goofy, and I don't think my "mark forum read" clicks are actually registering. It's way too big of a pain to post with that browser anyway, so I'm not too concerned about it.
When I use my Opera Mini browser, it looks completely normal, (although it doesn't fit on the screen). When I make posts with my Blackberry, it shows me as American in the IP Flags.
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I also occasionally check out The W w/ my BlackBerry Bold 9000 over AT&T's 3G network.
Yeah, posting something is a pain in the rear with BB's web browser, but it's easy enough to read. The way you've got the joint set up, Brothers Zim, is fairly easy to read from a mobile phone.
Curious to check it out with a full touchscreen phone, though...
I used to check the boards when I was using an AT&T Tilt Windows Mobile phone, but I had SUPER slow internet access on my phone (T-Mobile WAP, yes even on my smartphone). It looked just fine but it was just too slow for frequent usage.
Now I have an HTC Evo 4G and everything looks great and runs at an acceptable speed. I don't know if it's because I'm running at 3G speeds (at a minimum) or because Android > Windows Mobile 6.5 or just because my phone is much faster now. Regardless of the reason though, it's good enough that I check pretty frequently and even post once in awhile.
Originally posted by DJ FrostyFreezeI resisted for awhile because I didn't think I'd like messageboard-ing on my phone, but I finally broke down and tried it last night and I like it. I'm using my Android (HTC Incredible) to type this post right now.
Anybody else???
CRZ: Can you tell if someone logs in from their phone?
Yes, I access it via a HTC Hero & now, also, a Motorola Droid X when I'm bored. Basically from what I can tell the browser included in Chrome minus flash. Webkit style. Though I do agree with CRZ, m.the-w.com would be good. My suggestion is start with the basis of the Dial-up mode & maybe add just tweaks that it loads speedy enough for mobile web. Heck, my mobile web get the board up pretty fast so I can't complain about it not being accessible.
I check the site pretty frequently on my BlackBerry Storm since I can't access the site at work. I've never had any problems other than convincing the phone I've actually hit the little chevrons when trying to look at new posts.
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With my current phone (BlackBerry Bold), I find I have to switch to "Column View" to be able to read everything without having to zoom and and scroll left-to-right, but it works. It's like "Column View" increases the font size while Zoom doesn't, or something.
I almost never read this site through my phone, though.
I check it on my iPhone occasionally, but it is kind of a pain because when I zoom into the post-text it cuts off the column with the poster info, so I have to scroll all over the place. It does create the "read the post then identify the poster"-game, which is kind of fun though.
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There actually is 50% or more of a full text version of some of the pages, somewhere. I forget why I started this, it was over 5 years ago. I ran across it the other day.
I think it actually works too, we just never made all of the pages (forum, index, etc.) to go with it.