What device/computer/browser do you use here

[slob]

in order to improve the forum as much as possible i’d like to know.
(pm me if for some reason you don’t want to say publicly)
how you access the forum and what problems you encounter

i use

windows pc/chrome
iphone se/safari

some menu display issues on phone

[SunEye]

iPad Safari

[Capo]

Windows IE Explorer

[Albie]

Samsung laptop windows 10
Samsung galaxy s8 android

[MrsC_772]

Usually Windows PC with Tor here, or Windows PC with Google Chrome at work.
Occasionally Android phone with Orfox or Duckduckgo browser

[350TSS]

Windows PC / Google Chrome

[dacs]

Mobile, Android/Chrome
Kindle, Silk
PC, Windoze/Chrome
Works fine on all of these

[Uncle Bob]

Windows 7 & 10 with Firefox.

I try to avoid the disaster that is Safari, but it's on the iPad so...

[Luddite]

Windows Phone with Windows 10.

[mickj]

Windows 10 laptop and IE.

[Martin Duke]

MacBook Pro / Safari - works fine with no problems.

Martin :gromit:

[Darren69]

Win 10 or Android and Chrome occasionally Amazon Fire and Silk

[Stinger101]

Windows 10 PC & Chrome, or iPad & Safari. I don't encounter any problems on either.

[gemantsdad]

XPS laptop Windows 10 Edge browser
Xperia 1 phone Chrome browser no problems on either

[Darkness]

iPad Safari

[Jez900ie]

Laptop / Win 10 / Google Chrome
Occasionally Sony Xperia Compact / Android / Google Chrome

Both work perfectly

[Dave G]

A pc with W10 and Firefox, and iPad Pro and iPhone using the safari app

[Char]

Chrome via iPhone

Have seen an improvement in being able to post recently - used to be almost impossible :)

[slob]

find my iphone se more difficult all the time as everything is written with bigger screens in mind now

[Khanivore]

iPhone x and safari. Is there a way to improve the experience? Really doesn’t work on mobile at all and it’s stopped me using the site.

[Ron1000]

Iphone & ipad safari. Laptop google chrome.

[slob]

Amir: can you be more specific about what makes it unusable? apart from the photo size thing on your other post this morning.

Ron: any problems?

[Khanivore]

Amir: can you be more specific about what makes it unusable? apart from the photo size thing on your other post this morning.

Ron: any problems?

The forum is being rendered like a desktop on the iPhone screen. Fonts are therefore tiny and the pages are not ‘responsive’ (in web design parlance). For example, to write this response I had to zoom in to the page to see what I’m typing and then drag the screen to the right every few words to see what I’ve typed. At the end of the line I have to drag left again. Makes it really hard to post anything. Same for reading - have to zoom in and to hit the quote button I definitely had to zoom in.

There’s lots of other UI pains but relative to having to zoom in everything else pales in to insignificance. Having a ‘responsive’ site would fix most things I believe. This is meant as constructive feedback and not criticism in any way at all.

[Khanivore]

The forum is being rendered like a desktop on the iPhone screen. Fonts are therefore tiny and the pages are not ‘responsive’ (in web design parlance). For example, to write this response I had to zoom in to the page to see what I’m typing and then drag the screen to the right every few words to see what I’ve typed. At the end of the line I have to drag left again. Makes it really hard to post anything. Same for reading - have to zoom in and to hit the quote button I definitely had to zoom in.

There’s lots of other UI pains but relative to having to zoom in everything else pales in to insignificance. Having a ‘responsive’ site would fix most things I believe. This is meant as constructive feedback and not criticism in any way at all.

Here is what I have to do to write a response. As soon as I hit the text entry box the browser zooms in so if I want to see what I’m typing I have to scroll every few words.

Also the fact that the site is using http vs https could be problematic in the future.

For some reason the screenshot is not rendering:

https://imgur.com/a/oEAkmyR

https://imgur.com/a/oEAkmyR

[Khanivore]

https://imgur.com/a/oEAkmyR

[Tim88]

I use a 10 inch Samsung tablet. Android/Chrome. Works perfectly and text size and photos are easy to read. Also sometimes use 15 inch laptop Windows 10/Chrome. Perfectly useable but not as clear and crisp as the tablet, which has a higher resolution screen than the laptop. Tried to use my Moto G5 phone, Android/Chrome, but hard to read without constant zooming. I don't see the point of using a phone with its tiny little screen etc. I want to enjoy the site in comfort from my tablet! (and I dislike Windows and its slow loading and endless updates etc.)

[Luddite]

Here is what I have to do to write a response. As soon as I hit the text entry box the browser zooms in so if I want to see what I’m typing I have to scroll every few words.

To make it easier, you could do what I do on my Windows Phone. I type my message, add any links/photos and edit it in Notepad (no doubt iPhones have something similar). Then I just copy and paste the whole thing into the message box.

Also, at the bottom of the screen there's a drop down "style chooser" menu. The default seems to be "firestorm". Try it with the alternative "vBulletin 3 style" and see if that makes any difference.

[slob]

Thanks for the lengthy response Amir, this is information gathering prior to a forum upgrade. FWIW I spent a couple of decades in IT network & security before becoming so disillusioned with the IT business I moved back to ‘less network, more metalwork’

[Khanivore]

Switching to the other style made things worse but was worth a try.

Good idea re typing up responses in a text editor. I’ll do that until the upgrade.

[Dirty]

Firefox/etch a sketch

[damien666]

Iphone SE, on Safari.

[rollo22]

Mac Pro Google/Safari.
Iphone 6 safari.

[DaveR]

Rob
I use a desktop with a Chrome browser mainly. i-pad at home & sometimes my phone [Samsung 7], but it's way to small on there & all the zooming in & out is a pain.

Dave