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To: Yaelle; All
I browse the site regularly on my Android phone, in fact I'm writing this reply on my phone. Seems to work fine for me, albeit the keyboard lacks an obvious way to make angle brackets, so HTML support via some Javascript “richtext” editor could be added to improve the experience. I did disable my sidebars, or rather moved them to top and bottom via the “configure” page of this site so the index pages (latest posts et al) flow more naturally within the limited screen space.

The most I've ever had to do was double tap the screen to enlarge text, my eyes were never so great to begin with and age certainly isn't helping lol.

Don't need a special phone app, I've seen some forums offer them, I've tried them, none seem to offer anything worthwhile. If somebody could make a case for an Android app I'd listen, but I can't imagine anything except local caching that couldn't be implemented server-side and a basic web browser.

45 posted on 07/14/2014 1:13:25 AM PDT by John Robinson
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To: John Robinson

I post *almost* exclusively from my Android phone. I don’t get the request for an app. I have very little trouble and the trouble I do have is because I hate on-screen keyboards and I have fat thumbs.

FR works just fine for me on Android. I’ve also posted from my Kindle, my family members’ iphones & ipads, and the TV. No problems there either.

Chrome, Safari, Dolphin, Tor. All good.


47 posted on 07/14/2014 1:54:19 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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