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Post Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:33 pm

Been wondering for a little while now, whether there is any thoughts of the zone to be available through smart phone apps?

I use a iPhone and it's alway fiddly navigating through the forums and responding to threads.

If there is any admin required to set it up (database skills) I would like to volunteer and help achieve the above.

Interested to know where the zone is going in there near future...
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:14 am

diable wrote:I think this question has been asked before, the issue is who will pay the development costs to create and support an app.
How much money are we talking about?

Any computer techs on the zone?
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:03 am

I don't find any issues navigating through it on my iphone. Works a treat for me.
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:34 am

Works on my Smartphone fine
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:37 am

205gtidrivers.com has a mobile based board for smart phone users as well as a classic site, but not an app, and it works well. They are php based so something along those lines would work well. I think you can also donate to help keep the site going.
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:29 am

Acox99 wrote:...I think you can also donate to help keep the site going.
You can also donate to help keep this site going :)
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:26 am

Stop using a Polsta Phone and you'll be fine :)

Realistically, there are plenty of ways that there can be a more mobile friendly version of the site and some of them are free but they involve moving away from the current version of the forum software that we're using.
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:00 am

I find mobile versions of forums generally pretty cr*p tbh. If I am on one, I normally revert to using the desktop site anyway.

No problems surfing the zone on Google Chrome/Firefox on Android.
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Post Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:08 pm

Iphone version has no chance due to the costs and barriers associated with developing for the Iphone, an android version would be possible but the zone already works roughly ok on android.
The only thing that would need to be changed is a skin with larger spacing on the page selection buttons to save zooming in all the time.
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Post Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:39 pm

Works great on i5 with Chrome browser. I assume on something like SGS S4 with huge screen its even better.
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Post Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:55 pm

it works fine on my phone, it's just my fat fingers that cause the problems :roll:
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Post Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:13 pm

My Nokia 100 doesn't do the internet, therefore I get to look forward to a good browse when I get home from work :D Mind, my phone doesn't do anything except phone and text, can't expect much for a tenner :D
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Post Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:31 pm

Can you post pics straight from an I phone direct to here?
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Post Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:37 pm

spook wrote:Can you post pics straight from an I phone direct to here?
If you have a Photobucket app, it's easier posting from an iPhone or iPad than from a pc.
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