Gixen via mobile - some suggestions for usability

[the3coopers_as_guest]

I have always used Gixen via Desktop PC , but have needed to use it via iPhone recently... I have some suggestions to improve usability:

A) On the Mobile Gixen site, please add a link back to the normal site, so can access announcements, the forum etc

B) On this Forum, I cannot find how to log in. It tells me my username is taken, but I cannot prove its me!

C) On this Forum, the AntiBot is really badly placed. Need to move it so its next to the input field (otherwise need to scroll heaps to find it). Remember, on a phone there is very little screen real estate once you enter a text field and the keyboard pops up
- doesn't help that it randomly rejects the typed AntiBot code and/or changes it even when you've typed it correctly!

D) On this Forum > Post New Topic (or add new post) screen, the default Form Submit is on the Preview button, not the "Submit" (post) button. Therefore when you type on iPhone and hit GO it doesn't post, it does a preview instead, but the problem is that it's not apparent on a small screen that your post didn't work - I find this really annoying, please read on for explanation.

This is bad on a small screen because it drops the AntiBot code when you Preview, so throws an error on post submit. You see the error, so you type in the AntiBot Code again and on iPhone screen and hit "GO"... It then does a Preview and drops the AntiBot code again, but it's not noticeable so when you hit submit you end up with an error again
- very hard to explain, just try it.

E) I also posted a comment in Announcements that the iPhone App thread needs to me edited to state that App is not available, plus remove big yellow announcement on the main Gixen site. This needs fixing to stop people like me wasting time trying to find the App that doesn't even exist LOL

F) Also about mobile apps, there should be links to those Apps on the landing page that comes up to ask mobile users whether they want Mobile site or standard HTML site

[mario]

A) As you noticed, there is little space for anything else on the mobile site, and forum is not optimized for mobile anyway. If you need it, why don't you just create a bookmark?
B) There is no need to log in, almost all users, with few exceptions, post as guests. If you post a lot, email me and I will open a forum account for you.
C) As I said, forum is not optimized for mobile. However if you have a forum account you will no longer see captcha when posting.
D) Again, I am not sure I can fix this. The forum is a third-party software, and while I made some improvements to it, I am limited in what I can do about it. But with a forum account there will not be a captcha displayed, so that should help.
E) I added an announcement on the top of the thread saying that the app is temporarily unavailable.
F) You should see this on your iPhone, the choice is offered.

[Cupid]

B> the3coopers is already a registered forum user since 12 Aug 2007 from Sydney, Australia with 18 posts. You need to go back to the instructions that Mario provided when he registered that name for you and use the URL provided to log in to the forum, it is not available from any link on this site.
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[souraji]

Is there a mobile app for Gixen? Any ideas of making one?

[Gixen]

[Cupid]

There are 2 announcements in here about applications:

http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

however my most recent understanding is that one of them has temporarily been restricted from availability for further updates.

The previous discussion on this thread was about accessing the Gixen site via a browser on a mobile device, when a different design of web interface is available.
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