Mobile site - Traditional Chars and threading
hamshank
October 10, 2010 at 02:40 AM posted in General DiscussionHey Tech team.
After using the Android app and mobile site, I must say the mobile site is far faaaaar superior in ease of use, generally connecting with people and minimising frustration with crashes, contantly waiting on loading screens and text display errors.
Just a note though...I dont think traditional chars are working on the mobile site. Could someone please look into it? That would be much appreciated
Also I am not sure whether comment threading works?!? I dont paricularly need it so long as no comments go missing as a result.
Finally...just a personal wish but I would love to see flash cards appear on the mobile site. I dont think I would even need to use the regular site then :)
johnb
October 12, 2010 at 03:33 AM
Sorry for the slow reply, Hamshank. You're right that the character set setting isn't being respected on the mobile site -- it's showing Simplified to everyone. I'll make sure that the issue gets reported to the tech team.
The lack of threaded comments on the mobile site is intentional, though, in order to fit it into the largest number of mobile screens (many of which are severely space-limited).
As for future development, we have no plans to abandon the mobile site (and in fact we've recently updated it). However, because its user numbers are quite low, its not a priority. This may change in the future, though, and we'll adjust those priorities if need be.
hamshank
October 12, 2010 at 02:03 AM
Another Bump...I'm not expecting a fix immediate or otherwise for everything mentioned but it would be nice to get some sort of input from the tech team. Is the mobile site even on the roadmap for future development?
hamshank
October 11, 2010 at 02:08 AM
Bump...So that it appears during office hours :)
Also...Judging by the formatting of my original post. The ENTER button is not registering on the mobile site. The original post should have been broken up into a few paragraphs
hamshank
October 12, 2010 at 06:41 AMThanks John for giving me an update.
If I get to put my personal vote anywhere it would be for traditional to work. Being an android user, I don't feel I actually have proper access to the site in a mobile way. Both, the android app and the mobile site have issues with traditional text so it makes mobile learning frustrating.
The mobile site and the app are so close but yet so far away at the same time.
Don't get me wrong, the recent changes to the android app have taken steps forward but it's not quite there for me yet.