The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Admins, Devs and App Dev teams. Not sure where to post this so please move to correct forum if needed. I installed the Neowin app today.. I have a couple of suggestions, it seems a little bit disjointed and jumbled. I'll explain via the screenshots.. This Browse section, would it be possible for this to be renamed as Home? It would seem to be a nicer landing page. This one seems a little cluttered, any way to streamline it to topic header as opposed to topic and post text? Would it be possible to relocate this to a sort of 'activity' section within the relevant topic sub headers as suggested within the suggestion on the first image? A USER based setting... I can see the posts from users on my ignore list, could someone look into that? All in all I like it, makes it a lot quicker to load up on my phone using chrome or FF. Hopefully, the customisable notifications will be fine tuned to my preferences via my phone. Anything else I can think of, I'll add as I go along.. I'm sure more savvy users will add some suggestions also. Oh, also, it keeps asking for permission for my location settings, so I had to click no to get rid of that pop up.. Victor Rambo, DConnell and TAZMINATOR 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 oooh Neowin has an android app? must investigate DConnell and TAZMINATOR 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mando said: oooh Neowin has an android app? must investigate search via play store, it's the third result on my phone as the first one is just a news feed reader Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Sorry to hijack topic but is there a dark theme setting or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 minute ago, The Evil Overlord said: search via play store, it's the third result on my phone as the first one is just a news feed reader ahh yes, i got that also. got it, pretty impressive tbh me likey!! 2 minutes ago, Danielx64 said: Sorry to hijack topic but is there a dark theme setting or not? yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy oltman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Is it available for ios? TAZMINATOR and DConnell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Day/Nighttime reading mode, under settings Victor Rambo, Danielx64, wendy oltman and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, wendy oltman said: Is it available for ios? quickly checked on work iphone app store and doesnt seem to be atm, only hit on Neowin, is Neowin curtains........perhaps a sideline wendy oltman, The Evil Overlord and DConnell 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, wendy oltman said: Is it available for ios? Don't know, I have no iDevices Only thing I could suggest is searching within app store and looking for an app similar to my opening screenshots.. Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy oltman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Mando said: quickly checked on work iphone app store and doesnt seem to be atm, only hit on Neowin, is Neowin curtains........perhaps a sideline guess i will have to wait for it to be available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, The Evil Overlord said: Day/Nighttime reading mode, under settings Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted February 8, 2017 Supervisor Share Posted February 8, 2017 Are you sure this is official? Who is the developer? I know that there is talk of an app becoming available, but I haven't heard about anything being released. The Evil Overlord and Chasethebase 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Nick H. said: Are you sure this is official? Who is the developer? I know that there is talk of an app becoming available, but I haven't heard about anything being released. I'll double check.... brb Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Nick H. said: Are you sure this is official? Who is the developer? I know that there is talk of an app becoming available, but I haven't heard about anything being released. One of then has @Steven P. email address as the developer email https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapatalk.neowinnetforum&hl=en 4 minutes ago, Nick H. said: Are you sure this is official? Who is the developer? I know that there is talk of an app becoming available, but I haven't heard about anything being released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Really do you need all those permissions!? Quote Version 5.2.1 can access: Identity find accounts on the device Contacts find accounts on the device Location approximate location (network-based) Photos/Media/Files read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Storage read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Wi-Fi connection information view Wi-Fi connections Other receive data from Internet view network connections full network access run at startup use accounts on the device control vibration prevent device from sleeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, Nick H. said: Are you sure this is official? Who is the developer? I know that there is talk of an app becoming available, but I haven't heard about anything being released. Details appear as legit. If in doubt, I'd wait for @Steven P. to confirm or deny Website links go to neowin.net some dev details direct towards tapatalk 2 minutes ago, Danielx64 said: Really do you need all those permissions!? You can deny permissions, besides, the only permission it asked from me was access to my location Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted February 8, 2017 Developer Share Posted February 8, 2017 This is the 'official' Neowin branded tapatalk app, it's still in testing, so expect there to be updates and changes. It's being developed by Tapatalk as a branded version of their usual app, so there are limits to what can be modified in response to feature requests etc - the dev team here don't have the ability to change it, it has to go through Tapatalk. The Evil Overlord and Danielx64 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 minute ago, DaveLegg said: This is the 'official' Neowin branded tapatalk app, it's still in testing, so expect there to be updates and changes. It's being developed by Tapatalk as a branded version of their usual app, so there are limits to what can be modified in response to feature requests etc - the dev team here don't have the ability to change it, it has to go through Tapatalk. Can you give examples of what you can and can't change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted February 8, 2017 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 8, 2017 Is there any notice of this coming out on iOS or is it best to use the tap talk app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, DaveLegg said: This is the 'official' Neowin branded tapatalk app, it's still in testing, so expect there to be updates and changes. It's being developed by Tapatalk as a branded version of their usual app, so there are limits to what can be modified in response to feature requests etc - the dev team here don't have the ability to change it, it has to go through Tapatalk. Thanks, but I'd rather give YOU the headache I was commanded to by @Redmak 1 minute ago, John. said: Is there any notice of this coming out on iOS or is it best to use the tap talk app? at a guess, it's on it's way (I guess they're using android as a testing platform) Victor Rambo and Danielx64 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Test message from app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Posting via app Victor Rambo and DConnell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 So far I like the app, only thing is that I can't have more than one tab open like I can in chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) I hope there's some way to relay the feedback to tapatalk from here, as the home site dev team have an understanding of queries within the site, as opposed to contacting a third party app dev, and they respond with 'I don't know what you're talking about' Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 8, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 8, 2017 Guys I upgraded our Tapatalk account to premium, they build the apps, not me I wasn't even notified that the Android app was in the Play Store But yes it's legit. Danielx64, Brandon H, +Kyle and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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