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[Jim]

Is it possiable to have an iphone style OOF app, how much work would be required for an app??

[feeutfo]

A job for Tunnie perhaps...?

Certainly other forums have an app.  .....  And the buttons on OOF are currently especially small.

Suspect it may be a bit "gay" though 

[Lazydocker]

TBH, the LPG forum I'm a member of has a smartphone/iPhone/Android compatible format and I prefer to just use the standard site

[Lazydocker]

A job for Tunnie perhaps...?

Certainly other forums have an app.  .....  And the buttons on OOF are currently especially small.

Suspect it may be a bit "gay" though 

Don't be silly... That would involve him having to do something

[feeutfo]

Runs (?) the sky news app, which is very good IMO. 

[tunnie]

I certainty find browsing the forum fine through the iPhones browser, but an App would be interesting!

I'm tempted to have a bash at making one!

I've finally convinced my boss I need a MacBook Pro  - So could be very do-able 

Chris, you tried Sky News for iPad?

[tunnie]

Looks like OOF runs on the only forum software where its not an easy plug in! 

[TheBoy]

An app wouldn't be possible, as it would have to look like a browser to the site, and the site would fire back HTML, laced heavily (esp in next software drop) with ajax and javascript. So the app would be, err, just like a browser.

Given that both gayPhone and Android have pretty usable browser options, its not worth the effort for the small number who use those options (and our stats say it is only a handful)

[albitz]

Does the tea runs for the sky news apps dept., which is very good of him IMO. 

I agree .

[TheBoy]

Chris, you tried Sky News for iPad?

The technology is not the problem, its the content. Its every bit as shite as the BBC, only interlaced with even more (is that possible) tedious bits.

[feeutfo]

I certainty find browsing the forum fine through the iPhones browser, but an App would be interesting!

I'm tempted to have a bash at making one!

I've finally convinced my boss I need a MacBook Pro  - So could be very do-able 

Chris, you tried Sky News for iPad?

Yep. 

[tunnie]

Does the tea runs for the sky news apps dept., which is very good of him IMO. 

I agree .

Actually they liked my work so much Sky News gave me a Amazon Kindle last night at their party   

[TheBoy]

Does the tea runs for the sky news apps dept., which is very good of him IMO. 

I agree .

Actually they liked my work so much Sky News gave me a Amazon Kindle last night at their party   

Blimey, not even Amazon can give those away. Sky must have some talent after all

[feeutfo]

Chris, you tried Sky News for iPad?

The technology is not the problem, its the content. Its every bit as shite as the BBC, only interlaced with even more (is that possible) tedious bits.

Nah, much prefer the sky app, time line / top stories option is good, like the exploded related stories when time line story selected. Can't blame either for the stories available surely? If you like apps at all that is. Picture quality on both apps is excellent on IPad.

Anyway, an OOF app would remove some of the bugs on here for that device I presume?
Page jumping(iPad only when selecting new post in the right hand column :-? ), small page buttons( why are they so small anyway?), hints covering buttons on the reply page.

[tunnie]

Only way I could see it working is maybe a Web App wrap?  :-/ Then use something to package it to being native. It would be just like a browser, but I've never experienced this jumping issue on Safari  :-/