Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

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  1. Lumpy

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    I rarely use my 10 year old laptop. I prefer to use my ipad. This forum is really ordinary in the ipad version of Safari.

    There are forum readers available for tablet and phone that would be ideal, but this forum is not listed for access by any that I have checked. Tapatlk and Forum Reader have been recommended to me.

    Can the forum be made accessible by one of these readers please?

    Or maybe there is an app that will run it. Please advise.

    Stuart.
     
  2. JulieT

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    There is no difference in functionality or look between my newish ipad, and my brand new laptop....so not sure what difference you are seeing?

    I don't know the answer to your question, if Pippa spots it, she might ask the tech guy though...
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Yeah I never access this site on anything but my android smartphone and it looks great. I post pictures, view pictures and videos no problem.
     
  4. Lumpy

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    The font is too small on my phone & my fat fingers don't handle the links very well. The iPad has its own little quirks that I don't have on the laptop.

    If the site owners are receptive to the idea, I can do some homework for them & put up a proposal.
     
  5. Lumpy

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    2 of the higher rated forum readers require a script to be run on this site to enable them to read it. I don't know what effect that will have on the way the forum works when viewed in a web browser, if any.

    they are Tappatalk and Forum Runner. I've never used them.

    There you have it.
     
  6. pippa@labforumHQ

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Hi Stuart, I'm viewing the forum on my ipad right now and it looks the same to me as it does on my MacBook.

    What do others think? Does anyone else have a problem with viewing via ipad?
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    I use my iPad 90% of the time and find it really easy to use :)
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    I don't have a problem at all. I have a laptop and an iPad open at the same time (I'm supposed to be working ::) ) and can't see any difference between the two. The forum is small and fiddly on my phone, but so are all my apps...small phones are, well, small...
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Same here, use the eye-pye (as it's been christened by Lizzie) loads and my phone when my husband has wrested it from my grip. The iPad is fine and the phone fiddly.
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Same here. Most of the time I'm on my iPad rather than my laptop and it looks pretty much the same. :)
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    I don't have the luxury of an I pad I use my 7" android smartphone other than reporting posts to the moderator on occasions it works wonderfully for me. Lol.
     
  12. Lumpy

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Wow. I looked once on my phone & thought I'd need superhuman powers to read the forum and post. You guys are doing well.

    I find the iPad small & fiddly enough.

    I guess I'll have to put my fingers on a diet & book in to the optometrist. lol.

    Thanks for the feed back.

    Stuart.
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    The only thing I've noticed is on my iPhone, the banner picture at the top overlaps the links on the top right, which is a bit annoying, because I do pretty much all of my forum reading using "Show unread posts since last visit". But, hey, I use my laptop 99.9% of the time, so it's not a major issue for me.
     
  14. Kirriegirl

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    I have that issue with the banner on my windows phone too, but other than that I often browse/post from my phone. I read it in landscape and a combo of zoom function and specs makes it perfectly useable :D
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    Works fine on a Nexus 10 android tablet.

    Roger
     
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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    I started with a 7 in Fire HD and now use a 10 in ipad and prefer to use the browser for most websites.
    Speaking personally if you mean making a mobile version of this site, I for one wouldn't use it. I prefer the full version of websites, I feel as if there is something missing from the mobile versions and the apps.
     
  17. Lumpy

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    Re: Is The Forum Available For Access From a Tablet or Phone App?

    [quote author=Cupcase link=topic=9772.msg142112#msg142112 date=1423245584]
    Speaking personally if you mean making a mobile version of this site, I for one wouldn't use it. I prefer the full version of websites, I feel as if there is something missing from the mobile versions and the apps.
    [/quote]

    No. Just make the site accessible to an ap.

    The top aps require the administrator to run a script, that's why I posed the question. I found 1 app that doesn't require a script & it's garbage.

    It looks like everyone is happy with the current set up so here ends my lobby.

    Stuart.
     

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