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Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:09 am
by Gambit37
We need forum software that works properly on mobile!

Typing into phpBB with touchscreen keyboards is really crap. Often the keyboard obscures the text entry area entirely, and tapping back in the field to se it does crazy zooming that breaks the forum.
I really struggled to write this on my phone. I'll investigate phpBB to see if newer versions are better.

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:27 pm
by oh_brother
Yes, it is doable, but a bit painful. Certainly typing a long message would test your patience.

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:54 am
by cowsmanaut

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:09 am
by sucinum
Another option: http://www.tapatalk.com/

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:18 am
by Seriously Unserious
I'd say those 2 both look like excellent solutions, especially since both were/are developed specifically for phpbb, which is, I believe, the system this forum was built on. The 1st one looks great from the short write up, but looks like it's still in the developmental stages to there will likely be bugs, whereas the 2nd one doesn't look like it has as many features as the 1st one, but is finished so will likely be relatively bug free.

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:28 pm
by cowsmanaut
the addon looks as though it can make use of the already developed theme.. making sure all the work Gambit and Linflas did is maintained. Taptalk, to ME, looks ugly.. and to attempt to save it from that would be a fair bit of work..

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:45 am
by Seriously Unserious
Taptalk also does not look like it was designed for phpbb specifically, so who knows how smoothly it would integrate as well...

IMO the simplest integration would be one of the mobile options designed specifically for phpbb.

Re: Forum on Android Mobile

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:10 am
by Gambit37
I'm no longer the technical admin here, but this is annoying me enough that I'll try and get some time this week to install one of these addons :-)