neowin Would you like to see a Neowin iPhone app?

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I don't see the point in a dedicated Neowin app for any smartphone OS. The mobile version of the website works well enough as it is.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I don't see the point in a dedicated Neowin app for any smartphone OS. The mobile version of the website works well enough as it is.

Agreed. (Y)

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

I do. I hate typing my 30chars password everytime I close neowin tab

[pack34]

Websites do not need apps. All you need to do is to pin the site to your homescreen. App-ifying eveything is a step backwards.

[Glassed Silver]

Websites do not need apps. All you need to do is to pin the site to your homescreen. App-ifying eveything is a step backwards.

Exactly, cause a website can do EVERYTHING an app can. No compromise.

HTML > C

All hail HTML and suspended browsers!

Glassed Silver:mac

[pack34]

Exactly, cause a website can do EVERYTHING an app can. No compromise.

HTML > C

All hail HTML and suspended browsers!

Glassed Silver:mac

It would be an app for a website. There is absolutely no need for a full fledged app. It would serve no purpose. Everything can be properly displayed by coding once for the web instead of several times using the various languages and dev tools for phones. If you want a more native experience there's always the option of serving up diferent CSS files depending on what smartphone browser your using.

[Shadrack]

No thanks.

Some site apps are a complete joke. Like the Huffington Post one that has a gigantic iAd at the bottom throughout. The mobile site doesn't have that and is actually easier to navigate.

[Techno_Funky]

You gotta see this thread. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/916338-neowin-tapatalk-feature/

[Dinggus]

I say just make one and release it, I'm sure some people would use it. Plus, you'd be able to advance your skills.

[ndoggfromhell]

Being that it's neoWIN... i would hope the first App would be for Windows Phone 7 and not the iPhone or Android.

[Arachno 1D]

Have you considered making it Tapatalk compatable if its not already?

[whitebread]

You gotta see this thread. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/916338-neowin-tapatalk-feature/

Thanks for that link.

[Dinggus]

Being that it's neoWIN... i would hope the first App would be for Windows Phone 7 and not the iPhone or Android.

It's obvious Neowin evolved into more than just being about Windows.

[Glassed Silver]

It's obvious Neowin evolved into more than just being about Windows.

Not just that.

I think that you need a willing dev first... When you got an iOS dev that wants to do it, but apparently (so far) no Windows Phone dev offers his contribution, then it'd be silly to say: well, those Neowin users on iOS (incredible share of users versus WP) need to artificially wait.

I'm still totally in for an app.

There are several advantages to me personally - of cause everyone is different with different focuses.

What matters to me, might not matter to everyone.

There are also some nastinesses in the mobile site on Neowin forums, that are quite a bummer...

Just two for example:

On iOS no picture upload

No poll creation (as some of you know, I'm a big poll creator at times...)

Also, I'm often out and about for a couple of hours with no steering wheel in my hands, but sitting on a train. (Or lying in my bed and too lazy to sit in the comparatively uncomfy chair at my Mac)

Of cause lots of my contributions come from iOS as you can easily notice, so to me personally an improvement in the mobile experience is more than what seems for many to be only a quick check on Neowin...

Glassed Silver:mac

[Dinggus]

Well he has a dev for iOS. I wouldn't mind trying it out for him as well. What program is used to code for Android and Windows Phone?

[Royalty]

No. Make an Android App. Thanks,

[DPyro]

I'd like to see tapatalk compatiblity.

[Glassed Silver]

I'd like to see tapatalk compatiblity.

Not possible, not easily at least, as Neowin uses a lot of in-house code that enhances this board.

We're quite off the standard IPB code which breaks compatibility with Tapatalk.

That's essentially why we haven't seen support for it so far.

If we create our own APIs and standards, we need to make sure the app has the understanding of them, hence keeping development to Neowin.

Glassed Silver:mac

[Raa]

I'd like to see an Android one, if any. But I'm happy with the current web site for now. :)

[Sir Topham Hatt]

No thanks.

I don't have an iPhone and won't bother. Ever.