Posting on Ipad
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Category: Your ideas for this website
Forum Name: Your thoughts for YachtsandYachting.com
Forum Discription: What do you think we should be featuring on YachtsandYachting.com
URL: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7616
Printed Date: 26 Jun 25 at 3:00am
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Topic: Posting on Ipad
Posted By: Jon711
Subject: Posting on Ipad
Date Posted: 04 Mar 11 at 2:01pm
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Is it me just being inept?? But I can not post messages using the Ipad (this was done through my PC)???
Jon
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Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 04 Mar 11 at 3:00pm
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Nope it doesn't trigger the keypad, I have mentioned it, but they always ignore me, can't think why. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 7:42am
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It's something we're looking in to, but is difficult to test since don't have an ipad. Always tricky to support devices that decide not to support large swathes of the web! |
Posted By: jezza
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 9:08am
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By 'large swathes of the web', presumably you mean 'adobe flash' based content, which is mostly some crappy ads and poorly encoded video. Not supporting iPad will mean you end up cutting off large swathes of users! Mobile devices already outnumber desktop computers - this trend is accelerating so it would make sense to follow the trend now rather than get left behind...
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Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 9:20am
| We're not cutting off support for devices such as the ipad - far from it! It just takes a while to work out what the device specifically needs so that it can be supported. |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 9:30am
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Just found this on the forum software support forum: IPads use a cut down version of Safari, one of the bits cut out of Safari is its Rich Text Editing API. If you are using an IPad you therefore need to go to your forum profile and disable the WYSIWYG Editor and use a standard text area for posting. So by 'large swathes of the web' I didn't just mean flash... |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 9:39am
| Stupid ipad |
Posted By: jezza
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 10:48am
| I'm using the wysiwyg editor to reply (iOS 4.2 on iPhone). |
Posted By: jezza
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 10:49am
No problem there then 
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Posted By: jezza
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 10:53am
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You can test the iPad experience by downloading Safari, enabling develop mode and setting user agent as Safari Mobile 3.2.2 - iPad. |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 12:05pm
Hi Jezza Many thanks for that tip - extremely useful and I didn't know about that. The only problem is that it works happily on that as contenteditable is enabled! Any feedback on trying forum posting with the WYSIWYG editor disabled? Cheers, Mark |
Posted By: Jon711
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 12:14pm
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Hey Mark, you are a genius, that works!!! But will I need to switch it back on, when using the PC??
Sent from my IPad..... Jon |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 12:24pm
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So will I ned to set up a new user? iGRF sounds good.. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 12:30pm
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I guess the solution would be for us to detect that you're using an ipad and make sure it uses the non-WYSIWYG option then. But that sends us down the customising the forum software route further, which makes it more and more of a nightmare every time we upgrade it. It's a bit of a catch 22! From my googling the problem I'd be surprised if Apple didn't add support for contenteditable in the near future - there are some seriously angry developers out there! |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 07 Mar 11 at 2:46pm
| So iPad success for this user. |
Posted By: Jon711
Date Posted: 08 Mar 11 at 1:57am
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Just really pleased, that it wasn't me being a moron.... With my shifts, it is often more convenient to post on the IPad...
But still not sure if I will need to switch the WYSIWYG application back on when using the PC. If I don't, then why just not disable it, until requested??.. Or, the other option, and one the BBC use, create an App that replicates the site in an IPod friendly environment?? Sorry, realise, that may mean a lot of work, but may be an option (And if you were to do a Y&Y App, charging say a fiver, extra revenue!!!)..... Jon |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 08 Mar 11 at 6:39am
Posting will work with WYSIWYG on PC, you just won't have the formatting options. Creating apps etc. would be great, but I'm not sure you realise how small the YachtsandYachting.com team is - it's me and Magnus! |
Posted By: Jon711
Date Posted: 10 Mar 11 at 12:51am
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Sorry Mark, I must be thick, what are the formatting options??
To be fair, I see no difference with WYSIWYG switched on or off on the PC...... Am I missing something?? I am guessing that it has something to do with the adverts that pay for the site (Thank you advertisers!).. Just intreguiged, as not sure what the WYSIWYG function does? However, pleased I seem, not to need to create two logins, for both machines.... Excuse, my ignorance, but my computing started with the ZX81, and believe it or not, things have moved on since then!! But, I have not kept up to speed.... Jon |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 10 Mar 11 at 7:00am
WYSIWYG stands for 'What You See Is What You Get' - when the WYSIWYG editor is disabled you lose some of the formatting options. |