[Imc-uk-features] mobile publish form

[Doug]

We are talking PDAs and smartphones. Laptops are fairly straightforward 
to operate as things stand. You are right about the hover text. I 
didn't know it was there until I took a look at the source and only a 
small part of the text that is there actually displays anyway.

We seem to be moving beyond merely cutting down the size of the 
publish form to suggestions that compression is switched on for the 
publish form or that there should be a custom page for mobile users. 
Its all getting a bit beyond me but the fact that mobiles are now being 
seriously considered is quite hopeful. I have already contributed to 
the newswire using a mobile so it is quite feasible but just a little 
cumbersome at the moment.

Doug

>
>I've been submitting newswire items for about 3 years now and never 
>even realised that if you hovered over the tick boxes anything came 
>up. So I wonder how many people outside tech know that, especially 
>occasional contributors.
>
>How do you mean, mobile users? Mobile phones or laptops? If it's the 
>latter I find I get faster connections in some caffs than I do at 
>home! So a choice of forms makes things even more complicated to 
>upload than it already is.
>
>mm
>
>
>>Hey up
>>
>>There's a debate been started on the tech list[1] about making a 
smaller
>>publish form.  I've done a version
>>
>>http://mish.dev.indymedia.org.uk/mish/servlet/OpenMir?
do=opensession&sessiontype=article&language=en&to_region=102&to_uk=&nrmediaitems=0&nrftpitems=0&dontpost=Text+Only+Publishing
>>
>>which has less text when you hover over the tick boxes for regions
>>etc. 
>>
>>So the question is should that be the default for everyone?  
Personally
>>I think it should, but there has been some dissent - ChrisC has said 
[2]
>>
>>         Would it be better to have a low bandwidth publishing page
>>         without graphics and without any titles on elements etc?
>>        
>>         Having the descriptions appear when you mouse over topics
>>         is handy for people on broadband connections who want to
>>         see a longer description of a topic before deciding to
>>         tick it or not and I think it would be a shame to loose
>>         these, but I also appreciate that a low bandwidth version
>>         is needed...
>>
>>Do others agree?  Should we do a custom separate page for mobile 
users?
>>Any other ideas?
>>
>>And can we keep discussion to just one list - I suggest imc-uk-
process -
>>to avoid clogging up lists of lists.  I just thought that features 
and
>>useability should know about the discussion.
>>
>>mish
>>
>>[1] -
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-tech/2007-February/0228-
jj.html 
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-tech/2007-March/0301-br.
html
>>
>>[2] http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/mmid/imc-uk-tech/2007-0310-ed
>>
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