Why is there no Boards.ie app?

AMKC

I was looking for a boards.ie app yesterday as it would be handy but the best thing zi found was some app designed for farmers for it lol. So why is there no proper app for Boards.ie?

happyoutscan

Probably no point at this stage.

This is it

Pretty sure there was and it was a ball of shyte, same as the new site they developed and then ditched.

Sonics2k

I'm pretty sure there was one a few years ago, but it was kinda ****e and barely used. A bit like the modern version of the site, nobody really liked it.

AMKC

That's a pity. Surely it can not be that hard to developed on app? All it has to do is create a quick way for people to get onto the site instead of having to Google it everytime.

jimgoose

AMKC wrote: »

That's a pity. Surely it can not be that hard to developed on app? All it has to do is create a quick way for people to get onto the site instead of having to Google it everytime.

You could just select the touch site in a browser then add a bookmark to your home-screen, or wherever.

Oranage2

You could always make one yourself op

GLaDOS

Apps for individual websites are a pain most of the time tbh. Generally easier to bookmark.

There was (is?) a boards app, it was rubbish.

Turbohymac

An app would cost a lot of money..how would the administrators of boards recoup the cost from the users..
Given most of the posts from boards users I'd say boards is past it now and will be gone in a few years..but the mods will still be looking to give out to someone..or air their opinions.

biko

There was one in development, but then someone touched themselves at night, and the work stopped.

dotsman

AMKC wrote: »

That's a pity. Surely it can not be that hard to developed on app?

Feel free to do so!

AMKC wrote: »

All it has to do is create a quick way for people to get onto the site instead of having to Google it everytime.

Are you familiar with how a computer/phone/browser works?

Why do you have to "google" boards just to access it?

DM1983

If you have android, google boards.ie apk file. Easier than going into the browser all the time.

Ted_YNWA

There is a legacy Boards app that is not being supported any more.

There is very limited functionality on it. I was involved in the testing of it a few years ago & the interest from the Office fizzled out when the focus shifted to the Responsive site, which has since been put out to pasture.

Muahahaha

What was the responsive site and what was it supposed to do

o1s1n

Muahahaha wrote: »

What was the responsive site and what was it supposed to do

Almost destroyed the whole website to be honest.

Leaving the legacy site as an option saved it, if they'd gone 100% responsive I'd say nobody would be posting here anymore.

I couldn't make heads nor tails of it myself.

Gregor Samsa

Muahahaha wrote: »

What was the responsive site and what was it supposed to do

A responsive site is one that automatically adapts to be optimised for the screen size of the device it’s rendered on. So you design one site, but have code that changes how elements display based on the window size. So the same site looks and acts different on a large PC monitor and a small phone. Most modern websites are designed this way, as it’s the most efficient way to deliver the same content across multiple devices and screen sizes.

An example: go to news.sky.com on a computer. Slowly make the window smaller. At various “break points”, you’ll see the layout change, and things like the top menu disappear as it optimises for the smaller window size.

The alternative is to have different dedicated versions of the site for large and small screens, which is what Boards does with the “full site” www.boards.ie and the “touch site” touch.boards.ie. Both have the same basic content, but different layout and some differences in functionality.

This is it

o1s1n wrote: »

Almost destroyed the whole website to be honest.

Leaving the legacy site as an option saved it, if they'd gone 100% responsive I'd say nobody would be posting here anymore.

I couldn't make heads nor tails of it myself.

Pretty sure anyone outside of Ireland was forced to it by default at one stage. Thankfully someone killed it with fire before the site died. Absolute disaster and I can't believe it was signed off on to go live. Considering the financial constraints boards work under I'd say management very unimpressed with such a waste!

padd b1975

Turbohymac wrote: »

An app would cost a lot of money..how would the administrators of boards recoup the cost from the users..
Given most of the posts from boards users I'd say boards is past it now and will be gone in a few years..but the mods will still be looking to give out to someone..or air their opinions.

Passed over again T?

Gregor Samsa

AMKC wrote: »

That's a pity. Surely it can not be that hard to developed on app? All it has to do is create a quick way for people to get onto the site instead of having to Google it everytime.

How do you remember how to get to Google? Do you have to Bing it?

ohnonotgmail

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

How do you remember how to get to Google? Do you have to Bing it?

Bing it? dont be silly. you Ask Jeeves of course

The J Stands for Jay

This is it wrote: »

Pretty sure anyone outside of Ireland was forced to it by default at one stage. Thankfully someone killed it with fire before the site died. Absolute disaster and I can't believe it was signed off on to go live. Considering the financial constraints boards work under I'd say management very unimpressed with such a waste!

I've encountered sites where they've tried some sort of responsive setup, but what it did was served up the mobile site on pc of you didn't have the browser window maximised. As their mobile site was terrible, this made me unhappy.

Gregor Samsa

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Bing it? dont be silly. you Ask Jeeves of course

Of course. Ask Jeeves “how do I Bing Google so I can find Boards.ie”. If only there was a way of recording these instructions so you don’t have to go through them each time, on a punch card maybe.

The J Stands for Jay

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Bing it? dont be silly. you Ask Jeeves of course

Alta Vista points me to Ask Jeeves.

KoolKluxKlan

Years of mismanagement is the answer,
Dav and his team of a couple of developers, Ronan and Danny and a couple of others were tasked with making a new cleaner Talk To site to try and make more money, a few telecoms companies and a handful of others joined but are all have left now and there’s barely any Talk To pages left.

The responsive site was poorly designed in every possible way as was the android and iOS ‘app’.
The whole thing failed, dav got the chop and they brought in a ‘CEO’ that did sweet fanny all.
Now they can barely keep the site up as it’s running on tech older than most members.
A shame really.

SEPT 23 1989

We are all too old to learn new things

The J Stands for Jay

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

How do you remember how to get to Google? Do you have to Bing it?

I read an article once written by someone who's website somehow ended up being the top result on Google for "Facebook Login". The amount of abusive comments left on their page from people complaining that their Facebook had changed was crazy.

ohnonotgmail

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Of course. Ask Jeeves “how do I Bing Google so I can find Boards.ie”. If only there was a way of recording these instructions so you don’t have to go through them each time, on a punch card maybe.

punch cards? nothing so modern. just flip the correct switches on the front.

arctictree

Similar to the Met Eireann website. WTF was wrong with the old one?

Sometimes, a website is perfect for what it does and should be left alone.

jimgoose

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

punch cards? nothing so modern. just flip the correct switches on the front.

I have RSI from toggling in the disk I/O opcodes time after time - I wish some yutz would hurry up and invent the device driver.

Gregor Samsa

KoolKluxKlan wrote: »

Now they can barely keep the site up as it’s running on tech older than most members.

vBulletin seems to have gone the way most once-dominant software goes: lost its edge and unable to keep up with modern expectations. It’s incredibly had to modernise an established software platform - best bet is to abandon it and re-start from scratch every 7 or so years.

From a couple of other fora I frequent, the Discourse software looks pretty good.

ohnonotgmail

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

vBulletin seems to have gone the way most once-dominant software goes: lost its edge and unable to keep up with modern expectations. It’s incredibly had to modernise an established software platform - best bet is to abandon it and re-start from scratch every 7 or so years.

From a couple of other fora I frequent, the Discourse software looks pretty good.

another message board i frequent has just moved to Discourse. I hate it and traffic seems to have fallen off a cliff

MonkstownHoop

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

another message board i frequent has just moved to Discourse. I hate it and traffic seems to have fallen off a cliff

You're seeing another message board?

Gregor Samsa

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

You're seeing another message board?

WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!

jimgoose

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

another message board i frequent has just moved to Discourse. I hate it and traffic seems to have fallen off a cliff

And just WHO is this trollop?!?? :mad:

titan18

I still use the old app. This post is posted from it.

Car99

Turbohymac wrote: »

An app would cost a lot of money..how would the administrators of boards recoup the cost from the users..
Given most of the posts from boards users I'd say boards is past it now and will be gone in a few years..but the mods will still be looking to give out to someone..or air their opinions.

What is the preferred forum for Irish people at present?

ohnonotgmail

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

You're seeing another message board?

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!

jimgoose wrote: »

And just WHO is this trollop?!?? :mad:

we're just friends, it doesnt mean anything. it is possible to be just friends with a different message board you know.

Gregor Samsa

Car99 wrote: »

What is the preferred forum for Irish people at present?

Facebook & Twitter.

Muahahaha

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

A responsive site is one that automatically adapts to be optimised for the screen size of the device it’s rendered on. So you design one site, but have code that changes how elements display based on the window size. So the same site looks and acts different on a large PC monitor and a small phone. Most modern websites are designed this way, as it’s the most efficient way to deliver the same content across multiple devices and screen sizes.

An example: go to news.sky.com on a computer. Slowly make the window smaller. At various “break points”, you’ll see the layout change, and things like the top menu disappear as it optimises for the smaller window size.

The alternative is to have different dedicated versions of the site for large and small screens, which is what Boards does with the “full site” www.boards.ie and the “touch site” touch.boards.ie. Both have the same basic content, but different layout and some differences in functionality.

ah right, thanks for the explanation. Its a wonder that vBulletin dont offer some sort of responsive functionality rather than lots of small forums having to try to implement it themselves. Its also a wonder that the implemention of it here was such a disaster, I dont know anything about dev but it is hardly rocket science?

This is it

titan18 wrote: »

kejfirirjeo ðŸ‘🙌🀮🙌😋 jek8284884.

Something wrong with your post, maybe try from the touch. site

Necro

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

another message board i frequent has just moved to Discourse. I hate it and traffic seems to have fallen off a cliff

Discord I presume you mean? It's grand but I prefer the message board layout of Boards (hate Reddit too tbh)

titan18 wrote: »

I still use the old app. This post is posted from it.

Me too, I use the app most of the day when at work.

ohnonotgmail

Muahahaha wrote: »

ah right, thanks for the explanation. Its a wonder that vBulletin dont offer some sort of responsive functionality rather than lots of small forums having to try to implement it themselves. Its also a wonder that the implemention of it here was such a disaster, I dont know anything about dev but it is hardly rocket science?

the latest version of vBulletin includes iOs and android apps but upgrading can be difficult if boards.ie have added a lot of custom stuff.

Gregor Samsa

This is it wrote: »

Something wrong with your post, maybe try from the touch. site

The old app posts in hieroglyphics. He says “sun, cat, Isis, eye, cat, Ra, Falcon, staff”, which is bang on point.

ohnonotgmail

Necro wrote: »

Discord I presume you mean? It's grand but I prefer the message board layout of Boards (hate Reddit too tbh)


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no it is definitely discourse.

Necro

Gregor Samsa wrote:

The old app posts in hieroglyphics. He says “sun, cat, Isis, eye, cat, Ra, Falcon, staffâ€, which is bang on point.

It does garble quotes alright. (Posting from app to hopefully show example)

Also you don't get the blue arrow at the top of an app quoted post.

Gregor Samsa

Necro wrote: »

Discord I presume you mean? It's grand but I prefer the message board layout of Boards (hate Reddit too tbh)

Well I meant Discourse anyway (https://www.discourse.org/). It has plenty of modern features: responsive, endless scrolling, easy to upload photos to embed in a post, good search functionality.

Necro

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Well I meant Discourse anyway (https://www.discourse.org/). It has plenty of modern features: responsive, endless scrolling, easy to upload photos to embed in a post, good search functionality.

Oooh that looks cool!!

SEPT 23 1989

Car99 wrote: »

What is the preferred forum for Irish people at present?

Tic Tak

The J Stands for Jay

Car99 wrote: »

What is the preferred forum for Irish people at present?

Journal.ie comments section

StupidLikeAFox

KoolKluxKlan wrote: »

The responsive site was poorly designed in every possible way as was the android and iOS ‘app’.

If you take any large website like Facebook, Twitter etc, they introduce little features here and there. Theres a bit of grumbling when they are introduced but generally people get on with it or else it is rolled back.

With that responsive site they just seemed to squirrel away for months, at a great cost no doubt, and then said "tah dah! I know you've used this site for years but forget everything you know about boards as its all brand new"

Imo boards has a lot of great content but need to work a bit better on how a user can discover that content. They could do this fairly easily with more advanced tabs on the homepage and a better tagging system.

Boards is still the best place to get Irish viewpoints on a lot of subjects, whether its topical or something to do with cars/business/farming etc and it would be a shame to see that go away

MOH

I remember being at a Boards beers years ago (Jesus, probably 15 years ago) where somebody was doing a spiel on stage, once of the things they said was that one of the top traffic sources for Boards was from people googling* "Boards.ie".

That was back when the address bar in browsers was for typing URLs.
I'm not even sure if most of them had a small side search bar, think you'd have to type "google.com" in the address bar to get to Google, and then type in "boards.ie".

So at the time it was quite amusing given the extra effort required, now it's probably the norm for the majority of people.

Come to think of it, they probably weren't Googling either. Yahooing, most likely