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[Paul C]

The mobile skin's announcement has been taken down. The full version announcement will be taken down once its announcement is 1 week old to give those who don't visit the forum quite as frequently as others to notice it.

[jenlyn]

The mobile skin's announcement has been taken down. The full version announcement will be taken down once its announcement is 1 week old to give those who don't visit the forum quite as frequently as others to notice it.

So wait happens if the "not so frequent visitors" only visit using a mobile?

[Paul C]

So wait happens if the "not so frequent visitors" only visit using a mobile?

 

Its a balance between intrusiveness and clear communication. On the main site, its typically accessed on a device which has good screen resolution, so its much less intrusive. Junior reported issues with it interfering with the menu button on a mobile device; and it definitely takes up a higher proportion of the screen so its more intrusive. Either way, the page is scrollable so its not a massive issue.

 

This is the 37th announcement over time, the previous 35 announcements were never even communicated on the mobile site so this was a new thing for the last 2 announcements. The fact that the mobile site never displayed announcement banners didn't come up previously.

[jenlyn]

 

Its a balance between intrusiveness and clear communication. On the main site, its typically accessed on a device which has good screen resolution, so its much less intrusive. Junior reported issues with it interfering with the menu button on a mobile device; and it definitely takes up a higher proportion of the screen so its more intrusive. Either way, the page is scrollable so its not a massive issue.

 

This is the 37th announcement over time, the previous 35 announcements were never even communicated on the mobile site so this was a new thing for the last 2 announcements. The fact that the mobile site never displayed announcement banners didn't come up previously.

Progress. More people using mobiles.

[DHutch]

Its a balance between intrusiveness and clear communication. On the main site, its typically accessed on a device which has good screen resolution, so its much less intrusive. Junior reported issues with it interfering with the menu button on a mobile device; and it definitely takes up a higher proportion of the screen so its more intrusive. Either way, the page is scrollable so its not a massive issue.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Progress. More people using mobiles.

Always. But we are also running software which is a few years old, and are to an extend limited by it capability. Version 4 is now available and getting towards a point where much of the early-life issues have been resolved, and the number of 3rd party modifications such as the membermap are in place. This version has much better mobile/tablet support with a single scalable 'skin' which fits all devices well also retaining all features across platforms.

 

 

Daniel