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[Zombie James]

Have you guys tried the Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone yet? It's pretty freaking awesome. I dictated this entire post without having to type barely a single character. It makes using the web app like 10 times better! The only edits you have to make are to some of the punctuation.

Doesn't it have really weird censorship? Like, it'll censor 'motherfucker' as 'm*therfucker'.

 

[squidhands]

I don't think that would work too well when I post replies on mobileGAF from the bathroom stall at work.

:lol :lol My wife thinks I'm disgusting for using my iphone in the bathroom.

 

[Tobor]

I have a small request. Would it be possible to add the avatar link to the profile page?

 

[dk_]

Great stuff. Thanks for evolving it further so frequently...

:lol :lol My wife thinks I'm disgusting for using my iphone in the bathroom.

I think, I wouldn't want to go to the bathroom anymore without an iPhone. :lol

 

[ckohler]

I have a small request. Would it be possible to add the avatar link to the profile page?

Sure. It's been added.

 

[Madvillain]

any word on submission yet?

 

[womp]

:lol :lol My wife thinks I'm disgusting for using my iphone in the bathroom.

Meanwhile my wife is in taking a dump right now with her iPod Touch firmly in hand.

I'll never understand the female mind.

 

[Tony Rocky Horror]

ckohler, how did you build this app? Is it just straight up CSS conversion or did you do some massive programming?

I'm preparing work on creating a similar web app and I'd love to know what it (can) take to create things like this.

 

[Tobor]

Sure. It's been added.

It's there, but I can't copy the url.

Spoiler

I'd like to be able to avatar quote from the app.

Unless I'm missing a way to do that already?

 

[mattiewheels]

I've added the ability to customize the order of the main menu. Go into the Settings screen to configure it.

You're great man, thanks for the help.

 

[ckohler]

ckohler, how did you build this app? Is it just straight up CSS conversion or did you do some massive programming?

It's built using both PHP programming and CSS design. You can use IUI or the newer (and far more complex) jQtouch to help you make web pages look like the iPhone interface. Mine is a mix of IUI and custom stuff I designed.

It's there, but I can't copy the url.

Spoiler

I'd like to be able to avatar quote from the app.

Unless I'm missing a way to do that already?

Just tap and hold over the URL to copy the text like any other. It works for me.

 

[Tobor]

Just tap and hold over the URL to copy the text like any other. It works for me.

I'm an idiot, I was tapping at it. Thanks so much.

Edit:

 

[Brakara]

Great app, but is there a "Go to first new post" feature for each thread? It's what I normally use all the time.

 

[Falch]

Just letting you know what a great app this is.

 

[dkeane]

Great app, but is there a "Go to first new post" feature for each thread? It's what I normally use all the time.

Yeah this is the only thing I'd like for this app, otherwise it's amazing. I use this so much. Thank you again.

 

[Keylime]

I'm an idiot, I was tapping at it. Thanks so much.

Edit:

Seeing you link that made me realize that your avatar isn't transparent anymore.

Feel free to use this updated one if you'd like:

 

[Tobor]

Seeing you link that made me realize that your avatar isn't transparent anymore.

Feel free to use this updated one if you'd like:

Much appreciated. I screwed it up when I drew the antlers on it. :lol

 

[tmdorsey]

Great app, but is there a "Go to first new post" feature for each thread? It's what I normally use all the time.

I have to 3rd the request for this feature to be added. It would truely make it perfect.

 

[ckohler]

I tried doing that once but it doesn't work because the images load after the page is displayed. So what ends up happening is that the page automatically scrolls down to the latest post but then images at the top load and it forces the last post down off the bottom of the screen.

Sorry guys, I can't figure out how to make that work.

 

[enzo_gt]

Another new iPhone user, telling you how awesome this app is. Amazing work, dude.

 

[Elfforkusu]

edit: nevermind, I'm wrong!

PS: This is still pretty great. But is it just me or does the "jump to bottom/jump to top" not work as well as it used to?

 

[deadbeef]

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[Brakara]

I tried doing that once but it doesn't work because the images load after the page is displayed. So what ends up happening is that the page automatically scrolls down to the latest post but then images at the top load and it forces the last post down off the bottom of the screen.

Sorry guys, I can't figure out how to make that work.

I know that's obviously not perfect, but for me (and my goldfish memory) that would still be better than how it works now. I can live with scrolling through a few posts that I've read before, rather than manually searching for where the first new post is (especially since it's often on a previous page).

Of course if you implement it, it may confuse people who don't know how it works.

 

[GhostRidah]

this app is amazing, works perfect on my hero

 

[polyh3dron]

It's down for me. Anyone else having problems?

 

[Swag]

It's down for me. Anyone else having problems?

I think it's down for everyone

 

[ckohler]

The MediaTemple cluster where the web app is hosted is offline. They are working on it.

http://weblog.mediatemple.net/weblog/category/system-incidents/

While it sucks that it's temporarily down, at least MediaTemple is being transparent regarding the issue. When I logged into my account, it immediately notified me.

 

[chapel]

It's down for me. Anyone else having problems?

I came here to ask this. BTW ckohler there is an apple made js library they use for their user guide that makes the webapp look like a native app. Like weightless scrolling and no url bar if you open it as a saved link. It also uses html5 which has local storage support so you can preload things to speed up browsing. It is called pastrykit. I say give it a go and that might take your webapps to the next level. Hope the site comes back, using vanilla gaf on my g1 sucks.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/pastrykit

I was also thinking about a solution that might allow you to have jump to last read post. So instead of just letting images load as is, you resize all images so you know their size, why not just load a css based space the size of the image so that even though the image isnt loaded it doesnt displace any of the text around it if you get what I mean.

 

[Spike6663]

Thanks for this!

 

[Gowans]

One request I always think would be awesome would be the ability to flag threads.

Like your own threads show green a flagged thread could show as orange or something.

Do it client/cookie based?

Love the green highlight it would be great to flag (&unflag) fav threads this way. Maybe even access them via a front page link similar to subscribe threads.

Maybe even extend it to a similar thing to favorite users & highlight their posts.

 

[GhostRidah]

would it in anyway be possible for this to work with all vbulletin boards? I would be in heaven.

 

[chapel]

would it in anyway be possible for this to work with all vbulletin boards? I would be in heaven.

I have thought about that, the problem is that depending on how the themes are done on each forum, you would have to account for variants. You couldn't make it as nice as the gaf one for every other forum, but you could make it close I would say.

Though it would be better as an app versus the web version. The web version would cost too much to handle all those requests.

 

[J Tourettes]

I've been using this on my N95 8gb since before my account got approved and would just like to convey my thanks for making my commute that much more interesting.

 

[ckohler]

There are two far better solutions to making forums mobile friendly:

1) Forums should use mobile skins that automatically display when you use a phone.
2) Forums should have their data accessible in a standard XML schema that developers can access.

Writing third-party apps that screen scrape HTML (which is what mine does) is the worst possible solution. I only did it because surfing NeoGAF on a phone is a royal pain and I do it daily. Making screen scraping web apps for other forums is a dumb idea. I kinda wish people would stop pestering me about it, frankly.

 

[electristan]

This looks like a great app/site!

Has anyone had any luck getting it to work on a Nokia N900? I can get on to the frount page, but i am then redirected to the normal web site.

 

[ckohler]

electristan, I'm sending you a PM.

 

[Des0lar]

Maybe I just missed it, but there isn't a search thread function, is there? Finding stuff in the 200 pages dragon age thread was a major pain in the ass :lol

Have you guys tried the Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone yet? It's pretty freaking awesome. I dictated this entire post without having to type barely a single character. It makes using the web app like 10 times better! The only edits you have to make are to some of the punctuation.

Not available here in Europe

 

[GhostRidah]

There are two far better solutions to making forums mobile friendly:

1) Forums should use mobile skins that automatically display when you use a phone.
2) Forums should have their data accessible in a standard XML schema that developers can access.

Writing third-party apps that screen scrape HTML (which is what mine does) is the worst possible solution. I only did it because surfing NeoGAF on a phone is a royal pain and I do it daily. Making screen scraping web apps for other forums is a dumb idea. I kinda wish people would stop pestering me about it, frankly.

sorry, when I see and use something amazing I just wish it was used with other things. I can live without it on other forums, I just didnt know how hard it is to do it.

 

[Shurs]

I love how the app highlights where my posts have been quoted. I wish the web based version of GAF did this.

 

[Blackhead]

would it in anyway be possible for this to work with all vbulletin boards? I would be in heaven.

There is an app for that, Forums. Not very good though :/

Edit: oh, you have an hero. Isn't the google mobilize tool included in the browsers for andriod?

 

[ckohler]

sorry, when I see and use something amazing I just wish it was used with other things. I can live without it on other forums, I just didnt know how hard it is to do it.

Don't worry about it. I've probably put at least several weeks of continuous work into making this web app do everything it does. However, ninety percent of it wouldn't have been necessary if it had just been a forum re-skin for mobile browsers. If you know somebody who runs a forum who wants a mobile version like this, they should first look to see if someone makes a skin or make one themselves. That's what I'd do.

 

[GhostRidah]

There is an app for that, Forums. Not very good though :/

Edit: oh, you have an hero. Isn't the google mobilize tool included in the browsers for andriod?

not that I know of, then again I am new to android so I will look for it, thanks

 

[electristan]

ckohler has made it all better. It will run natively on the N900's browser now.

Thanks again!

While ckohler helps out with the Nokia N900 here is a workaround for the time being.

1 - install HideUserAgent from the Internet & Networking section of the Application manager (you might need to add Extras-testing and/or Extras-devel as repositorys HERE)

2 - Go to Settings => Connectivity and select Hide User Agent

3 - Tap User Agent and past/write in the iPhone user-agent bellow then OK.

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543 Safari/419.3

4 - Tap set, close all your browsers (if you have any open) and fire up the web.

Should be working now

 

[mrkgoo]

I love how the app highlights where my posts have been quoted. I wish the web based version of GAF did this.

This is so awesome. In many ways such as this, the WebApp is getting increasingly BETTER than the experience on my computer. Yeah, obviously screen real estate and a true keyboard will never be replaced, but there are a lot of details that make it really well thought out for a mobile experience, and has a few things I wish the proper version had.

 

[mrkgoo]

I appear to not to be able to post replies using the web app.

 

[mrkgoo]

I can't seem to highlight spoilers anymore either. Is search working for anyone?

 

[ckohler]

You're having Javascript problems, mrkgoo. Make sure you didn't disable it.

 

[Madvillain]

whatever happened to this becoming a native app?

 

[mrkgoo]

You're having Javascript problems, mrkgoo. Make sure you didn't disable it.

I this works then sweet, thanks.

I never disabled it but did a full restore recently so maybe that reset it. Thanks again!

Madvillain: I dunno, but I never felt like it would add much to te experience so I was never that excited about it.

 

[Mr.Squirrel]

whatever happened to this becoming a native app?

:lol you're like a year late