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Quote from: LoyceV on April 29, 2020, 03:21:13 AM

Quote from: mk4 on April 28, 2020, 07:19:50 PM

Like it or not, people are more inclined to use a platform if it has a mobile app for convenience reasons

For security reasons on the other hand, I don't like installing mobile apps. Even though I only store a small amount of Bitcoin in my mobile wallet, I keep my phone as clean as possible.
Before online banking, you needed to download a program on your PC to dial in to the bank. I never used those, and they were all replaced by online banking through the bank's website. But for mobile devices, many companies are moving back to having customers download and install software again. Needless to say, I don't use those either.

Totally. Most apps are really unnecessary as you can have pretty much the same experience on a well-made website. I'm just trying to look through the lens of a casual(non-tech geek) person. This might sound crazy to most of you, but I actually know some people who refused to use certain services just because they don't have an app. Even though they have a decent responsive website. That was the day I realized how seriously platforms should focus on UX.

On a second thought, I don't think Bitcointalk having an app is going to be totally unnecessary. Potential privacy issues aside, having an official Bitcointalk forum app on the Android PlayStore and the Apple AppStore could probably give Bitcointalk a decent boost in traffic.

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Quote from: mk4 on April 28, 2020, 07:19:50 PM

Like it or not, people are more inclined to use a platform if it has a mobile app for convenience reasons

For security reasons on the other hand, I don't like installing mobile apps. Even though I only store a small amount of Bitcoin in my mobile wallet, I keep my phone as clean as possible.
Before online banking, you needed to download a program on your PC to dial in to the bank. I never used those, and they were all replaced by online banking through the bank's website. But for mobile devices, many companies are moving back to having customers download and install software again. Needless to say, I don't use those either.

Quote from: gentlemand on April 28, 2020, 07:25:32 PM

Quoting is fucking unbearable. It can take nearly an age to trim a quote and I usually hit the wrong button somewhere and have to start again.

Quoting is terrible indeed, one of the reasons my mobile posts are much shorter than my desktop posts.

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Quote from: gentlemand on April 28, 2020, 07:25:32 PM

If I had to use the full version of this forum on a phone with manual scaling I would have to end it all. Quoting is fucking unbearable. It can take nearly an age to trim a quote and I usually hit the wrong button somewhere and have to start again.

This. The worst when it comes to multi-quotes. You scroll to the OP and the pointer just zooms all the way back up.

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Quote from: Stedsm on April 28, 2020, 03:26:34 PM

I don't know what's the problem in using the forum as it is? Just because we need to scale it ourselves makes it bad for the forum and arises need for an Android app? I've been using the forum since around 2013 on my smartphone only and had since been happy. It's a different story that the type of happiness the forum derives in my mind while being used through a OnePlus 7T makes it a whole new experience against how I used it in my Lenovo K6 Power. Still, it just takes 2 fingers to stretch the screen and minimize the stress while looking at the posts here.

Then you're a better man than I.

If I had to use the full version of this forum on a phone with manual scaling I would have to end it all. Quoting is fucking unbearable. It can take nearly an age to trim a quote and I usually hit the wrong button somewhere and have to start again.

I've come across quite a few people who only do it through mobile. I've no idea where they find the patience. It's almost always PC for me.

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Quote from: Stedsm on April 28, 2020, 03:26:34 PM

I don't know what's the problem in using the forum as it is? Just because we need to scale it ourselves makes it bad for the forum and arises need for an Android app? I've been using the forum since around 2013 on my smartphone only and had since been happy. It's a different story that the type of happiness the forum derives in my mind while being used through a OnePlus 7T makes it a whole new experience against how I used it in my Lenovo K6 Power. Still, it just takes 2 fingers to stretch the screen and minimize the stress while looking at the posts here.

Like it or not, people are more inclined to use a platform if it has a mobile app for convenience reasons. It's the exact reason why most big platforms has their own native apps. People have simply been too spoiled by platforms with great UI/UX(like all social media apps). While I also find an app unnecessary(a responsive web design should suffice), Remember that people here who find apps unnecessary are only a small minority.

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To be honest I don't feel I need bitcointalk as mobile version. And I don't feel any problem with. And really I feel as desktop when I visit bitcointalk by using my mobile phone. All things are showing as desktop/pc. Just need manually zoom the screen where need to read. But when I tried to visit with unofficial mobile version by helping any other browser I see it lost its main structure and become little bit hard to find quickly all board /sections since I am accustomed with desktop version .

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A real mobile version is not (yet) available. But I must honestly say that I don't have any problem with it meanwhile.
For me iPhone/Safari works well and with practice even quote/formatting works quite well. But of course a real solution would be an enrichment

//edit: Many thanks for the tip gentlemand. In that case I will start a test!

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 28, 2020, 11:14:17 AM

Quote from: JeromeTash on April 28, 2020, 08:34:15 AM

I had the same problem at the beginning but you eventually get used to it.

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone Tongue

Yeah on tablet it works fine. I have been using my tablet all the time to access the forum. On mobile it is a bit of a stuggle. But, you still can zoom in and out to view the content.

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I don't know what's the problem in using the forum as it is? Just because we need to scale it ourselves makes it bad for the forum and arises need for an Android app? I've been using the forum since around 2013 on my smartphone only and had since been happy. It's a different story that the type of happiness the forum derives in my mind while being used through a OnePlus 7T makes it a whole new experience against how I used it in my Lenovo K6 Power. Still, it just takes 2 fingers to stretch the screen and minimize the stress while looking at the posts here.

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Another vote for Opera mobile. It does a really good job of scaling on the fly, usually catching up in fractions of a second when you zoom in.

Most of the time I use this version for mobile https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?;wap2 but when you need to quote then it has to be the full fat version. No way could I ever use the full version of the forum on a phone without Opera.

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Quote from: Ludena Protocol on April 28, 2020, 09:10:31 AM

Not having mobile version sucks, but there are applications now that can convert these older sites into a mobile friendly format

Are you sure that these aren't your phone's problem? Before I had an S9 my Galaxy S4 was working perfectly when I'm using it for surfing Bitcointalk even without ticking anything about viewing the desktop version of the site. Maybe if you have a phone that has lower than 1080p resolution or a browser app that isn't good makes BCT bad on your browser?

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After spending little more time here you will start to love its current desktop version and i hope small font will not be a big issue for you. Personally i always prefer to use laptop/desktop for bitcointalk and current desktop view is enough responsive for me. Yeah you can get the experience of mobile view with unofficial apps but i will not suggest you to use that due to safety reason. Just by zooming little bit you can easily surf here and hopefully thats much safer for you

. Before getting official apps i think i can put some extra pressure on my eye lens.

If i am not wrong then you will give priority to your account safety rather than taking new experience with mobile view.

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I personally use Opera Browser on my android phone to surf bitcointalk and has decent scaling (10 times more readable that Chrome for example). Must have something similar to 100vw (100% viewport width) for post container... feature that grew on me

Also has a built-in VPN so depending where you are and what internet connection you have might be slightly slower but clearly much more readable.
This is what it looks like:

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Actually I also didnt really like exploring forums using phone at first. That makes it difficult for me to read because the writing is very small. But because of the limited time to continue to be in front of the PC, I still have to use my phone and access the forum every time there is free time and now I have started to feel comfortable even though sometimes the internet connection is very slow and annoying.

Several times I was also advised to try an unofficial application to access the forum, but I think it would be very risky and I prefer to use a phone without the help of an unofficial application and its safer.

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 28, 2020, 11:14:17 AM

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone Tongue

Wouldn't that just be a... tablet? Cheesy

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Quote from: JeromeTash on April 28, 2020, 08:34:15 AM

I had the same problem at the beginning but you eventually get used to it.

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone Tongue

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Not having mobile version sucks, but there are applications now that can convert these older sites into a mobile friendly format

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Or, if you're not that technically inclined, but still want a sneak preview of epochtalk, i have a reasonably recent version running here:
https://blog.mocacinno.com/

It'll only stay online for as long as i don't need the resources, and if a decent vulnerability is found it'll be taken offline in a heartbeat

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The next version of Bitcointalk, the more modern and responsive one(not an app, just a better forum software), is still on the works. If you want it to be implemented sooner, you might want to help out in testing EpochTalk: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/epochtalk-is-ready-theymos-wants-us-to-test-it-cmon-5114336

At the mean time, you can try out the unofficial apps. Just proceed with caution.

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There is no official mobile App, and honestly, I would not provide my account access to any of the few unofficial attempts at creating one either. The topic is raised every now and then, especially on Meta, as can be seen here:

Launch Possible of bitcointalk.org forum mobile application ?
Mobile Friendly Bitcointalk
This is how bitcointalk.org looks like on a mobile phone
Isn't it ironic that Bitcointalk has no mobile version?
Should there be a bitcointalk app?
Would you like to have an app for Bicointalk.org
Etc.

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