My son and an associate wrote IOS and Android phone and tablet apps for Free Republic that present FR’s content with all the comments in a threaded view format, to make following a back and forth reply chain effortless.
We have not decided whether, or how, to release them for anyone else’s use yet.
The apps do not allow posting content. An FR user would have to log in to FR with a browser for that. These are just for quick, easy FR reading on the go.
The apps use a server that reads Free Republic content, caches it, figures out the comment threads and presents the posts to the app user with the comment and comment replies in a threaded viewing format.
We suspect that Jim and the FR community may not care enough about the functionality we’ve added by making these apps to justify the cost and maintenance for them.
plus don’t forget I have a tendency to hi-jack a thread to a different topic...
If there is any interest in such an app, the authors would be interested in knowing what price people would be willing to pay for it in Google Play or the Apple App Store. And Jim, if you have any interest, we can discuss options, including turning the source code over to you, to do with as you see fit.