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No BCB love for PDA's?

Al,

Long time BCB member, but with the new site I changed my screen name.  Almost every morning during my time on L train riding to the loop, I go to bleedcubbieblue.com via my Motorola Q pda. 

The old site had no problem loading on my phone and I could even easily open any pictures, graphics, links etc.  The new format is wrecking havoc on my PDA.  The page is gigantic (takes forever to scroll through), slow to load, fuzzy pictures and the graphics mostly disabled. 

Most importantly.....the column of "fanposts" are not included.  I can read Al's posts, but really nothing else.

I am wondering if there are going to be any changes to accomodate those who are addicted to BCB via their cell phones? Or, does anyone else in this community know of any other way to make the site look better on my phone? Like I said the old site format was identical to what I see on my computer at work in home.

Either way, I will always read the site on my other computers but the PDA is a nice added place to catch up on the new posts.  Again, thanks for the great site Al...it is always a "must read" every morning.

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Can't help with your PDA but....

I sure do like your avatar.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Mar 18, 2008 6:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

great question..

..as someone who travels quite a bit, I was hoping the 2.0 migration included a PDA friendly format...

Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Mar 18, 2008 6:17 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Try installing the latest version

of the Opera Mini browser. I installed version 4.0 recently and it 'sreally good. The new BCB works just fine, so far (at least for reading. Dunno if I'd bother posting using a phone).

Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Mar 18, 2008 6:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good suggestion

Opera Mini works best with a touchscreen but it should be a better solution than using IE.

Chicks dig the long ball

by Will23 on Mar 19, 2008 7:23 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't have a touchscreen

but the little joystick on my Sony Ericsson phone helps navigate around the page, and the new version of Mini lets you select and zoom in on any area of the page, or any link, etc.

Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Mar 19, 2008 10:09 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In the migration thread

The web techs said they wanted to make a mobile version, and it should be coming eventually. I hope.

There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Mar 18, 2008 6:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Send this request to

bugreport@sbnation.com

Let them know. Thanks.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 18, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

iPhone Works Good

It displays 100% properly on the iPhone, just have to zoom in to read the articles. But that's to be expected for non-optimized sites.

by McCarron on Mar 18, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fanboys...

unite!!! I can't WAIT for the SDK come June...

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Mar 19, 2008 12:07 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hopefully they can go mobile. I'm with ya on this one.

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 18, 2008 8:05 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's high on our list

We'll definitely be tackling a mobile version in the future, once we've rolled out the new platform to all the existing sites and optimized the existing full version of the site. Thanks everyone for your patience.

The site looks good as-is on the iPhone, best I can tell, but we may try to offer a slimmed down iPhone-on-the-go version as well as a mobile version for other phones and PDAs.

I'd also be curious to know what mobile devices people are commonly using.

I'm one of the guys who built the new SB Nation. Please don't hesitate to give us feedback.

by sixfoot6 on Mar 18, 2008 9:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Palm Centro, Sprint Network

Though that won't be for long, since I am moving to England in May.

There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Mar 18, 2008 9:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

blackberry curve....

thanks!

Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Mar 18, 2008 10:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Palm Treo 700w running Windows Mobile 5 using Verizon

"Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem." Woody Allen

by BlueSox on Mar 19, 2008 10:16 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

iPhone

It would be AWSOME to get an "iPhone" version of BCB.

My 40th bday is coming up at the end of May. What a great gift!! LOL

by AlabamaCubFan on Mar 19, 2008 1:08 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moto Q

I had this phone, and was able to view the site on the Q and use the blog features.

What you need to do is make sure you scroll down further on the page when it loads up. That will enable you to view the forum and so forth.

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

by Galvan316 on Mar 19, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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