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Viewing problems on mobile

MattyB

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Is anyone else having problems viewing the forum on mobile? I'm on an iPhone iOS 9. The website displays is a long column all across the left half of my screen with blank white space on the right half. There is one advertisement banner that goes all the way across the full width of the screen which I'm assuming is the problem because that's setting the width of what I'm viewing. 

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I can check it out tomorrow Matty. I haven't yet upgraded to iOS 9, but I'll give it a go tomorrow.

Two questions:

1) Which phone do you have?

2) Does it do the same in landscape mode?

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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_Keith Grand Master

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Yes, after upgrading to IOS9  on my iPhone 5s, I experienced the same issue.   It is easy to stretch it out with your fingers, but kind of a minor pain as you have to do it with each new page.

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I just bought a Samsung 5 so eventually I'll see how it works there.. 

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Using iOS 8 on my 6 plus - the landscape mode works fine. However, the portrait mode looks like Matty showed. So it is not just the new iOS. All I can do is alert the software developers. But I have a feeling they already are aware of this bug.

In the meantime, just use landscape.

Can anyone tell me how it is displaying with Android?

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Maybe off topic but I view always on iPhone or iPad only. The old forum allowed me to click on an icon that would take me straight to any unread posts on a particular thread. The new format doesn't seem to have that icon? I have to start each each thread from the start and find the point that I had previously read to..

I know Dean used to say that that the best way to use was to go via "all unread" but it's not the way I have ever done it, is that what I need to do now in order to not scroll through all the older posts in a particular thread?

other than that I have no problems 

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Maybe off topic but I view always on iPhone or iPad only. The old forum allowed me to click on an icon that would take me straight to any unread posts on a particular thread. The new format doesn't seem to have that icon? I have to start each each thread from the start and find the point that I had previously read to..

I know Dean used to say that that the best way to use was to go via "all unread" but it's not the way I have ever done it, is that what I need to do now in order to not scroll through all the older posts in a particular thread?

other than that I have no problems 

Ben - are you aware of how to go directly to the last post on a topic? I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but if you go directly to the last post, then it is much easier to "back up" from there - especially on a longer topic.

I am going to relay your question to the support team for the software and see what they say.

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I'm using a Galaxy s6 and it works fine. Looks like it does have that gray area on the right but I have to scroll over to it. I'll post a screen shot of the layout how I'm viewing. 

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Maybe off topic but I view always on iPhone or iPad only. The old forum allowed me to click on an icon that would take me straight to any unread posts on a particular thread. The new format doesn't seem to have that icon? I have to start each each thread from the start and find the point that I had previously read to..

I know Dean used to say that that the best way to use was to go via "all unread" but it's not the way I have ever done it, is that what I need to do now in order to not scroll through all the older posts in a particular thread?

other than that I have no problems 

Ben - are you aware of how to go directly to the last post on a topic? I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but if you go directly to the last post, then it is much easier to "back up" from there - especially on a longer topic.

I am going to relay your question to the support team for the software and see what they say.

Thanks Dean but I have now worked it out. I thought the star icon just meant that I had participated in that particular thread which it does but if I click / press on the star or the circle for that matter it takes you to the first unread post. I had a little play around with the settings etc after posting last time and have now sorted it out.

Thanks for taking the time to look into it!

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no problems on my I Phone to speak of...........................

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Maybe off topic but I view always on iPhone or iPad only. The old forum allowed me to click on an icon that would take me straight to any unread posts on a particular thread. The new format doesn't seem to have that icon? I have to start each each thread from the start and find the point that I had previously read to..

I know Dean used to say that that the best way to use was to go via "all unread" but it's not the way I have ever done it, is that what I need to do now in order to not scroll through all the older posts in a particular thread?

other than that I have no problems 

Ben - are you aware of how to go directly to the last post on a topic? I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but if you go directly to the last post, then it is much easier to "back up" from there - especially on a longer topic.

I am going to relay your question to the support team for the software and see what they say.

Thanks Dean but I have now worked it out. I thought the star icon just meant that I had participated in that particular thread which it does but if I click / press on the star or the circle for that matter it takes you to the first unread post. I had a little play around with the settings etc after posting last time and have now sorted it out.

Thanks for taking the time to look into it!

Thanks Ben - you're teaching me something. :)

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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I'm using a Galaxy s6 and it works fine. Looks like it does have that gray area on the right but I have to scroll over to it. I'll post a screen shot of the layout how I'm viewing. 

rps20150927_182002.jpg

How come you guys don't view in landscape???

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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I prefer to use the phone in portrait orientation.  As it is now, Palmtalk views like a normal webpage not optimized for mobile viewing.  As Keith said, you can zoom in but then as you scroll it doesn't always track right.  How do you not make mobile viewing optimized on iPhone?  That's like having a store with no front door.  

Could it have something to do with the advertising bar being set too long?

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I prefer to use the phone in portrait orientation.  As it is now, Palmtalk views like a normal webpage not optimized for mobile viewing.  As Keith said, you can zoom in but then as you scroll it doesn't always track right.  How do you not make mobile viewing optimized on iPhone?  That's like having a store with no front door.  

Could it have something to do with the advertising bar being set too long?

Yes Matt - I think it has something to do with the ad - but the ad is responsive with no set width - it is supposed to size itself based on the screen size - so this may be a Google issue. I have a feeling that is what the developers will tell me. The finger always gets pointed somewhere else.

But you see much better pics, and can read posts more easily in landscape. Everything is "scrunched" in portrait. I view everything on the web in landscape - so it's just like the monitor on your computer.

Having said that, if you double tap, then double tap again, it will fill your portrait screen. But it depends on where you double tap. Play around double tapping a bit and you can get it to size correctly. That's the best I can offer presently.

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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OK Matty - I think I have that portrait "bug" fixed. Let me know if it isn't.

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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Whew! Glad this wasn't just me and it appears to be fixed. 

 

On a related note, when on mobile, the "Rules and Guidelines" of Palm Exchange is really long to scroll through. I realize this isn't something that needs fixing per se, but it's an annoying feature. 

 

Thanks for keeping on top of a great site!

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Hey you fixed it!  It  looks  great  now!  Thanks  you rock 

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I tried viewing in landscape and the majority of the pics are posted in portrait so landscape is less than ideal for me 

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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