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(@jim-frame)
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The site currently don't render well on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5). The Recent Posts link isn't available at the top of the page or from the Menu, and the line breaks in posts are often mid-word, which makes readability poor.

(See below, if I can successfully post a screenshot.)

(I wasn't successful, got the endless "Working" thing again.)

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 1:22 pm
(@a-harris)
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There is another Recent Posts located under the reply box and forum statistics.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 1:35 pm
Wendell
(@wendell)
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Posted by: Jim Frame

The site currently don't render well on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5). The Recent Posts link isn't available at the top of the page or from the Menu, and the line breaks in posts are often mid-word, which makes readability poor.

(See below, if I can successfully post a screenshot.)

(I wasn't successful, got the endless "Working" thing again.)

At the risk of sounding redundantly redundant, I'm wondering if your phone's browser cache needs refreshing.

http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/

I could be wrong, but it's a good place to start.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 1:55 pm
Wendell
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Here's what you should see on your phone (this was taken from a Samsung Galaxy S8+):

Screenshot 20171129 140049

This was taken after I tapped the Forum menu, so you could see what the dropdown looks like.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:05 pm
(@jim-frame)
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Here's what you should see on your phone (this was taken from a Samsung Galaxy S8+)

Either my desktop browser is having trouble seeing images, or you're having trouble posting them. I don't see the screenshot.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:21 pm
(@jim-frame)
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There is another Recent Posts located under the reply box and forum statistics.

Which, on my phone is waaaaay down at the bottom. Lots of scrolling required.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:23 pm
(@dave-karoly)
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I see the Wendell's desktop image on my desktop.

Mobile is acting weird (Chrome on Galaxy S7).?ÿ The list of posts on the front page is different from the desktop. It was at least responding to the menu click but after clearing the cache that no longer works.?ÿ It doesn't even see this thread, at least on the front page.?ÿ Can't get into the forums to see it.

I haven't tried it on my iPhone yet.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:23 pm
(@jim-frame)
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(Note that I'm not complaining, merely pointing out what I see as "issues." I'll adapt pretty much no matter what, but I'm all for improving the user experience.)

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:24 pm
(@dave-karoly)
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iPhone (Safari) is showing a different list too.?ÿ The first item on the front page matches but after that they are all hours old.?ÿ I had trouble getting the menu but then I refreshed the page and it started working.

Refreshing the page on the android phone isn't fixing the menu issue.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 2:30 pm
(@stephen-ward)
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On my Samsung Note 8 running Chrome everything appears to work.?ÿ I did have to login with phone to get the same recent posts list as the desktop.?ÿ I've also noticed that the menu bar changes depending on whether you're in portrait or landscape. For me it's easiest to read and navigate in landscape mode because the menu bar has more options,?ÿ but composing posts has to be done in portrait otherwise I can only see one or two lines of the post I'm creating.?ÿ

Edit: I've noticed that the native Samsung browser does not play nice with several sites that I frequent.?ÿ Lately I've had the best luck with Chrome but I keep Firefox around as well just in case I run into a site that misbehaves.

 
Posted : November 29, 2017 3:29 pm
Wendell
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@dave-karoly

You have to be logged in to see all topics and posts in the forum. If you are not logged in, then you will only see surveying-related topics and posts. So if you are logged in on one device but not the other, you will certainly see different results. I'm working on making it more clear that you are logged in (or not).

 
Posted : December 5, 2017 9:14 am