Suggestion Developing a better mobile UI for the forums

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by lumpy, Dec 4, 2013.

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    Hi. I'm browsing DP a lot from my Android phone and since you changed the theme or whatever you changed, that job is a huge pain in the ass. Since the update the site uses JavaScript in the hardcore mode and apparently mobile browsers don't handle that very well.

    So I'd suggest you either optimize the JavaScript UI to work much better than it does right now or change it to a less dynamical one.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    What kind of phone are you using (exact model) and what exactly is the error/issue you are having? There are a couple issues I know of with the mobile version, but nothing major...
     
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    Galaxy I9100 with the default android browser.

    #1 ads are displayed over top menu or some other critical parts of the site.
    #2 JS boxes take a long time to load (like the one we use to edit posts or view user profile)
    #3 random parts appear later after the page has been loaded (up to 5 seconds delay) so I end up `clicking` stuff I don't want to.
     
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    #1 Any chance you could send a screenshot?

    #2 Not sure if there is a way around it... I tried it on my phone, and it's instant, but I also don't have that particular phone. Might be an issue with that phone or something? Any chance you could try a different browser like Chrome on your phone just to see if it's a browser issue?

    #3 Like what?
     
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