New MyBroadband forum Android app super secret pre-alpha test

Which MyBB Android forum app do you prefer?

  • The one currently in the Market, because...

    Votes: 6 66.7%

  • The one in this forum thread, because...

    Votes: 3 33.3%
  • Total voters
    9
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Hail, fellow forumites!

We've been testing a new forum app and I thought it would be cool to get your feedback before we take the plunge and replace the current app with this one.

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Weigh in here, I'll post a poll in a moment.
 
Honestly its just as useless as the last one, whats the benefit in an app that lets you do less than what the wap site does.

I want an app with push notifications of responses to forums i posted in, i don't want to get an email and then open an app and then navigate to the section, then the category and then only my topic and then to the page the response was posted.
We got androids for crying out loud, not nokia 3310's. Dam the app does not even have an exit button, i have keep hitting back to actually close it or leave it running in the background probably wasting BW and Battery. Fine that would be worth it if it actually had push.

At least with the wap site i get an email, i click on the link and bingo i'm @ the last response in my web browser. Its like 5 clicks using your app vs 1 click in the email. Fine i can browse the other forums too, woopi i can do that in my browser too.

I love mybb, but you guys are seriously just wasting your time releasing skinned android apps and passing them off as your own.

You should ass another option to the poll, "neither"
 
CranialBlaze said:
I love mybb, but you guys are seriously just wasting your time releasing skinned android apps and passing them off as your own.
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Not trying to pass them off as our own. We genuinely don't have time to roll our own from scratch and we'd like to benefit from the constant development of others.

This is the official vB app and while I have my own views on it I wanted to gauge what the community response is.

Anyway, thanks for your feedback.
 
Wow it looks nice but need to find out were every thing is

Had a good look would say keep the fist app for ME it better sure you will find a balance

Sent from my HTC Desire using MyBroadband Android App
 
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Must say I personally prefer the tapatalk app, it feels more minimalist and clean. The new one feels very busy and too menu button driven.
 
Not sure if i missed it but is there no 'favourites ' function? I love jumping to my favourite areas in the forum when I use the tapatalk app
 
RandomGRK said:
Not sure if i missed it but is there no 'favourites ' function? I love jumping to my favourite areas in the forum when I use the tapatalk app
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If you click on the dropdown button at the bottom that says "Newest" by default you can select "Subscribed."

Is that what you're looking for?
 
Jan said:
If you click on the dropdown button at the bottom that says "Newest" by default you can select "Subscribed."

Is that what you're looking for?
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Nope, those are subscriptions to specific threads. For instance, in the tapatalk app there is a a favourite tab. In there are my quick jumps to 'Android', 'Gaming', 'Motoring and Transportation'. Its nice to have so I dont have to navigate the forum.
 
RandomGRK said:
Not sure if i missed it but is there no 'favourites ' function? I love jumping to my favourite areas in the forum when I use the tapatalk app
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+1

also if you drop a MyBB widget on the desk its two click and see the threads you posted in.

Talking about the Participated section in Latest posts.
 
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