Originally Posted by
IB-Dick
Originally Posted by Leumas
- It'll be useful if the app can be in sync with what posts I've read on other platforms
Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?
I read FT on my own laptop, my work computer and now on the iPhone. Sometimes, I mark all threads as read so the next time, regardless of which computer, I know which threads have new posts. It'd be nice if the iPhone can tell me which threads have new posts since the last time I visited (regardless of device).
Originally Posted by
IB-Dick
Red bubbles are "hot" threads. This is built into vB and we've never put any thought into the criteria for a thread to be "hot". It has to do with views and replies and we can configure it. We'll probably be putting some thought into this shortly.
Personally, I don't think this bubble serves much purpose. The number in the bubble is the number of replies (as I compare my desktop version on the iPhone version). While I can kind of see why you'll want to pick the threads with more replies to read, on a mobile device, screen real estate and bandwidth are still king. I'd still read a thread with a title that appeals to me, rather than one with lots of replies.
May I suggest getting rid of this bubble, and put the number of unread posts in there. We have the blue dot on the left hand side to indicate a thread with unread posts already - combine the two?
Originally Posted by
IB-Dick
- My 'Home' is always blank, can we just have the app start at the list of forums or 'My FT'?
We're looking into this.
Now that I've used it a few times, 'Home' isn't empty, just takes a little while to load. But I'd still like to see 'My FT' there as the first screen.
Originally Posted by
IB-Dick
- Allow landscape mode, it's much easier to type long posts
There have been many long discussions on how to best handle landscape mode and the decision has been made to leave out the feature until we are sure that we can do it right. There are some big screen real estate problems that need to get worked out.
Fair enough - However, I'd echo others' comments (and I've also touched on it previously). With the ads and the menu system, about 1/3 of the screen is lost already. Can we lose one of the ads (at least) and have a smaller bottom menu or implement something like Mashable's app or the Huffington Post's app where the menu automatically hide unless you tap the screen?