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Where is the mobile view option? (Original Post) boston bean Sep 2023 OP
Are you talking about the old DU3 "preferred format" settings? EarlG Sep 2023 #1
Yes. That is what I meant. boston bean Sep 2023 #2
Do me a favor... EarlG Sep 2023 #3
I can see the posters name. But the issue is when boston bean Sep 2023 #4
Ah okay EarlG Sep 2023 #5
Yes, excellent. Thank you! boston bean Sep 2023 #6
If I may add..... EarlG Sep 2023 #7
I am loving it! boston bean Sep 2023 #8

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
1. Are you talking about the old DU3 "preferred format" settings?
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 07:45 PM
Sep 2023

We're not using those any more. There are four main screen layouts for different device sizes: mobile (phones), tablet, laptop, and desktop. You'll get the appropriate layout depending on which device you use.

boston bean

(36,491 posts)
2. Yes. That is what I meant.
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 07:56 PM
Sep 2023

I know on iphone i auto get mobile view. But i do wish and some others as well liked when we could choose classic even if on iphone. I like to see who is posting and you dont get that with mobile view.

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
3. Do me a favor...
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:08 PM
Sep 2023

I just made a tweak to the code. Try visiting a thread, but then turning your phone horizontally. Do the usernames show up?

boston bean

(36,491 posts)
4. I can see the posters name. But the issue is when
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:12 PM
Sep 2023

On main page of forum like GD you get thread subject line and number of replies only. No name of poster.

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
5. Ah okay
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:17 PM
Sep 2023

I made another tweak... try holding your phone horizontally and looking at a forum. The usernames should now appear.

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
7. If I may add.....
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:32 PM
Sep 2023

This right here is one of the cool things about DU4 that a lot of people aren't considering at the moment. It was very important to me to create something which is flexible and has the potential to be tweaked easily. The thing about DU3 is that yes, everyone is used to it -- but if someone had a request for a quality-of-life improvement, it was almost impossible because the code was so old and busted that even making small tweaks was a huge pain in the ass.

But now, in situations like this, where you point out that you used to be able to see people's usernames on your phone, but now you can't -- in a couple of minutes I can have a solution.

Now to be fair, obviously it won't always be that easy, and of course I can't promise that I can make everyone's dreams come true and give everyone the exact features they are looking for in exactly the right places on DU4. But still, this new software should make it much easier to provide quality-of-life upgrades, and even whole new features which we couldn't provide before.

There are still a lot of creases to be ironed out, but I hope that down the road, the value of this update will become apparent.

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