Cynthia Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 With all the new gadgets of tomorrow populating the world, you can literally take the forum with you. I decided to do a simple review of how the forum stands on my PSP and Nintendo DS and a cellphone. If you have other mobile devices please feel free to review. Load time - 6.5/10 This is probably the area where the forum will suffer the most, which is mostly at fault of the low RAM and processing capabilities of handheld devices. The only way the forum could speed this up really is to lower the image sizes, or have an image reduced/free version for handheld users. It's not really needed though, as in probably a year or so these devices will be faster. Compatibility - 9/10 With the little amount of flash, java and javascript a majority of the site's features work on most handheld devices. Hopefully they'll have more plugins available for them in the future. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that's for sure. Posting - 7/10 Significantly harder to post obviously due to lack of a keyboard. However the DS is far easier than the PSP, and I hear the iPhone and iTouch are just as good as the DS in these areas. The PSP however is getting a new keyboard later this year, so perhaps it'll be able to compete soon? Nothing really the site can do about this to be honest. It's mostly the handhelds to blame. Display - 8/10 It's not really that distorted, and some handheld browsers ever make it look as it would on a PC, (such as the DS). Glitchs and errors - 7/10 Very few glitches or errors, the only ones really are some images not displaying. Not great, but not terrible. Passable for sure. All and all I'd say Serenes Forest scores about 7.9/10 in the mobile device area. It's above average, and works on a lot of devices, but of course there are some it won't. That's a given though. Features mostly work, and the site looks pretty decent. Tested on: Nintendo DS, PSP, and a Razor Cellphone. Any other devices you guys use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noremaC Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Iphone works good, i have gone on my dad's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Iphone works good, i have gone on my dad's. Any advantages on the iPhone web wise? I know it supports a higher flash version, which opens up a lot more possibilities, but anything else that sets it higher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Laptops work nicely >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Laptops work nicely >.> I wouldn't say they are handheld devices though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 How about a Sidekick/Hiptop? I don't have one but I assume they'd be alright for browsing SF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I've tried using PSP's web browser, and to its credit it's mildy usable, unlike the DS browser, which is... holy shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Touch screen interfaces are absolute shit, especially when it comes to browsing. The iPhone/iPod Touch browser isn't very user-friendly either. As for me, I use a PC. Because it's better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral "Bull" Halsey Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My really REALLY slow ass Windows 95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masu Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 PSP-Use when im out My Matrix cellphone-Alright but kinda long load times DS-holy fucking christ.............. Wii-Nice. Faiya's Iphone-awesum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 I find it strange that the Xbox 360 doesn't have an internet browser, considering it's the only one you have to pay MONEY to use... But yeah, although it's not portable, the wii works nicely as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf_UK Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm surprised people actually bought the DS browser and all givewn its reputation for being well...rubbish. The DSi version is somewhat better due to more RAM and processor...downside is less battery as a result One thing to ask about these. Did anyone use the Lo-Fi verison of the site* in thier tests. Its not as good as say, the cellphone version of Facebook (which I use at home as the bloatware of "New" Facebook grinds my browser to a halt while it swiftly flies along) but due to no graphics and simple layout it should be a whole lot quicker. Shame it doesn't tell you who started a topic :( *-I'm shocked, the thing actually works for once. Every other IPB i've seen the thing just doesn't work properly... Don't know why this topic is making me think of WAP...Yeah I saw right through that hype plus I'd only just got "real" internet in its dial-up, pay per minute glory :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yeah, it's pretty awesome, I can enter this website using my Nintendo DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom103 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I sometimes come on with my ipod, but if I'm around an internet source my laptop is usually near so I never bother to use my ipod for it XD Overall it's the same as the iphone really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krevin Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 IIRC there are options to turn off the display of avatars, signatures, and user-posted images, which would make mobile browsing much, much easier, I might try it with my PSP. Still, I prefer the convenience of computers, if ever I can't access one then I'm probably doing something more important than lurking forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLSothe Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I used my friend's iPhone to go on to a different Forum, but I've never tried it on Serenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSu Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 iPhone works fairly well with wifi, and it's great for posting. Without wifi, it's all about signal. Good signal makes for decent load times, bad signal and you may want to multi-task... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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