woodyratm Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 [quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383051749' post='2259501'] Hmm, I just tried clicking on the title in the mobile site, and it took me to the first post, NOT the first unread post as it does for you. (iPhone 4s, IOS 7.0.3, Safari) . If the tltle linked to the first unread post that would solve my biggest problem with the mobile site. [/quote] I get this too. I often miss the wee dot and end up on page 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383041830' post='2259327'] I'd settle for the links on the mobile site acting correctly. [/quote] [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1383042540' post='2259336'] I'd also settle for fixing the mobile and full site first before messing about with apps or Tapatalk. [/quote] I'd also be pretty happy if my difficulties with getting to the first unread post on the mobile site could be fixed without an app. Either[list] [*]the tltle gets linked to the first unread post [*]the existing link to first unread post (the blue dot at the left) had a larger area you could hit. [/list] That's not all the problems I have with the mobile site (hence my tapatalk suggestion), but it's the biggest by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 [quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1383051830' post='2259502'] I often miss the wee dot and end up on page 1. [/quote] Exactly. I do it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Tapatalk can be really glitchy as well - some functions are awful, especially search. Big step backwards when Talkbass moved over to this platform. For my purposes it's virtually unusable on a mobile device now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1383087825' post='2260171'] Tapatalk can be really glitchy as well - some functions are awful, especially search. [b]Big step backwards when Talkbass moved over to this platform[/b]. For my purposes it's virtually unusable on a mobile device now [/quote] Seriously ? I'd way prefer the current talkbass app (tapatalk) to using the mobile version of basschat. Sounds like my mode of use is different to yours. If I'm on the phone, I'm just keeping up with existing threads, sometimes adding replies. If I'm doing searches, it means I'm on a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 There's nowt wrong with the full site, I like it on my mobile & iPad. If it opens in the mobile site I usually change it to Full after a few mins. Zooming in isn't hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383041830' post='2259327'] I'd settle for the links on the mobile site acting correctly. When I tap the dot it does indeed take me to the first unread post. Trouble is, so does tapping on the thread title - which should take me to the start of the thread. [/quote] This is exactly what happens for me as well. I'm actually quite happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1383121369' post='2260323'] [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383041830' post='2259327'] I'd settle for the links on the mobile site acting correctly. When I tap the dot it does indeed take me to the first unread post. Trouble is, so does tapping on the thread title - which should take me to the start of the thread. [/quote] This is exactly what happens for me as well. I'm actually quite happy with that. [/quote] If this happened for me, I would be happy too. I've just double-checked to be sure I'm not going mad, and I can confirm I am NOT getting the same result as you two guys ... when I click on the thread title I go to the top of the thread. Can we have a fix so my phone behaves like the others please ? Click on title for first unread post ? I'm on iPhone (4s), IOS 7.0.3 and Safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383124986' post='2260377'] If this happened for me, I would be happy too. I've just double-checked to be sure I'm not going mad, and I can confirm I am NOT getting the same result as you two guys ... when I click on the thread title I go to the top of the thread. Can we have a fix so my phone behaves like the others please ? Click on title for first unread post ? I'm on iPhone (4s), IOS 7.0.3 and Safari. [/quote] That is not the correct behaviour though. The dot should take you to first unread post. The title should take you to the start of the thread. I don't see why we should have to contradict the established logic of the full site just to accommodate people's sausage fingers. I have this anomaly at present and I DON'T WANT IT. Dot - first unread message Thread title text - first message, beginning of thread. This is how the full site works, ergo it is how the mobile site should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyratm Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383126329' post='2260394'] That is not the correct behaviour though. The dot should take you to first unread post. The title should take you to the start of the thread. I don't see why we should have to contradict the established logic of the full site just to accommodate people's sausage fingers. I have this anomaly at present and I DON'T WANT IT. Dot - first unread message Thread title text - first message, beginning of thread. This is how the full site works, ergo it is how the mobile site should work. [/quote] I think it's more the dot should be [i]slightly[/i] larger. I have pretty skinny fingers and still end up on page one more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1383126588' post='2260402'] I think it's more the dot should be [i]slightly[/i] larger. I have pretty skinny fingers and still end up on page one more often than not. [/quote] I have no problem with some alteration to the formatting of the mobile site to make the dot more accessible for those with sausage/inaccurate fingers, but I would resist any functionality change just to accommodate people's sausage fingers, leaving no way of getting to the start of a thread (which I don't have anyway - on Chrome 30.0.1599.92 on Android 4.1.2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1383119995' post='2260296'] There's nowt wrong with the full site, I like it on my mobile & iPad. If it opens in the mobile site I usually change it to Full after a few mins. Zooming in isn't hard to do. [/quote] +1 I use the full version on my phone, it's great, only thing is the messaging doesn't work, but I can switch to mobile for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I had a look at the mobile version of the site once when I was checking out an iPad... Ugh! I'm glad it's possible to use the "proper" site instead on these devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Ach, the mobile site has enough functionality to bellyache about people bellyaching about basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 FFS I do not have sausage fingers. I can manage every other part of my iPhone just fine, including some extremely sloppy typing on the keyboard which always turns out right ( and I'm not talking about what auto-correct does afterwards ). That makes bass chat the thing that's out of the ordinary, not my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Let me make it simple. I would like, please, to have something to hit to get me to the first unread post in a thread, that is bigger than the currently tiny target area ( which is giving me and others problems ) and preferably as big as a key on the iPhone keyboard. I really only use the mobile site on the phone for one thing, staying up to date with threads I'm already subscribed to, so the current state of the site frustrates me all the time. I don't honestly care how that gets done. Make the dot bigger, add another link, add tapatalk as an alternative, whatever rocks the boat the least. Please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383128058' post='2260431'] FFS I do not have sausage fingers. I can manage every other part of my iPhone just fine, including some extremely sloppy typing on the keyboard which always turns out right ( and I'm not talking about what auto-correct does afterwards ). That makes bass chat the thing that's out of the ordinary, not my fingers. [/quote] It is true that you have to be bang on the dot to hit it (and it's about 2mm across on a regular sized smartphone), as the active area of the link appears to be the square extremes of the dot image itself and that's it. Should have put a smiley next to that "sausage fingers" quip, my apologies. Surely making the dot image larger (or include a transparent area around the dot hence increasing it's size as far as the browser is concerned) would make it easier to hit? Rather than changing the functionality of the site to accomodate (which is logically incongruent, and who wants that?) This, and some simple page alteration to make hitting the target a bit easier is far more sensible than changing how the site works and diverging from how the full site operates even further. Ultimately, it's not my site so they'll do what they will with it. I hope they don't do what you request, as I find this (unwanted and erroneous) link behaviour a bit irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383128994' post='2260448'] Let me make it simple. I would like, please, to have something to hit to get me to the first unread post in a thread, that is bigger than the currently tiny target area ( which is giving me and others problems ) and preferably as big as a key on the iPhone keyboard. I really only use the mobile site on the phone for one thing, staying up to date with threads I'm already subscribed to, so the current state of the site frustrates me all the time. I don't honestly care how that gets done. Make the dot bigger, add another link, add tapatalk as an alternative, whatever rocks the boat the least. Please ? [/quote] 'Use full site' is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1383130522' post='2260479'] 'Use full site' is your friend. [/quote] Not on an iPhone, not for me. Doesn't get me to the end result (viewing the first unread post) any quicker, considering zooming, swooshing the page sideways to relocate the thing you want to hit which disappeared with the zoom, etc, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383129119' post='2260450'] Surely making the dot image larger (or include a transparent area around the dot hence increasing it's size as far as the browser is concerned) would make it easier to hit? Rather than changing the functionality of the site to accomodate (which is logically incongruent, and who wants that?) [/quote] Yep, as I said: [quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1383128994' post='2260448'] I don't honestly care how that gets done. Make the dot bigger, add another link, add tapatalk as an alternative, whatever rocks the boat the least. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='ped' timestamp='1383003337' post='2259129'] I know what you mean. There's a lot of work going on over the next couple of months. An enhanced app is on out wish list but we'll be talking about that after we've sorted and upgraded some other areas. Cheers [/quote] As I said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='ped' timestamp='1383131489' post='2260498'] As I said... [/quote] Aye aye, nothing wrong with some robust debate on [i]how[/i] the site could be improved is there? (as well as trying to convince people that turning the logical operation of the mobile site on its head is not the way to fix layout difficulties - which I'm sure you're well aware of anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Logical debate is one thing - flat out demands are another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='ped' timestamp='1383133420' post='2260525'] Logical debate is one thing - flat out demands are another! [/quote] I am sorry if I came across this way, as it was not my intention. I hope I was presenting myself logically, albeit irritably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yeah, not you I'm probably just having a crap morning! We really do plan to add lots of functionality to the mobile app, however we're upgrading the forum software very soon, and that will have some changes included with it. We'll wait and see, and then adjust as necessary at that point. I agree with all the comments here, although it's important to remember that the mobile version isn't something we have a huge amount of control over, as it's built and designed by our software provider. We know from experience that modifying this can be difficult, and expensive. Cheers ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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