JordanGrant
Well Known Member
Doug: I've been reduced to reading VAF on my smartphone this week and its inspired me to bring up the "mobile" version of the site and /or forums. I thought someone once mentioned that vBulletin has some kind of version that optimizes for smartphones? If true let me please register my vote for the upgrade. I'd even pay for a VAF Android App to help fund the investment.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Happy Thanksgiving,
[ed. Good afternoon Jordan. From time to time I get requests to make the forums more mobile friendly. My business model depends on the advertisements in the forums being displayed - if they are not shown I don't get to put food on the table. Most of these mobile forum solutions strip out the ads. There might be a more suitable solution down the road, but at the current time I have not found it.
When I am using the forums on my iPhone, I use an app called Dragon Dictation to turn my spoken word into text. Then I just copy and paste that into the forum reply. There might be something similar for the Android platform and maybe it might make using the phone a little more palatable.
As an alternative to a smart phone, I keep an old first-generation iPad that I bought off eBay in my backpack and use that to read the forums when I am away from the computer. It's more than adequate and the keyboard is surprisingly easy to use and fast. But I know that's not exactly what you are talking about.
Yes, I dictated this using Dragon (grin).
I appreciate the input and wish you and yours a happy Thanksgiving. dr]
When I am using the forums on my iPhone, I use an app called Dragon Dictation to turn my spoken word into text. Then I just copy and paste that into the forum reply. There might be something similar for the Android platform and maybe it might make using the phone a little more palatable.
As an alternative to a smart phone, I keep an old first-generation iPad that I bought off eBay in my backpack and use that to read the forums when I am away from the computer. It's more than adequate and the keyboard is surprisingly easy to use and fast. But I know that's not exactly what you are talking about.
Yes, I dictated this using Dragon (grin).
I appreciate the input and wish you and yours a happy Thanksgiving. dr]
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