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Title: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Antimind on January 13, 2005, 01:11:39 PM
I always wondered what the site looks like from a phone. This here's what it looks like on my N-Gage QD:



Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Tynstar on January 13, 2005, 01:26:07 PM
hmmm not sure if that would work for me.


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Antimind on January 13, 2005, 01:48:34 PM
I prolly shoulda let it load longer but that was after like 10 minutes. Shit loads -very- slow with this mobile internet crap. It's good for checking weather conditions and grabbin stuff from my wap server though.  Kinda reminds me of 14.4 days...heh


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Sureshot on January 13, 2005, 01:58:02 PM
Well... this phone DOES have a WAP feature on it, though I've never used it.  Tried connecting to any website just then and it hangs on 'connecting to service', but then I'm not surprised, it's older than a bagful of old things.


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: St0rmTK421 on January 13, 2005, 02:12:15 PM
I've got some pics of the site from my new Dell x50v Axim.  The first two are in the standard qvga resolution (320x240) and the last two are standard vga (640x480)


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: St0rmTK421 on January 13, 2005, 02:12:43 PM
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Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: St0rmTK421 on January 13, 2005, 02:13:00 PM
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Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: St0rmTK421 on January 13, 2005, 02:13:14 PM
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Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Tynstar on January 13, 2005, 02:14:09 PM
Those are better.


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Lord Nepenthean on January 13, 2005, 03:57:48 PM
Hmm...  I wonder if there would be a way to create a mobile version of the site...


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Hydrobond on January 13, 2005, 05:16:54 PM
There is.  But don't ask me about it.   I just know that there is a way.

I think you have to use javascript to detect operating system, and then redirect to the appropriate page.  i.e if javascript returns windows CE, take them to a page that is only a certain size.


Title: Re: RF Gen Mobile Screenshots (post your's here)
Post by: Antimind on January 13, 2005, 09:23:09 PM
I worked with mobile stuff a little back in the day when everything was straight wap browser. Nowadays though most devices can read your everyday formats.

The problem isn't just page size, it's file size. Keep in mind that a lot of mobile internet options involve slow connections. If you're serious about doing it here's what I would do (if I was still doing this stuff):

Make a more text-only version of the main page with basic html menus. Eliminate the use of images as much as possible, specifically large ones. Maybe make it mobile.rfgeneration.com too. I think the message board could be used as is since there aren't many images, if there was a way to eliminate the main menu just for mobile view. Java menus take a pretty good bit to load from phones so don't go that route.