Ning (the platform we're hosted on) has just rolled out a new mobile interface in beta, which I've enabled. The main screen is the Activity Feed, with the various content categories available as menu items. Please give it a try on your phone and let me know what you think. (I can't change it, but I can give the Ning team feedback).
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Fair enough...I've just completely missed social networking entirely. Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, etc....all of it could disappear tomorrow and it wouldn't effect me in the slightest. I must be the minority here....but thanks anyhow....
Paul: Actually the Forum is in the mobile app list (shown above). It's called "Discussions".
I do take your point about the decay function of the blogs (which is inherent to their "news" character), but those that generate significant conversation rise to the top of the Top Content list on the right, where they can remain on the front page on for months if there's enough interest. This is, in a sense, a market-driven "sticky", which seems to work pretty well.
This of this as a social network, with group blogging as the dominant front page experience and forums for more narrow conversation. Perhaps it's my media background that draws me to this format, but with 1.4 million page views a month, with must be doing something right!
I guess I've missed the boat on Blogging. To me a blog is a way for one person (or a very small group) to post on topics that are important to them...then give others the opportunity to respond if they want. If you miss the blog...well...too bad. You might come across it again by Googling, but there's no function to move it to the top of a discussion....because it really isn't a discussion. It's a way for one person/small group to push out what's important to THEM, not to the community.
The format might work in that context, but when you've got something to actually discuss, a forum is the right way to do it. A hot topic could easily spend years at the top of a forum with thousands of responses. It becomes a nightmare to wade through, but has lots of relevancy to people with similar interests. Dozens and dozens of people may weigh in hourly if not daily to a hot discussion. The blog format mandates that a post die in days if not hours here on DIYd. As soon as it's off the front page, farewell.
Pictures required along with a little blurb about what you're working on. Discussion is not really encouraged. If you want to talk to the person about it, you're better off taking it offline and sending a PM or email because nobody's going to see this by tomorrow.
As a side note, I agree with some of the comments above. The new format makes visiting DIYd on my cellphone unusable. Maybe it's just the default setting and I need to change it from Activity to Blogs. I can't help but notice that Forum is missing from that list....but as you said before, this is not a forum.
I liked the way it worked before this mobile update and would like to use it that way but I can't seem to set desktop view with my HTC Incredible running android 2.3.? When I select desktop it stays in mobile.
Sandro: you are writing how it should work and how it works on desktop layout. For some reason it doesn't work for me in mobile layout. Long press is selecting a word, the same as you long press regular text (not a link). If that works for you and not for me then.. well, I'll just stick to desktop view and that's it. C'est la vie!
Marooned: Stupid me, sorry! Now I've read on the end of your first post: "Tested on HTC Desire Z with Dolphin HD".
So, you can open multiple post from the main page in two steps on Dolphin HD. Not so comfortable as the "non-ecma" link... but, isn't impossible. #1hold on touching a item and so, chose "open in a new tab". #2 click on the item you want to actually open it there. And so one... But, I agree with you. It would be better if they change it.
Hi from Dubai !! yes i ran it and works perfect on the run !! thanks
Sandro: I know it's an important data (I'm a webdeveloper) - that's why I posted them in y 1st comment here :)
Opera Mobile can't even display this dropdown menu so no way of switching to blogs or desktop view under this browser.
Resizing images in comments doesn't work for me either in Dolphin HD nor built in Android browser.
All of the 3 tested browsers can't open a link in new tab so no opening in the background.
I've check mobile site with some tools and i it looks that JavaScript is affecting links at page load but links look normal (eg. A tag with proper href). Hard to say why all my mobile browsers can't handle them.
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