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Hey, folks of Facepunch!
I've started work (with garry's blessing) on a true wonder of these ages: Facepunch for mobile browsers!
You might be thinking "D'eh, here's another project that will soon fail and fall back to the oblivion!".
Well, let's hope not.
By the way, this time we're not coming out with an iPhone app or whatever but we're doing this how it is supposed to be done-through the use of CSS and Media Queries (if you don't know what these things are, have fun looking them up).
I think it's pretty safe to say that garry will implement this if it doesn't fuck with the forum's normal appearance and content, which we'll try to avoid.
So, after a first day of very intense work and notable amounts of tears I can present you the first early draft of the mobile homepage.
And trust me, we're just getting started!
P.S.: By the way, you can watch the progress on GitHub! Visit us here.
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Here's the work that's done so far:
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Also, if you would like to endorse me in the making of this project (I'm not getting paid in any other way for this), you could help by making a donation of however much you want here:
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try to make one for the zunehd.
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Whatever happened to Hexxeh's app? But this is awesome too. Good job, guys
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Didn't hexxeh get perma'd? No point making something for a website that doesn't want you right.
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Hexxeh's had an issue with IAP.
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So this IS coming to android too right? o.O
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No, he's still a mod. I think your thinking of compwhizii
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I'd never mistake hexxeh for comp :P, I must've misread somewhere.
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As long as your Android device supports CSS.
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Hexxeh got busy with university and real work and Garry removed the API so the working beta we had (which was amazing) no longer works.
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you're thinking of hexxy
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I'm still here...
My app got tangled up in an argument with Apple regarding use of in-app purchases. I never had time in the summer to convert it to use an external payment system since I was taking part in Google Summer of Code. garry decided to remove the API given I couldn't commit time in the near future to making these changes to the app.
Also, CSS stylesheets used to do things like this are cool, but they're still going to eat bandwidth just like viewing the full site. A better approach would be to do what some folks in the Programming forum are doing and scrape the site, then provide an API that allows data-light interaction with it.
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do you mean hezzy?
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whoops, ya.
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Let's face it, in today's world bandwidth consumption, even on mobile devices, isn't really much of a big problem anymore.I'm still here...
My app got tangled up in an argument with Apple regarding use of in-app purchases. I never had time in the summer to convert it to use an external payment system since I was taking part in Google Summer of Code. garry decided to remove the API given I couldn't commit time in the near future to making these changes to the app.
Also, CSS stylesheets used to do things like this are cool, but they're still going to eat bandwidth just like viewing the full site. A better approach would be to do what some folks in the Programming forum are doing and scrape the site, then provide an API that allows data-light interaction with it.
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No I was just being silly for a moment, like usually when I open my mouth.
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http://eewai.com/facepunch/
http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1057960
I like Pocoyo's mobile site, works great on my android.
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Brilliant.. looking forward to this
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Try using it on a GPRS connection and then tell me that. It's less about the bandwidth usage, but more about the bandwidth of the connection you're using it on, and hence the experience using the forums.
Before I moved to university, I had GPRS coverage pretty much everywhere near where I lived, no 3G in sight. Maybe in some countries 3G coverage is much better, but there are still plenty of areas where it's not.
Interesting speed comparison here, between a browser based system and a properly optimised API based application:
As a side note, should a proper web-based API ever be developed (the efforts seen in the programming forum could be used to this effect) I might pick this application up again and make it work with a new API. Either that or I might just open source it, let's see.
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For some of us with our lightinign fast 4G speeds, speed isn't that much of a problem.
It's mostly about the look.
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Oh god, I remember making that video. I must get around to making one that's a little fairer (like using ctrl+F5 for non-cache loads) and also maybe with a proper mobile web browser version (especially this one if it ever comes around to it). From what I remember using of the FP for iPhone app, it was fucking fast in comparison to using a browser, and hell do I miss it now I'm on Android.
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Facepunch works perfectly on my phone even with the snow which I am grateful for.
I have the Galaxy P1000, works a treat.
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Not everyone has unlimited data these days, and opening the facepunch home page can use quite a bit of data usage.
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You're mistaking him for Hezzy.
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Hezzy, and no.
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2GB of data for $30 on Verizon.
It's a big problem for some people now that Verizon switched from unlimited.
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Too bad that looks like shit.http://eewai.com/facepunch/
http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1057960
I like Pocoyo's mobile site, works great on my android.
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And you aren't on Skype so, try and make the forum titles span the full width instead of wrapping.
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Some of the borders are also doubling because you've removed the margin so I'd suggest removing them and the left border.
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What the fuck are you doing
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okay
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How convincing.
No really, this is awesome. Way better than a dedicated app.
Don't make it oversimplified like most mobile sites, and have at least most features available. And make switching to nonmobile view work.
Just a couple of requests.
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What about Overv?
http://twitter.com/#!/Overv/status/148552969086963712
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Man, I almost forgot about Overv's Android App.
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This will be awesome
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Still working on the look of the homepage, will post in a little.
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Are you able to add who posted that last post, or is that not something that can be done/or no room.
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Here's some stuff to look at:
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Please excuse the poor quality of the icons.
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Here's some stuff to look at:
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Please excuse the poor quality of the icons.
It doesn't seem that poor to me
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It looks very nice, I just hope that the links for various forums are easy to tap since my biggest gripe on the normal site in Safari is having to zoom in some, wait for the page to render, then tap it to load.Here's some stuff to look at:
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Please excuse the poor quality of the icons.
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Zooming is disabled, along with horizontal scrolling. Tapping and reading from a distance shouldn't be hard at all. It basically almost feels like a true app.
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