Mobile web surfing

[vraiblonde]

As in, on your phone. How many of you actually use your phone to access the internet for more than to look something up real quick, get a phone number, or some other minor task?

I use my laptop or my tablet for stuff like that; my phone is way too small to do any actual web surfing. But apparently an enormous amount of our traffic on here is coming from people using their phone. It's boggling my mind.

 

[glhs837]

I do all the time.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I do it sometimes.

A well designed mobile site can make browsing pretty easy.

 

[GURPS]

... my phone is way too small to do any actual web surfing.

not this website, but others ....


http://forums.gunboards.com/

wont make it past the web filter ....

 

[vraiblonde]

A well designed mobile site can make browsing pretty easy.

I have never seen one of those. Every time they boot me to a mobile site when I'm on my phone or tablet, I try to switch over to desktop mode. If the site won't let me, I blow it off. Amazon, Sephora, LaQuinta, Facebook - all of those companies should be able to put together a functional mobile site but every single one of them is rudimentary and unnavigable. I don't surf at all on my phone because...it's a phone, not a computer. But my Kindle Fire is rarely far from my hands and I surf a lot on it, and mobile sites are annoying. Apps are even worse.

David is in the process of making us fully mobile compliant and I'm growling with every section he completes. Grrrr....

To me it's taking away features rather than moving forward toward more functionality. But I'm willing to be talked out of my negative attitude.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

But I'm willing to be talked out of my negative attitude.

In this regard, I consider your negative attitude a strong positive! Phones are for phone calls, not crippled browsing.

 

[Bann]

As in, on your phone. How many of you actually use your phone to access the internet for more than to look something up real quick, get a phone number, or some other minor task?

I use my laptop or my tablet for stuff like that; my phone is way too small to do any actual web surfing. But apparently an enormous amount of our traffic on here is coming from people using their phone. It's boggling my mind.

I do a lot. Especially since I have my new phone, the One plus One. At work, on my break or lunch. (I don't use work computers to surf anything, I'm not allowed) When I traveled recently, it was easier to surf on my cellphone than grab my tablet. It was even easier to use my cellphone in the hotel than it was to get my tablet out, etc. My phone is about like a "fablet", I'm told. It's big enough to read my Kindle app on, but honestly, I do have to scroll a lot more when I use the cellphone.

 

[Bann]

In this regard, I consider your negative attitude a strong positive! Phones are for phone calls, not crippled browsing.

I can't always be at home on my computer to check in on the forums, or my FB account. I do it a lot - waiting on appointments, maybe check in while I'm standing in line. I can check in while waiting for my gym class to begin. I check in on break or at lunch. I don't have to check in, but since I have don't always get to sit down to my computer until after dinner & clean up then I periodically like to check in during the day to follow a particular tread or see what someone is doing on FB.

 

[vraiblonde]

not crippled browsing.

And that is what I think of it as - good description!

I really don't understand it. If I go to a non-mobile site on my phone, I can see everything just fine. If I need to see it closer or the print is small, I pinch to zoom. (BTW, you cannot pinch-zoom on most mobile sites, which is completely stupid.)

Google, Wiki, all of them have reduced function mobile sites that they force on you. I don't understand the purpose of that.

 

[Bann]

And that is what I think of it as - good description!

I really don't understand it. If I go to a non-mobile site on my phone, I can see everything just fine. If I need to see it closer or the print is small, I pinch to zoom. (BTW, you cannot pinch-zoom on most mobile sites, which is completely stupid.)

Google, Wiki, all of them have reduced function mobile sites that they force on you. I don't understand the purpose of that.

I prefer the non-mobile sites for a lot of sites, I will grant you that.

Although, I like apps for the banks, credit cards, Quicken, etc. Those work fine, I think. Better since my phone is bigger than the last phone.

 

[vraiblonde]

I prefer the non-mobile sites for a lot of sites, I will grant you that.

Although, I like apps for the banks, credit cards, Quicken, etc. Those work fine, I think. Better since my phone is bigger than the last phone.

I do like an app that is truly an app and not just a reduced capability version of their website. Facebook, I'm talking to you!

 

[Radiant1]

Even though navigating is more difficult, it's too much work to boot the laptop so I use my phone. Yeah, I know, lazy.

 

[glhs837]

I think the Jeep Cherokee forum I'm on for the wifes Cherokee has the best mobile functionality out of any of the ones I'm on. Not speaking to a website, I've yet to see one of those that makes me happier than the full site on my phone, but they nailed the forum use on a phone pretty good. jeepcherokeeclub.com is the site.

Whats best is I don't need tapatalk, or any other mobile client of front end, it just works.

 

[GURPS]

I have never seen one of those.

Actually this response is in Chrome on my android that's actually making viewing the forms and not too terrible