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  • 21-06-2011 10:04am
    #1
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭


    Sorry I have a cheesy pun quota to fill...

    After what's been a lot of hard work from Ross and some of the other Distilled Media tech people, we're delighted to announce that we have a new touch screen friendly version of Boards available at touch.boards.ie. This is intended as a major revamp for mobile browsing and should be considerably more friendly to use than m.boards.ie (which is still available). It works great on phones and tablets alike (I'm using it on a HTC Android device myself). It supports images, embedded YouTube clips and spoiler tags too, so it's a much more complete browsing experience.

    So give it a look and let us know what you think. If you find any issues, please let us know and we'll do our best to address them.

    Thank you all.
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    #2
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Looks good. I think I'll still use the full site to browse from my phone anyhow, but I like the way the subscribed forums and then all the rest are listed when you hit the forums button/tab.

    Saying that though, I just went into reply to a thread to see the interface, then without entering a post, touched the thread link to go back to the thread and got an error:

    Failed to decode JSON: Snytax error.

    Edit: Tried the above again and no error, but definitely got it last time. When you click the thread title from the forum, it brings you to the last page, as it should, but from within the reply page, if you click the thread title under the "Post reply in" heading, it brings you back to the first page of the thread. Should this not bring you to the last page?


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    #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,468 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    The normal site works just fine on my tablet so I won't have any use for this.


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    #4
    LoLth
    Registered Users Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    tested on Samsung Galaxy S and it worked nicely :) much more navigable than the old m. site (and thats not because I haz pudgy fingers!)


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    #5
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Maybe I'm just blind, but I can't find the User CP anywhere? I saw it yesterday..
    Also if there was a reply button at the bottom of the page too it'd help, save having to scroll back up. Definitely a huge improvement on m.boards though!


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    #6
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Just trying it out now, typing this post. Looks handy so far, browsing mit mein handi.


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    #7
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Just noticed there doesn't seem to be an edit button?


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    #8
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Thanks guys!

    Viewing on a Desire HD. Haven't had a chance to play around fully but looks good.


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    #9
    bazkennedy
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭bazkennedy


    My one issue is the forums tab- maybe break it down into catagories

    otherwise looks great


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    #10
    nicklauski
    Registered Users Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭nicklauski


    Pretty snazzy. good job lads.


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    #11
    Willbbz
    Registered Users Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    My old subscriber avatar shows up in my posts. I'll enjoy that while it lasts :D


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    #12
    thenightrider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭thenightrider


    Just testing it out now on the HTC mozart looks good so far.


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,906 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Tried to report a post and got:
    Failed to decode JSON: Syntax error.


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    #14
    gaz wac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭gaz wac


    Trying to log on with iphone, enter username and password but, when i press "My Threads" it keeps asking me for my name / password ?:confused:


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    #15
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Looks really great guys, well done. One note: you can only reply without quoting by clicking the pen icon at the top of the page, could that be on the bottom of the page too?


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Basq wrote: »
    Tried to report a post and got:

    same here. Also, when you reply to a thread, it doesn't add a subscription for the thread.


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    #17
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    It really is so much better to use than m.boards. Lovin it so far.


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    #18
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Looks nice on an iPad, very slick interface and much easier to navigate.


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    #19
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,678 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    tbh wrote: »
    Looks really great guys, well done. One note: you can only reply without quoting by clicking the pen icon at the top of the page, could that be on the bottom of the page too?

    In the meantime though you can just tap "clear text" to quickly get rid of the quote. No need to scroll to the top of the page.


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    #20
    Newaglish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Newaglish


    Excellent, thanks. Quick question: how do I "View First Unread" on the touch site?


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    #21
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    I like it. Well done.


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    #22
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Looks nice on an iPad, very slick interface and much easier to navigate.
    Yikes! Disagree. It doesn't even size to the screen on the iPad and pinch zoom is disabled. Much prefer just using the full site on the iPad.


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    #23
    Conor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Conor


    Basq wrote: »
    Tried to report a post and got:

    That should be fixed now.


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    #24
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Looks great on my Desire HD. Good Work.
    Did notice that if I'm viewing my or any other profile and click on "View all posts by.... " or "View all threads started by....." I just get a random selection none of which are correct. Was telling me I started threads in the parenting section..... Unlikely
    Like I said guys that's just a minor thing..Will definitely be usin it over m. boards

    Cheers
    HB


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    #25
    silvervixen84
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 6,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭silvervixen84


    Looks great, just tried it on my HTC Wildfire. Better than m.boards for clumsy people like me :D


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    #26
    _feedback_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    Well done all - badly needed. Looks great so far.


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    #27
    Daysha
    Registered Users Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭Daysha


    Not sure if this has been noticed before, but for those looking for a Boards.ie iPhone app you can add a link to touch.boards.ie directly onto your homescreen. I know you used to be able to do this in the past but the icon that came with it was just an ugly screenshot of that particular page. Now when I tried it for touch.boards.ie they use the boards.ie favicon/logo as the icon, so it looks like a fully-fledged iPhone app :)

    Example


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    #28
    Willbbz
    Registered Users Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    Daysha wrote: »
    Not sure if this has been noticed before, but for those looking for a Boards.ie iPhone app you can add a link to touch.boards.ie directly onto your homescreen. I know you used to be able to do this in the past but the icon that came with it was just an ugly screenshot of that particular page. Now when I tried it for touch.boards.ie they use the boards.ie favicon/logo as the icon, so it looks like a fully-fledged iPhone app :)

    Example

    Same favicon works with m.boards.ie too :)


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    #29
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Conor wrote: »
    That should be fixed now.

    Could you link to the other feedback thread please? I posted on it last night, but I don't seem to have been subscribed to it.

    It looks great by the way, a massive improvement on the original mobile site.


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    #30
    Conor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Conor


    Eoin wrote: »
    Could you link to the other feedback thread please?

    What other thread in Feedback?
    Eoin wrote: »
    I posted on it last night, but I don't seem to have been subscribed to it.

    That bug was fixed last night at about 22:40ish.


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    #31
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    He means the thread in Site Dev which is here.


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