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I have been regular to photozone from my mobile since 2006 the days of the excellent good old forum layout, and had resquested a mobile form of the site.
Now as smartphones became extremely popular don't you think a mobile friendly form of the site would be interesting ?
A mobile application could be a good idea however I'd prefer a mobile version of the site: m.photozone.de like we have for instance m.youtube.com I am quite sure somany people will love it.
Of course seeing large images and checking image quality won't be feasible but all the rest can be done.
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Klaus slowly but steadily has been working on making PZ more smartphone/tablet friendly, if I am not mistaken. That will take a while obviously, as it is done next to lens testing, real life and work.
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06-06-2015, 08:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2015, 08:29 AM by Rover.)
I never had any trouble viewing PZ (even before the latest alterations) on my smartphone (which has a pretty small screen to boot). Why would one need an application that would just clog up the smartphone memory while probably being just another browser-like tool to access the same pages you can view from the proper browser? It's not like Photozone updates often enough to make use of the system notifications anyway...
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I still think some people are making too big a deal out of it... Getting Klaus occupied with this stuff means we'll be getting fewer reviews - and it's the reviews we are after, innit?
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Just rechecked the site using windows phone :
everything seems great except one bug:
on the homepage I can see only the tab selected in blue I can't see the other page titles :lens reviews, forum, articles technique, the zone However this issue should be quit easy to correct.
As for the visitors this is the current trend everywhere: the big ones take everything leaving very little for small business, this the general trend: multinational companies with huge invetstments. Being able to stay profitable is already an accomplishment.
Photozone found its niche in lens reviews. Although what I liked most is the feeling to be in a small friendly community, of course a small friendly community is not profitable (except maybe for giving fedback and detection of bugs and typos)
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Windows phone has a marketshare of less than 3%.
I will have a very brief look but I will not spend too much time creating workarounds when Microsoft is, once again, not capable of rendering websites like all the others ...
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The site is working perfectly except the header on the homepage the rest seems just fine including the forum.
I don't think it is worth the efforts for the time being to update since a windows 10 a major update is expected, since it is a unified platform for desktops and mobiles I think this problem should be history. BTW I am very satisfied with my Windows phone I don't understand why 97% of people choose other platforms.