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Poll
Question: Do you think it's worth it splashing out the money for a mobile skin?
Option 1: Yes votes: 1
Option 2: No votes: 7
Title: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: Gryzor on 07:23, 15 April 14
Hello guys,


Some of you visit the forum from your phones or tablets. Some of you use Tapatalk. Some of you use *gasp* WAP.


Lately a problem arose where WAP pages are not populated correctly. While looking into this, I thought "my, this WAP thingie looks like utter shite!". So I tried to find an alternative, namely a mobile skin.


Unfortunately, there are no free mobile skins. And about the only choice worth mentioning is this (http://smf-media.com). However, that's $20 (€15, £12).


So the question is, do you think it's worth buying?
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: redbox on 08:37, 15 April 14
I liked the WAP version of the forum - it was quick (even over 3G and lower) and easy to navigate.

However, I don't think a skin is worth 15 EUR of anyone's money!

Maybe you could change it so if you're on a mobile browser it just sends you to the full site rather than the WAP one which doesn't work?
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: Gryzor on 08:47, 15 April 14
Yeah, it's steep, that's why I thought I'd throw it out in here.

As to your second point, I think there's a link to the full version already at the footer?
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: redbox on 20:14, 15 April 14
Quote from: Gryzor on 08:47, 15 April 14
As to your second point, I think there's a link to the full version already at the footer?

There is, but if the WAP version is unrepairable wouldn't it just be easier to remove it all together?
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: Gryzor on 08:07, 16 April 14
Yeah, good call, but I don't want to do it until I'm certain...
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: Sykobee (Briggsy) on 14:19, 16 April 14
I'd prefer the full version over the mobile version on my phone too.  The mobile version is quite primitive and technology has moved on in the past few years.
Title: Re: Mobile skin - worth it?
Post by: Gryzor on 14:45, 16 April 14
Well yes, but the problem is not the rendering, for which modern mobile platforms are more than capable, but size. It's hard to navigate the forum with the default width and font size... I can pull the stats about people's resolutions and sizes, if you want.
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