What would you like to see on the touch site?

recyclebin

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

I can't seem to zoom in on pictures in ylyl. Can that be changed?

johnny_ultimate

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Definitely more posts per page for this round, and a PM indicator would be welcome too.

That said, above all that, basic modding tools would be fantastic, and would make life much easier. Even a simple delete post option would be a welcome start, although carding / banning options would be wonderful.

spideog7

Add more and better client side validation

havana wrote: »

Probably the only thing that really bugs me is when you're in 'latest posts' busy threads will reoccur over and over - and as there are only 7 pages this greatly reduces the number of threads you can view.

Probably not the best explanation but hopefully that makes some sense!

Yes that irks me too. It seems the 'latest posts' should be 'latest threads' or something instead. I often have to scroll pages and pages to even see a new thread, it's just different posts in the same threads.

Chloris

Atari Jaguar

I never understood why there were no avatars on Boards.ie in general. It wouldn't be ideal for the touch site though, it would take too much extra time for threads to load. But Boards should consider having them; it makes it far easier to remember posters you like.

alwaysadub

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

There are avatars on boards! You must have them switched off. You can check in your user cp.

Boards.ie: Paddy

OK Voting is now closed. Thanks to all the voters. It looks like we have some fairly clear winners.

The dev team will now start implementing some of these features, you should see them popping up in the coming days. Once we've implemented a decent chunk of the list we'll take all the suggestions made in this thread and make another poll.

sliabh

It's not on the list, but personally I find that the email notifications I get for threads don't work properly with the touch site. You are supposed to be taken to the last post, but instead you always get dropped back at the first post. I't prioritise that one.

Boards.ie: Paddy

pipkin12 wrote: »

Allow us to actually create new threads from the mobile app. 3 devices I have won't let me post on the mobile type app

Have you any more information on this issue? What devices, exactly what happens when you try to post etc? If you're having trouble creating new threads that would be a bug and we'll fix it as soon as possible.

Sully

On the subject of avatars, they don't work for me on touch! Its a broken image! Is that supposed to be the case?

Boards.ie: Paddy

Sully wrote: »

On the subject of avatars, they don't work for me on touch! Its a broken image! Is that supposed to be the case?

Let me guess, you're on O2?

The problem should be gone now, it was on my list of things to do today already. Basically O2 don't seem to like serving our avatars unless we use SSL.

jackal

While the page loads it allows you to scroll down, then the page finishes loading and it snaps back to the top again.

Also when viewing a list of threads it would be great to be able to go to the first or the last post.

Sully

Boards.ie: Paddy wrote: »

Let me guess, you're on O2?

The problem should be gone now, it was on my list of things to do today already. Basically O2 don't seem to like serving our avatars unless we use SSL.

You guessed directly! A prize is on its way to you at HQ, congratulations!

Cheers!

Boards.ie: Paddy

Today we released the round of updates voted for in this poll. Here's what's new:

Posts per page setting applies to touch
This was the most requested feature this time out. Your posts per page setting on the main site will now apply to the touch site. To compensate for the impact that this will have on page views and potentially advertising revenue we've had to put a large mid-thread ad similar to the footer ad. I'm sure some of you won't like this. All I can say is that the footer ad on the touch site is essentially paying for the improvements you're seeing today.

Unread PM indicator
Pretty simple really, now you can see when you have new PMs without going to the PM page.


Index on Forums page
This turned out to be more painful than anyone anticipated... As a result it will only display on browsers which are compatible with webkit 535(essentially anyone on Android 4+ or iOS6), we realise that this is nowhere near 100% of our users however there simply wasn't a solution that worked well across all browsers.


Attachment Support
If your browser supports file uploads you will now be able to attach images from your phone to posts. If your browser doesn't support attachments you should see nothing different


Multi Quoting Bug Fixed
This wasn't part of the suggested features for this round but since it's such an intensely annoying bug we decided to promote it to this release. So now when you quote a post with a quote the original quote will be stripped out.

Speed Improvements
We've removed 5 HTTP requests and shaved 15k off the average page size. The difference won't be dramatic but it should be noticeable on slow connections.

I think this process has been very successful, getting input from users on what they feel is important has really changed how we approach prioritisation. So a big thank you to everyone who voted on the poll or contributed to the thread. We'll be doing this again in the near future.

DaveNoCheese

Have option to increase number posts per page

Boards.ie: Paddy wrote: »

Multi Quoting Bug Fixed
This wasn't part of the suggested features for this round but since it's such an intensely annoying bug we decided to promote it to this release. So now when you quote a post with a quote the original quote will be stripped out.

Thank you, ye are gods amongst men!

Sully

No breadcrumbs

Good work all the same dudes, appreciated!

DubDJ

Provide access to social groups

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Thank you, ye are gods amongst men!

Amen to that. Very annoying having to edit out the quote before posting. Love the improvements!

redt0m

I'd like to see a left-right scrollable A,B,C,D,E...etc list in Forum View at the top of the page to allow easier jumping to a particular letter, rather than this clicking the down arrow beside each letter to get to the next one - if you want to go to 'T' for example, you have to hit the down arrow 20 odd times. The scrollable list could have icons for each letter of a similar size to the key icons on an iPhone or Android keyboard.

Boards.ie: Danny

redt0m wrote: »

I'd like to see a left-right scrollable A,B,C,D,E...etc list in Forum View at the top of the page to allow easier jumping to a particular letter, rather than this clicking the down arrow beside each letter to get to the next one - if you want to go to 'T' for example, you have to hit the down arrow 20 odd times. The scrollable list could have icons for each letter of a similar size to the key icons on an iPhone or Android keyboard.

The alphabetical index is available for this, but only on phones with browsers supporting webkit 535 or higher because lower and we encounter all manners of unique-to-phone issues

smash

Provide access to social groups

Hi Danny, I noticed the upgrades there on the touch site but I went to reply to a thread and got a message after submitting my reply to say the thread was closed, although my reply did actually post.

Running chrome on iOS6, iPhone 4.

Boards.ie: Danny

smash wrote: »

Hi Danny, I noticed the upgrades there on the touch site but I went to reply to a thread and got a message after submitting my reply to say the thread was closed, although my reply did actually post.

Running chrome on iOS6, iPhone 4.

Thread link?

Boards.ie: Paddy

smash wrote: »

Hi Danny, I noticed the upgrades there on the touch site but I went to reply to a thread and got a message after submitting my reply to say the thread was closed, although my reply did actually post.

Running chrome on iOS6, iPhone 4.

Oh we see what's happened here, if you're on 40 posts per page it was trying to send you to the wrong page after you posted.

Should be fixed now.

redt0m

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

The alphabetical index is available for this, but only on phones with browsers supporting webkit 535 or higher because lower and we encounter all manners of unique-to-phone issues

Does less than Webkit 535 not allow the scrolling left and right? You could have a left and right arrow on the left and right hand side of the screen so that you could click/touch (rather than scroll) to display the next batch of letters i.e. << A,B,C,D,E,F >> then << G,H,I,J,K,L >>. Something a bit of java might sort out maybe?

pickarooney

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Love the PM counter. Good work lads.

Posy

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Love the extra posts per page- and I'm noticing the touch site is faster.

The fact that 'choose file' is above 'post reply' is really irritating to me though.
I keep hitting the wrong one because I have to scroll down to post a reply now on my phone!

Scioch

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Why is the unfollow button so much more prominent than the post reply button. Wouldnt it make more sense to have reply button a decent size with reply written on it rather then a small thing in the corner with a pencil on it ?

Zaph

Provide access to social groups

Boards.ie: Paddy wrote: »

Index on Forums page
This turned out to be more painful than anyone anticipated... As a result it will only display on browsers which are compatible with webkit 535(essentially anyone on Android 4+ or iOS6), we realise that this is nowhere near 100% of our users however there simply wasn't a solution that worked well across all browsers.

On a non-rooted Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.3 and not seeing the forum index at all. Do I need to be on Jelly Bean?

AlmightyCushion

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Zaph wrote: »

On a non-rooted Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.3 and not seeing the forum index at all. Do I need to be on Jelly Bean?

I'm not seeing it either. Using stock android browser. Xperia Play, ICS, CM9.

Neewbie_noob

You can't read these on the touch site

:mad:

Zaph

Provide access to social groups

Zaph wrote: »

On a non-rooted Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.3 and not seeing the forum index at all. Do I need to be on Jelly Bean?

Forgot to mention that I'm using Dolphin Browser HD 9.0.0

AlmightyCushion

Add a "Mark Forum as Read" button

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

You can't read these on the touch site

:mad:

Does tapping the spoiler tag not work? It did before.