Page 15 | Official Mumsnet mobile thread numéro deux

RebeccaMumsnet · 2014-08-21T13:18:27+00:00

Hi all, As you know we have launched the new mobile site, we know it's a big change and we are still very keen to get it right with your help. This is very much a version that will evolve with your help as part of the testing process. There have been a few glitches that have/are being ironed out and the [[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2164061-Hands-up-everyone-who-wants-to-try-out-the-BRAND-NEW-MUMSNET-MOBILE-SITE HUGE thread]] has nearly maxed out, so we thought it best to start a shiny new one. We know change is tricky but, as with most things MN, we are all ears and happy to look at any feedback you have on ways we can improve the new site. Thanks all [thanks]

MNHQ

RowanMumsnet · 22/08/2014 11:41

@Germgirl

Think back to yesterday afternoon when the new site launched. A lot has been fixed since then so I have every confidence that the other issues will be sorted too. Speaking Has the battery-eating been sorted? I tend to use the app when I'm not at home but if the battery is not going to be depleted in minutes when I'm out & about I'll start to use the mobile site. Speaking of issues, I'm still having trouble with pics that people have posted. If I click on them they appear in a little box of their own with the background greyed out. But they're no bigger than they were in the post. If I click on them To enlarge they nestle themselves firmly in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, still not much bigger than before. I then can't access the X to close the box because it's fallen off the edge if the screen. Is this being addressed? I'm on iPhone 5c iOS 7.1.2 Safari

Thanks.

Does this describe, roughly, the same picture issues that other posters are having?

mypussyiscalledCaramel · 22/08/2014 11:39

I am pleased at the moment because it all seems to be working on my favourite browser uc browser. I am glad because I detest Chrome. Now I need to see if Baidu works on my phone

Germgirl · 22/08/2014 11:33

iPhone 5c safari. iOS 7.1.2
On some threads I'm seeing apostrophes as little square boxes. On others it's fine! Odd.

livelablove · 22/08/2014 11:31

Thanks Rebeccamumsnet I just looked it up and my phone uses windows 7.8 (phone). As I mentioned when I try to post I get a message windows does not support this file type, but it actually posts twice.

livelablove · 22/08/2014 11:31

Thanks Rebeccamumsnet I just looked it up and my phone uses windows 7.8 (phone). As I mentioned when I try to post I get a message windows does not support this file type, but it actually posts twice.

MsMarvel · 22/08/2014 11:31

Don't know if it's been mentioned but could you have some difference to mark the sticky threads on chat vs the actual threads?

MrsVamos · 22/08/2014 11:30

I'm off.

Hope you all have a good day !

MNHQ

RowanMumsnet · 22/08/2014 11:27

@livelablove

Ah those dots just above posting box are links to social media, it does work but just appears as a dot on my screen. The ellipses below each post are still not working for me. Nokia lumia 900a,windows, internet explorer.

Thanks. Tech are going to look at compatibility issues today, hopefully, so I'll add this to their list!

They're also working (right now) on making Threads I'm On more functional/useful.

regularbutpanickingabit · 22/08/2014 11:27

Please can you look in to the repeated need to log in even when you have ticked re box that means you shouldn't have to?? Has been a problem since the mass password reset and despite posting meekly about it then (several times) and here, it just seems to be ignored.
So frustrating and it screws up everything very time
iOS 7, iPhone 5s

MNHQ

RowanMumsnet · 22/08/2014 11:25

@DoNotLookDown

Android 2.3.6 I'm not ever so technical, but I think Google search is a browser, it just doesn't have the full Chrome capabilities.

It seems like a lot of the functions aren't supported on my device. What I assume is the Mindset logo appears as a blue square with a ? In it.

Also when I click 'post' nothing happens, so I clicked it again. It was only when I exited the site and came back I saw I'd posted! twice

OK thanks. Tech are going to try to look at compatibility issues (across different devices, browers and OSs) today.

We should say though that if you're using a really old browser version, a really unusual browser, an old or unusual operating system etc, the horrible truth is that it may take us a while to sort your individual issue.

OrangeMochaFrappucino · 22/08/2014 11:22

Basically, what I'm saying is yes, I am stupid enough to hit the FB button accidentally, THEN hit 'yes' instead of 'no' in my panic and it would DEFINITELY be when I was reading a thread entitled 'I have gigantic haemorrhoids and am totally covered in scales under my clothes'.

But yeah, fix that when things are a bit less frenzied perhaps...

MrsVamos · 22/08/2014 11:21

I know, ItsAll.

I just accept that if I post here its not 'mine' and what I say is in the ether forever more !

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 22/08/2014 11:19

If you don't use social media, you don't necessarily want a link to a thread you are on to be posted elsewhere.

Mm. And is pretty easy to just C&P the URL anyway...

livelablove · 22/08/2014 11:19

Ah those dots just above posting box are links to social media, it does work but just appears as a dot on my screen. The ellipses below each post are still not working for me. Nokia lumia 900a,windows, internet explorer.

livelablove · 22/08/2014 11:19

Ah those dots just above posting box are links to social media, it does work but just appears as a dot on my screen. The ellipses below each post are still not working for me. Nokia lumia 900a,windows, internet explorer.

GermyJamie · 22/08/2014 11:18

Social media buttons too prominent. They could be below the posting box? Or above the top post even. The issue is that because the reading space is smaller I can't even see any of the most recent post because these get in the way.

Missing paperclip visible too and Illegible shortcut bar.
Windows Phone 8.1
Nokia Lumia 1020

Official Mumsnet mobile thread numéro deux

SwedishEdith · 22/08/2014 11:18

Oh, and where's the option to get rid of the social media buttons (I know there isn't one so phrasing it in a deliberately provocative manner)?
I can see about 2 posts per screen. Another non-improvement

DoNotLookDown · 22/08/2014 11:18

Android 2.3.6 I'm not ever so technical, but I think Google search is a browser, it just doesn't have the full Chrome capabilities.

It seems like a lot of the functions aren't supported on my device. What I assume is the Mindset logo appears as a blue square with a ? In it.

Also when I click 'post' nothing happens, so I clicked it again. It was only when I exited the site and came back I saw I'd posted! twice

Romeyroo · 22/08/2014 11:17

I used to frequent another parenting forum and they brought out a glitch filled new version. I went wandering on the tinternet and found MN.

Yes, that is how I got here too. plus, the site I was on just died as people left. It did have tickers though, so clearly not the same one (and rubbish relationship advice too, btw, I credit MN with helping me see the light).

Am on desktop (in working time ) just to see what is happening. I can't use the mobile site without feeling ill. It is not an accessibility issue as I am not dyslexic; it literally makes my head hurt and I feel sick within minutes of starting to read it.

OrangeMochaFrappucino · 22/08/2014 11:16

I know you'd have to confirm, but it's possible to hit confirm instead of deny sometimes - and if it was, for example, a TTC thread that would be revealing and potentially embarrassing enough without your username being identified. I'd be much happier with the buttons hidden altogether, like we used to be able to do.

TheOneWiththeNicestSmile · 22/08/2014 11:16

Why does Customise on the mobile site have so few options compared to the desktop site?

(I never used Customise on the dear old mobile site so I don't know if that was the same)

MrsVamos · 22/08/2014 11:16

ItsAll

I think that is what annoys some posters though.

If you don't use social media, you don't necessarily want a link to a thread you are on to be posted elsewhere.

I am just accepting that it is a necessary evil these days.

MNHQ

RowanMumsnet · 22/08/2014 11:15

@JellyStrawberries

Ok, I guess I'm the only person who cares about the social media buttons. I really, really want to hide them but maybe no one else is that bothered.

I haven't really encountered glitches, so perhaps that's why I'm free to obsess about the social media issue - I have an HTC...erm, something? The site seems to work fine on it anyway. I don't like the stark design but I can see I'd get used to it. If we could hide those fecking FB/Twitter buttons so I could feel less afraid of inadvertently sharing a thread, then I wouldn't mind it really.

(Sorry for the less than ringing endorsement, but a lacklustre shrug is better than furious rage I guess?)

Hahahahahaha

Social media sharing buttons are on the 'things to discuss when everything is working properly' list.

MrsVamos · 22/08/2014 11:14

JellyStrawberries

I don't like the buttons either, but I also don't use any social media.

I know that others do though, so I suppose they are there for those that will use them.

Would like an option to hide.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 22/08/2014 11:13

Ok, I guess I'm the only person who cares about the social media buttons. I really, really want to hide them but maybe no one else is that bothered.

You can't accidentally share to social media - you hit the button, then have to confirm - and it just posts a link to the thread doesn't include your username or link to your posts or anything.