I do like that FreeRepublic loads extremely fast on my Kindle.
pretty much “view only” mode.
Same with my Android tablet by LG. I don't think I've even noticed any loading time at all. I click on a page and it comes right up.
Like you, it's 'read only' for me on handheld devices. If I wanna say something, I'll wait til I'm at my desk.
Another point about using handheld devices to post with. I'm convinced that they're the primary reason we're now seeing such a rash of errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, etc.