Mumsnet Talk Apps

I'm a devout android user and we are constantly left behind (despite there being more android users than iOS, Spotify Running I'm looking at you! )

However! Mnhq have data that proves most app users are in iPhone and ate working on Android. I use chrome on my android and it's fine, don't notice any problems at all.
I do think the security aspect is the paramount concern here. Lets not make it a damned if they do, dammed of they don't affair.

Can those on iOS not be invited to try the beta version of the new app?

Btw, glad to see it's up and running again:)

Another to agree the mobile site with chrome on Android is just fine. I've never used the app so can't compare but it feels like an app to me Re ease of use.

Have to admit though that Android users are gradually becoming more or less 50/50 android v iPhone inthe country where I live.

Oh FFS. It has emerged that the old app is a security weak point which needed eradicating. It's not worth getting huffy about it no longer being supported and hardly worth a dramatic flounce.

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I prefer the mobile site to the app! It just kept loading blank pages (months ago when I tried it for a week or so)

and before anyone says it, no, I do not have an i phone, nor do I want one, nor do I feel a sense of inferiority about this.

I know I'm being thick but is mumsnet mobile just a way of saying getting to MN on your iPad/iPhone by way of Google etc in the same way you would on your laptop? I loved the app and used it A LOT ????. Looking forward to its return.

mob site is fine on chrome/android

Chips on shoulders all round...second rate? seriously? the systems most people use will naturally be a priority.

It's a queue of TWO, folks, and you're uhhhh, second.

I can never see the photos on threads when I use the Ipad app anyway so sometimes end up swapping to safari just to see a pic. Hope the new app allows me to see the photos.

So so so bored of the mn hacking thing now - tried the app today no joy - on the verge of giving up on mn. The website is crap to post to from a mobile.

Could we have a Windows Phone app please?

That explains why I can't use the app! Very tempted not to bother reloading it when it's ready through as I seem to have magically gained an extra 2 hours in my day since it's been down.

I use an app called weblock on my ioad and it's blocks all ads when on a. Wifi network, it's easy to set up. It costs money (I think £2) but has been well worth it, it even blocks those ads you get in free games.

weblock

If you access the net by mobile data there's one called Adblock by the same company and it does the same job.

adblock

Every now and then both go free for promotions, sometimes the developer gives out codes, I'll email him and see if he has any spare. But both a well worth the price.

If the app isn't secure then mumsnet are doing the right thing by scrapping it. If they left it up, people would be complaining about that.

Nobody has said anything about Android users being second class other than android users. They've said an android app is coming, but if they've been working on by new ios version and it's almost finished, and if the majority of app users on ios it makes sense to continue that and then start on an android one. It's not as simple as releasing the same app on both, ios releases only need to work on apple devices, android version has a lot of devices with a wide range if specs it needs to work on, then there's different codes, programming, App Store regulations, security risks etc on the different stores. It takes time, but in the short term Mumsnet are doing the right thing by putting security first.

There are several free browsers that ios and android users can try to make the mobile site a better experience. I like Grazing on ios, and Mozilla on android, it offeres plugins and stuff that if you tweak, can stop ads, or only load certain items and that makes loading mumsnet a lot quicker. If your willing to spend money on a Browser, there's even more choice.

It's worth trying some different browsers before deciding to quit or leave Mumsnet. Fair enough if you don't like the mobile site but it's seems unfair to have a go at MN when they've said there will be a new android app, it's just not right now, which is understandable.

I can link some android browsers I've used for MN with no problems if it will be helpful to anyone?

Thanks for letting us know. I've deleted the app from my phone. The new one was starting to get great. Do let us know once this has blown over and we can continue testing.

I'm sure we can all survive by using the mobile and desktop sites of it stops our details being stolen and our houses swatted!!

for MNHQ

if you read that as you type it, it rhymes, makes me far too happy!

I used the app mostly and was on the list :(

I presume the 'mobile site' is what comes up automatically in Safari on my iPad? I am using that but the pages are very slow to load because of all the ads. This is frustrating, and the reason I preferred the app.

Not complaining, just observing, and I understand the security issue.

I only ever used the app and I wasn't on the list

looking forward to seeing the new app, at the end of the day if it means less downtime through these damned DOS attacks I'm all for the app in it's current state being deactivated.

That explains it then. I too use the app pretty much exclusively, and wasn't on the list.
Does this mean I will have to remember my password? Only I don't know it, it's so secure- I changed it to something totally random like FG76dj>

I've never used the mobile site until right now. It will take some getting used to! Looking forward to the new app.

shallhe I was on the list and used the app almost exclusively. I was only ever asked for my password (pre mumsnet forced reset) on the app, so I think it's a good point about the app being a security risk.

Not impressed by the lack of Android provision, but understand the issue with the old app's security.

But only doing an app for iPhone (for the foreseeable) is really not cool.

The mobile site through Chrome works well on my Android phone too. It wasn't too good through Safari but swapping over did the trick nicely.

FFS - a bit of consideration for what's happening/what MNHQ are trying to do wouldn't go amiss

Don't be so self-centred and martyrish about being 'second rate'. Justine's explained why.

It makes absolute sense to concentrate on the platform that most MNers use.

In a toss up between having to use the mobile site and parents not getting support and friendship they need because Jeffrey and Simon have taken 5 mins out of their heavy wanking schedule to attack again... think I'll be using the mobile site. Not seeing the drama here.