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Would you benefit if there was a way to choose a mobile theme for your account?

Heck yes, reading the forums on my cell is frustrating!
- 9 (29%)
Hmm, if it was an option, I might read more via my cell.
- 3 (9.7%)
I don't browse on my cell, so I don't care.
- 15 (48.4%)
That's a waste of time!
- 4 (12.9%)

Total Members Voted: 30


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timotheus

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Mobile theme for the forums?
« on: February 07, 2012, 07:06:24 pm »

As someone who uses their smartphone to browse the forums frequently, I was wondering about the interest in having the ability to have a mobile theme for SMF 2.0..

Thoughts?
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 07:11:56 pm »

Hell I'll do it. If anything it might cut down the  load times.

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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2012, 07:52:01 pm »

Tablet theme?

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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2012, 07:55:26 pm »

I read the forum from my cell every so often, loads fine and fast, never had any sort of problem.
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2012, 07:56:46 pm »

Isn't there already a mobile version? There is one on my phone however it's not a smartphone and rather old. It uses the same colors however there are no pictures or spoiler/quote/code box things.
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2012, 08:23:05 pm »

yes there is already a mobile version I'm on it right now ;P
picture and code breaking is a bummer but I can load normal version and hope it loads the picture I want to see before it page too larges me... or that it'll load at all
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2012, 09:52:17 am »

I've got a cheap Android phone--an HTC Wildfire which is one of the weaker Android phones available in terms of hardware. It really doesn't play well even with the Bay12 Forum and it takes a while to load. I also have to scroll from left to right quite a bit, which is rather annoying.

I'd certainly like a mobile version. SMF is probably so huge now that there is some sort of functionality to change the display to be more mobile-friendly. I hope it will be adopted by Bay12 if it exists.
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2012, 04:52:03 pm »

You can select WAP2 mode at the bottom of any page, changes it into a mobile friendly version.

Most BBCode doesn't work, and pictures don't come up. But it's fine for browsing.
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2012, 05:59:18 pm »

You can select WAP2 mode at the bottom of any page, changes it into a mobile friendly version.

Most BBCode doesn't work, and pictures don't come up. But it's fine for browsing.
I think MoM  people are looking for a full web support for a mobile platform for us with fancy technology.

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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2012, 06:03:52 pm »

Yeah, I can load the regular forums on my phone too, I just much prefer the mobile theme for easy reading.
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Re: Mobile theme for the forums?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2012, 06:40:04 pm »

Oh wow, how did I miss the WAP2 link at the bottom? Locking this.. in shame.
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