Can you please just fix the bouncing

Seve OB

OMG it’s really becoming sole destroying. Can’t use the site on mobile. Just posted there, not a huge one, but the thing must have bounced around 30 times on me resulting in links clicked, going back, my typing gone, re typing, and repeat!

If I wasn’t a boardsie for a long time, I’d be gone. Site is just such a pain to use now.

im using iPhone safari and no ad blocker or anything.

why is this well know issue not being addressed and fixed?

DBK1

I’ll have to second this. It’s very infuriating. You only get 6 or 8 words typed and all of a sudden you’re out of the comment box and half way up the page clicking on advertisements as your fingers are still typing.

It’s going on for weeks now and should have been sorted long ago.

It’s the same when you’re reading posts, you end up back at the top of the page and by the time you scroll down and find where you were it’s already jumping back up again.

Just get it sorted please.

sam t smith

Agreed, very frustrating.

salmocab

I assumed my phone was acting up as it’s quite old.

YellowFeather

It’s not a dream workaround, but if you keep your finger on the screen when scrolling through a thread, and jiggle it a bit every 10 seconds or so (well, under 15 seconds for me, but who has time for that kind of counting!) it does stop you getting zoomed back up the page.

What a time to be alive huh!

Interestingly, there was no bouncing while I wrote this post. Latest iOS using Chrome.

YellowFeather

Ohhh. I think there was no bounce because I didn’t have a last read post.

Just tested it on a Dublin airport thread, which was also nice because it’s interesting

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058199784/dublin-airport-whats-it-like-now

But now it’s bouncy mcbounceface trying to type this. Again, about every 15 seconds. It’s bringing me back to the original last read post when I accessed the thread.

Prob should type faster. :D

Flinty997

It's just so bad.

Dtp1979

Boards are testing my patience this last 6 months. They’re not making it easy for users to want to stay

rubberdungeon

I thought I was the only one as I hadn’t seen this thread. It makes for a most unpleasant experience. The only time I don’t have it is if I read a new thread for the first time.

i really hope it’s possible to have it fixed soon.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119060639#Comment_119060639

This thread is a recent one. The issue itself was already reported sometime ago in the dedicated bugs thread. But even though this is in principle a redundant thread, I've left it open to further underscore the issues this is causing, and to let users vent a little over it, and to also avoid needless repetition of it being reported in the bugs thread. But the bugs thread is still the better place to check for such issues.

Dtp1979

has anyone on boards staff bothered there arse to give us a reason why this is happening?

Signore Fancy Pants

The site was unusable for me on the mobile, its the only place I use it.

I have an android phone, so was able to disable all ads on most websites in my settings.

Ive had no issues since.

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119066212#Comment_119066212

Phone or boards settings?

Signore Fancy Pants

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119069766#Comment_119069766

Phone settings.

Settings > Network and Internet > Advanced > Private DNS. Choose the option Private DNS Provider Hostname, and enter “dns.adguard.com” then save.

Works for me, I can actually browse the site now.

lawrencesummers

Im done with this place. Going to log off and stay off.

Cant handle the bouncing anymore. Had to scroll down three time already just posting this.

How long does it take to fix this issue?

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071405#Comment_119071405

I’m on iPhone

Tork

I've started using the Adblock browser on Android when visiting boards on my phone. I'm beyond caring about doing the right thing. The people who run boards don't give a toss about its users.

YellowFeather

For me, as I mentioned above, the bouncing keeps happening when I have a previously read post on a page in a thread. Buuuuut, a better workaround than keeping your finger on the screen, is to go to a different page of the thread and then go back to the one you were reading.

Not a perfect solution, but better than nothing.

hayse

The fingering isn’t working any other solution?

5uspect

I just switch to the desktop version of Boards on mobile safari. It’s not too dissimilar to the old touch site. The new mobile site is atrocious.

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119095361#Comment_119095361

🤔 not sure what else you could try.

Shield

Mod:

I have just deleted about 5 or 6 chatty, off topic posts. If you see your post count has fallen once or twice, now you know why!

-Shield.

Sleeper12

I'm wondering if using a different browser might make a difference?

tom1ie

whats the craic with this?

The problem has been around for weeks, does anyone know why this is happening?

can it be fixed? i presume it cant be too hard to fix it?

Dtp1979

You’d also think a simple site like old boards wouldn’t be easy to **** up but they mastered it

ongarite

Seems to be an iOS thing. Have the jumping issue in my iPhone either Safari or Chrome but no issues on Android phone

hayse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119124084#Comment_119124084

We are all not in a position to own a iPhone and android phone.

There is a recession on the way you know.

Dtp1979

Would anyone in boards like to comment? This service is awful

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125143#Comment_119125143

That’s nearly more annoying than the bouncing!

hayse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125143#Comment_119125143

Are you on iPhone or android?

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125361#Comment_119125361

iPhone

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125288#Comment_119125288

This!

The deafening, stonewalling silence from anyone associated with boards is what's annoying me most these days.

I don't have a problem with the bouncing, but I have reported any amount of other glitches and anomalies - and nothing.

No "we're working on it", no ", it's on a list" - heck, even a "that ain't ever getting fixed, learn to live with it" would be better than just.... nothing.

Have boards abandoned boards?

tom1ie

Maybe there’s no one steering the ship as it heads towards the iceberg?

We are all passengers on a captainless ship……..

hayse

How come it’s all penis enlargement ads that boards are using?

handlemaster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125875#Comment_119125875

Thats targeted marketing. Its based on your search history.

I’ve posted about this before in bugs issue and other threads. Seems to be an issue that affects iPhone users in particular and a bit of googling has given me a tiny bit of insight on what might lie behind it and potential solutions.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36179721/ios-safari-overscrolling-pulling-down-vs-bouncing

It needs a (paid) developer well familiar with iOS (the iPhone/iPad operating system) & Vanilla JavaScript (the code upon which current Boards is based) to patch it. I don’t think the money is being afforded to improve the experience of iOS users. I’m quite sure this issue could be sorted if the owner was interested enough, eg if they were largely depending on iOS to use Boards. It must surely be affecting advertising income.

YellowFeather

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119125901#Comment_119125901

I actually don’t think that’s correct, as I’ve seen ads for farming equipment if I’m on a farming thread, or food stuff if I’m on a specific food thread. Perhaps if I’d I go to a sex thread, I’d see the penis enlargement stuff. Which wouldn’t be particularly useful, but it’s not just totally from search history in my experience.

The bouncing is better for me these days anyway.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119126171#Comment_119126171

It's not entirely accurate. Some ads are based on your previous searches or context, but the rest are either not targeted at all or broadly targeted, e.g. anyone who's male, or simply in Ireland or a certain age group.

YellowFeather

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119126215#Comment_119126215

Interesting. Thanks Spear.

Is there any breakdown of what’s targeted and what’s just generic or gender/location/thread related?

just being nosy!

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119128040#Comment_119128040

You'd need someone in the office to answer that.

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119128113#Comment_119128113

Is there actually anyone in the office anymore?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119128113#Comment_119128113

Think you need to tell those in “the office” to wake the **** up before boards goes down the swanny.

Take it that nobody’s working in any office anymore. Some clinging onto basic job titles, most contracting shite job roles.

Tork

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119128826#Comment_119128826

Probably dusting down their CVs and getting the hell out of there.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119128826#Comment_119128826

Posted in wrong thread lol 😂 not meaning to insult the probably not so well paid Boards employees. But the way the site behaves very easy to find yourself posting stuff in unintended thread and do stunned it half makes sense 😂

hayse

I have an ad at bottom of screen saying ‘To block ads’ is this another penis enlargement ad disguised?

Dtp1979

Is there even a place to contact hq?

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119132484#Comment_119132484

There are a couple of threads on which Niamh, and occasionally Odhran, were posting, responding and updating, but I haven't seen anything from her in ages. Odhran may have emigrated for all we know, not a peep from him in months.

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119132503#Comment_119132503

I feel like they’ve jumped ship and we’re all heading for the rocks

Flinty997

I've had to turn on adblock on the desktop. Sorry but its unusable without it.