Site meant for Chrome or Mobile browsing, or???

[paulri]

Ive posted here a few times (just got an Android phone), and I do like all the activity here (not like you have to wait a week for a reply). But there is one pet peeve. Every time Ive posted, the browser seems to hang and I dont see any message like "your thread has been posted. Click here to see submitted message" or anything. Some times, I hit the Create Thread button 2 or 3 times, and I still see nothing. A few minutes later, I will open up another tab in my browser (Firefox) and see that the thread has been posted in the proper forum.

Is this typical, regardless of device or browser? Or???

 

[Unforgiven]

Is this typical, regardless of device or browser? Or???

It is an issue that admin is aware of and trying to nail down. It is with the software that the forum is running on.

 

[paulri]

OK. Good, that means I dont have to install another browser to post here.

Regardless, Ill keep coming here. This is by far the busiest droid forum on the web.

Best of luck.

 

[EarlyMon]

OK. Good, that means I dont have to install another browser to post here.

Regardless, Ill keep coming here. This is by far the busiest droid forum on the web.

Best of luck.

You don't need to install something else - but - I've personally had fewer duplicates using a forum app. Listed are my upcoming favorite and our official app (more features at the moment), in that order.

Check out "Forum Friends & Discussions v2"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.forum.fiend.osp2

Check out "Forums for Android™"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapatalk.androidforumscom

The problem may still happen - but - typically it hangs saying "Receiving from server," or something.

If it happens, the post has gone through and it's hung up on the re-display.

For that, I press back / discard until I'm out of it. Refresh the thread if necessary, but the post is rarely actually discarded that way.

Not a perfect world but that way you don't have to wait in a holding pattern.

With the app used that way your post will appear in seconds.

With a mobile web browser, it may take a few minutes.

Sorry for the complications, hope that helps.

 

[paulri]

No problem. that does help. Ill probably be posting from my laptop, not my droid, so I wont install those apps. But if this changes, Ill grab that Android Forums app. Thanks for the link.

 

[funkylogik]

Hadn't even heard of that app. I'll give it a try tomorrow,
Cheers Emon

 

[AZgl1500]

The server will nearly always receive the post request.

I also occasionally get the display hangup problem.

my choice of "Display Fix" is to hit the F5 "refresh" thread key on a PC. That causes the thread to "renew" and will show your post.
I have long since given up trying to use any Android apps to read forums. My eyes no longer can read anything smaller than 24 point fonts, so I use a PC and a 24 inch monitor. makes this sentence look like it is almost a half inch tall

 

[funkylogik]

Hey @EarlyMon I'm just trying this forum friends app and it seems great except for some teething problems. Two force closes while scrolling through lists and my "favourites" screen shows nothing even though I've starred all my favourite forums (or have I subscribed instead of favouriting?
Cheers mate
EDIT nope. Aparently starring a forum favourites it....
EDIT they're showing now
But now it's showing my favorites where forum index should be lol. Needs some work I think
AND it's fixed itself lol I'm sure it will settle in
AND favourites has gone again.
Are you experiencing any of this?

 

[EarlyMon]

@funkylogik -

http://androidforums.com/threads/forum-fiend-2-an-alternative-forum-browsing-app.923683/

 

[funkylogik]

Cheers @EarlyMon. Left the dev a message even though it seems to have fixed itself lol

 

[funkylogik]

How do I know if I've read a thread or not mate (last question)

Sent from my A0001 using Forum Fiend 2 v1.3.8.

 

[EarlyMon]

How do I know if I've read a thread or not mate (last question)

Bold vs normal title.

 

[funkylogik]

Bold vs normal title.

Is that a setting? I'm not seeing it mate

 

[funkylogik]

Haven't figured out how to add pic yet so this is from AF (im such a dimwitt)

 

[funkylogik]

Ahh I guess the read posts are bolder than the unread. Would prefer it inverted though and clearer. (grey for read)
Another post for the dev I guess
And pics aren't showing for me
Sent from my A0001 using Forum Fiend 2 v1.3.8.

 

[funkylogik]

Pic is now showing lol aaaugh I'm sooo hijacking this thread I'll stop now and keep it to the dev's thread.
Cheers mate

 

[electricpete]

Ok, my turn to hijack.

I use a mobile browser for this site (chrome).

In any other editing window on my phone, I can select pieces of my text as I type by using the swipe keyboard selection key, and refine that selection using either swipe keyboard arrow keys or my volume up and down keys. (Text selection is of course a prerequisite to many things: delete it, copy it, move it, bold it, underline it, overwrite it for correction, etc).

In the message compose window on my mobile browser for a/f only, I cannot select my own text using my normal keyboard tools (I have to long press and try to move those pointers accurately by sliding them....very cumbersome ...not my normal way of doing it).

It's ironic that the only site that fails me in this manner is the one dedicated to mobile phones.

I take a stand against installing an app for content that is on a website .... otherwise my phone would fill with website apps.

I know the problem/pain is of my own making (because I insist on using the website vs the app). I just wanted to mention it as feedback. (And it is a small item...overall I impressed with this site)

 

[funkylogik]

I'm used to just using the manual long press and drag the dots around thing (on all sites/apps) so not a problem for me but I wish it was easier. It is "cumbersome"