Introducing Berk's Mobilevine
Posted: 12 Jun 2015, 19:00
On the one year anniversary of How to Train Your Dragon 2 being released in cinemas in the USA, I decided I would also release something to all the dragon fans here!
As far as I can see, the two most requested things in the Suggestions & Improvements section of this forum are a mobile app/mobile friendly version of the forums, and also real time notifications.
Well, I'm pleased to announce Berk's Mobilevine, the all new mobile friendly version of the Berk's Grapevine Forums!
From what I have gathered, there are many people who use mobile devices to browse the forums, and after trying this for a few days, I found it to be a bit cumbersome. So I decided to create Berk's Mobilevine!
So, what does Berk's Mobilevine allow you to do? Essentially, everything that you currently do on the normal forums, but optimised for mobile devices, including:
For everyone wanting real time notifications on the normal site, a Chrome plugin is on the way!
I've spend quite a lot of time and effort on this, and would really appreciate it if you could tell me what you think of it, any bugs you encounter and features that you want implemented.
The features that I will be working on next are:
Hope you all enjoy the HTTYD2 birthday celebrations, and maybe I'll see some of you on the dragon chat (if I get my GPRS connection working, as I'll be without WiFi/4G/4G for the rest of today!)
hictooth
As far as I can see, the two most requested things in the Suggestions & Improvements section of this forum are a mobile app/mobile friendly version of the forums, and also real time notifications.
Well, I'm pleased to announce Berk's Mobilevine, the all new mobile friendly version of the Berk's Grapevine Forums!
From what I have gathered, there are many people who use mobile devices to browse the forums, and after trying this for a few days, I found it to be a bit cumbersome. So I decided to create Berk's Mobilevine!
So, what does Berk's Mobilevine allow you to do? Essentially, everything that you currently do on the normal forums, but optimised for mobile devices, including:
- Viewing and posting threads and topics
- Viewing PMs (sending coming soon...)
- Viewing your and others' profiles
- Searching through threads
- Significantly reduced overall data usage (handy for phones with restrictive and expensive data plans)
- Real time notifications when someone posts a new topic or reply (you must be in the app for this to work)
Nerdy Details
Real time notifications are not perfect because they only work when you have the mobile website open and are logged in. This is because a website can not send push notifications to the device while the website is not open because of security reasons.For everyone wanting real time notifications on the normal site, a Chrome plugin is on the way!
I've spend quite a lot of time and effort on this, and would really appreciate it if you could tell me what you think of it, any bugs you encounter and features that you want implemented.
The features that I will be working on next are:
- Full BBCode editor instead of having to type in the code manually
- Ability to send PMs instead of just viewing received ones.
Hope you all enjoy the HTTYD2 birthday celebrations, and maybe I'll see some of you on the dragon chat (if I get my GPRS connection working, as I'll be without WiFi/4G/4G for the rest of today!)
hictooth