MangoLassi mobile app...
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@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
I think that the web client can do that too, just chooses not to
How would it do that?
Offline capability is a base requirement of the HTML5 standard. Nothing special is needed, HTML5 is fully offline capable if the application writers choose to make it so. No additional components needed. It's just the nature of web apps to be able to work offline. That's how OWA, Google Apps and such do it, they don't have any special sauce, it's just enabling offline characteristics of the HTML5 language.
Right but that's all dependent on the browser doing the caching. So it would be nice to have a native app doing the caching and using the native APIs designed for your device vs a hamburger menu on a mobile site.
Okay, but what's the difference? One depends on the browser, one depends on some other code. Both do the same thing. Native app doesn't do it particularly better, does it? I don't understand the APIs vs hamburger, both do both, right?
Well but native gives you things like the roller for selection on iOS, proper integration with other apps for sharing, etc.
I guess the roller, or whatever it's called, is a bad example because you get that with any selection menu even on a website. But I was thinking more of the sharing functions between applications.
What does the sharing do? I'm unclear which sharing calls that versus calling something else. Do you have an example application that does that?
For example if I have an image open, I could share it to ML and then pick where I wanted it to go ( thread or chat) vs opening the browser going to the thread and hitting reply, then uploading the image and hitting the submit button.
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@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@stacksofplates said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
I think that the web client can do that too, just chooses not to
How would it do that?
Offline capability is a base requirement of the HTML5 standard. Nothing special is needed, HTML5 is fully offline capable if the application writers choose to make it so. No additional components needed. It's just the nature of web apps to be able to work offline. That's how OWA, Google Apps and such do it, they don't have any special sauce, it's just enabling offline characteristics of the HTML5 language.
Right but that's all dependent on the browser doing the caching. So it would be nice to have a native app doing the caching and using the native APIs designed for your device vs a hamburger menu on a mobile site.
Okay, but what's the difference? One depends on the browser, one depends on some other code. Both do the same thing. Native app doesn't do it particularly better, does it? I don't understand the APIs vs hamburger, both do both, right?
Well but native gives you things like the roller for selection on iOS, proper integration with other apps for sharing, etc.
I guess the roller, or whatever it's called, is a bad example because you get that with any selection menu even on a website. But I was thinking more of the sharing functions between applications.
What does the sharing do? I'm unclear which sharing calls that versus calling something else. Do you have an example application that does that?
For example if I have an image open, I could share it to ML and then pick where I wanted it to go ( thread or chat) vs opening the browser going to the thread and hitting reply, then uploading the image and hitting the submit button.
Ah, like "Send to ML"
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I thought about an app for ML but I can't think of any value adding features.
I don't use the chat feature very often but I'll have a look at it after posting this, so I don't have any gripes about it.
I use IE11 mobile, which I feel provides the worst mobile browsing experience possible, but I find browsing ML is better than average. Pages scale correctly but text entry is craptastic if you want to correct a mistake further up in your reply.
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Chat seems to be ok looking. Not the prettiest or easiest to use but functional
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@nadnerB said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
I thought about an app for ML but I can't think of any value adding features.
I don't use the chat feature very often but I'll have a look at it after posting this, so I don't have any gripes about it.
I use IE11 mobile, which I feel provides the worst mobile browsing experience possible, but I find browsing ML is better than average. Pages scale correctly but text entry is craptastic if you want to correct a mistake further up in your reply.
It's def better than most mobile sites. I don't really have any complaints, but just thinking of things that would be nice to have.
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And they keep improving it. I suspect that it will get pretty good as they get time to hone in on it.
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I see no reason for an app. But then I do not keep many browser tabs open on my iPhone. So it is easy to get back to ML
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Yes there is no real technical reason for an app, but there is definitely marketing reasons. Here are some advantages I can think of with the app.
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Notifications - All the people on this thread are fairly active and check ML whether or not they have mobile notifications. The people that aren't as active would benefit the most from notifications
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Marketing - Mobile app is definitely a bonus to marketing to new users and vendors. Potential vendors would love to hear about app activity and total downloads. You also have the ability to push notifications such as Mangocon in one week or any other major news.
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Agenda for Mangocon - Boom put the agenda on the mobile app. You could even use GPS location settings for the rooms, bars, national park, etc.
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Chat - Chat could be a big deal for new users who might be a bit shy on the forum. Get them involved in the chat by connecting them with a group public chat. It's much harder to go and start messaging people to initiate a chat.
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Contests - Run vendor contests on the app. You can send out push notifications once a month or whatever you decide to run the contests. This will definitely improve participation
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Events - Calendar with events that may interest ML users.
All this stuff is pretty easy to do
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Bad enough I have you sordid lot in my browser
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@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Notifications - All the people on this thread are fairly active and check ML whether or not they have mobile notifications. The people that aren't as active would benefit the most from notifications
Mobile app had that. It was just too annoying
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@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Marketing - Mobile app is definitely a bonus to marketing to new users and vendors. Potential vendors would love to hear about app activity and total downloads. You also have the ability to push notifications such as Mangocon in one week or any other major news.
That's true and controlling the marketing to it could be far better. The ads on the mobile page are awful (but again, could be fixed with a better mobile experience, as well.)
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@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Agenda for Mangocon - Boom put the agenda on the mobile app. You could even use GPS location settings for the rooms, bars, national park, etc.
That would be very cool.
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@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Notifications - All the people on this thread are fairly active and check ML whether or not they have mobile notifications. The people that aren't as active would benefit the most from notifications
Mobile app had that. It was just too annoying
Notifications on the lock screen might be nice. Could cut down on your email notification costs.
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@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Chat - Chat could be a big deal for new users who might be a bit shy on the forum. Get them involved in the chat by connecting them with a group public chat. It's much harder to go and start messaging people to initiate a chat.
That could be an interesting idea. Now to find out what the effort is for that lift.
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@scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
- Chat - Chat could be a big deal for new users who might be a bit shy on the forum. Get them involved in the chat by connecting them with a group public chat. It's much harder to go and start messaging people to initiate a chat.
That could be an interesting idea. Now to find out what the effort is for that lift.
The current built in chat UI is horrible. Chat itself works fine, but the UI is horrible.
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@JaredBusch It's built on NodeBB not something you can really correct.
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@zuphzuph said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@JaredBusch It's built on NodeBB not something you can really correct.
Sure you can.
- Write a custom plugin to redo the UI
- Submit a pull request directly to nodeBB with updates.
Neither of those are a skill I have so I have to rely on others.
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@JaredBusch said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@zuphzuph said in MangoLassi mobile app...:
@JaredBusch It's built on NodeBB not something you can really correct.
Sure you can.
- Write a custom plugin to redo the UI
- Submit a pull request directly to nodeBB with updates.
Neither of those are a skill I have so I have to rely on others.
And if there is an API, even a desktop app would be very possible.
