UPDATE FROM MNHQ - New OP view

MN running slow again and keep getting a black screen. Might be an idea to sort out the sites obvious problems first

So after weeks of people on Gardening telling you how much it is disliked, you went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh well, at least I can turn it off. I hope. Haven't tried it yet.

It is my new years resolution for 202 to 'use apps' as i don't at the moment.
So I still have ~8 weeks to go.

Same, but TBF that's partly because the app is rubbish. If it were better I'd happily use it.

This - it’s really annoying, why?
(I did read the ‘why’ btw but it didn’t make sense or justify this massive annoyance to me!)

This isn't true. There are more versions, but it is easy to mitigate the impact. Especially with something really simple like a discussion board.

So this is what it was when i went to the Telly Addicts page Looks awful A right mess

Apparently it's harder to make an Android app because there are always hundreds of models running that particular version of the OS, whereas for the iPhone there are only ever about seven. So Android can have more unintended glitches.

You can quote a post with a quote now. They added this in a tiny bit later.

It’s not needed. Quote being moved back would be much better, rather than being hidden in the …

and I never use the app. Safari on iPad and iPhone.

You can see it but you can't quote a post with a quote @SoupDragon but I still prefer the app. I only go on desktop to use gifs or PMs. Not bothered about quotes or thanks or editing, I can do all that manually.

Oh, I do like a MN campaign. I'm the only one still putting the checkout divider up and down instead of across.

I really don’t like it. I like to scan post titles and click on the ones that interest me. I can switch back quickly if I don’t like the post

Ironic isn't it? Since Android is a more popular operating system, it is odd that the developers focus on the less popular ios. Talk about own goal.

I suspect most of those happy to use the app are ios users. The android version is even more useless.

Have just found this thread as have been pissed off about the changes to the DIY and home decor topics. I want to see, at a glance, what people are talking about. It looks like a newspaper sidebar now (presumably so it's easier to see product placement posts by advertisers?). Not an improvement for the user.

And I use the mobile version on my phone as well. Would also be too embarrassed at the app showing on my phone screen 😁

But does it show that there is more than one quote in the post?

A large proportion of OPs begin "So, NC for this but longtime poster. Sorry for long post, didn't want to dripfeed...."

It would be hilarious if everyone on MN rebelled and made a pact that we’d start every single thread like that going forward. So that’s all anyone would ever see on the preview of all threads.

Awful. On a Fire tablet you can see one thread, or one huge advert, so loads and loads and loads and loads of scrolling. I got the rage trying to look for something on telly addicts and came on here to see if I could find out why everything has been messed up. I have enough rage inducing aspects in life atm without mumsnet adding to them.

On the one hand it is useful to get a bit more of an idea about what a thread is about than just from the title

A large proportion of OPs begin "So, NC for this but longtime poster. Sorry for long post, didn't want to dripfeed...."

On the one hand it is useful to get a bit more of an idea about what a thread is about than just from the title (esp when titles are vague) however it does make it harder to avoid reading the OPs if thread which you know you would want to avoid by the title, so on balance I think I would prefer to remain as is

It’s not a great user friendly format

Not sure how the app is much handier you can't do anything on it.

It's true you don't have a lot of the features on the app. For example, you can't quote quoted posts (ie you can quote once only), can't 'thank' people, or edit.

However other than the edit feature, there's not much I can't do that I don't care about.

I find it handy. I only occasionally use the desktop version, largely because I would be worried I'd make it a habit & go off down MN rabbit holes in work time!

@HappiestSleeping I was replying to @YourNameGoesHere at least it has the quote feature!

This is ugly and unwanted. I've turned it off.