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    • nadnerBN
      nadnerB
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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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      • nadnerBN
        nadnerB
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        Chat seems to be ok looking. Not the prettiest or easiest to use but functional

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        • stacksofplatesS
          stacksofplates @nadnerB
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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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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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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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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch
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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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                • IRJI
                  IRJ
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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.

                  1. 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

                  2. 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.

                  3. 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.

                  4. 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.

                  5. 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

                  6. Events - Calendar with events that may interest ML users.

                  All this stuff is pretty easy to do

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller
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                    Bad enough I have you sordid lot in my browser

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                      @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                      1. 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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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                        @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                        1. 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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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                          @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                          1. 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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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                            @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                            1. 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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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                              @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                              1. 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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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                                @IRJ said in MangoLassi mobile app...:

                                1. 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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                                • zuphzuphZ
                                  zuphzuph Banned @JaredBusch
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                                  @JaredBusch It's built on NodeBB not something you can really correct. 😐

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @zuphzuph
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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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                                    • zuphzuphZ
                                      zuphzuph Banned @JaredBusch
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                                      @JaredBusch Youtube Video

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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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.

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                                        • zuphzuphZ
                                          zuphzuph Banned @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-write-api

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                                          • coliverC
                                            coliver
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                                            It would be cool if you could integrate something that uses the slack protocol into the ML chat. Then you could use any number of clients to access it... not that I use the chat feature that often.

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