A Bartertown App anyone?

[Garlicson2]

Allow me to get this out the way: I've been using this site for quite a while now, and it's my go to place for my Warhammer needs and to sell/trade items. I check this site daily, at home, work, friends, and sometimes school... Through my Android.

Why use a smartphone? Why not a computier? Well the answer is simple (In my case). I no longer have a funtioning PC at home. So I rely on my smartphone to pm traders, post ads, replying threads, ect.

This site surprisingly (Unlike feeBay at the moment) works pretty well on my LG Thrill, but there's downsides too. Firstly, sometimes when you make a long thread with a bunch of words, they get difficult to get to when you put your phone on sleep mode. Once you unlock it, you jave to scroll down by: Hit enter by spamming it, then delete it. Repeat the process.

Secondly, the ability to customize the hue of your sentence is nigh impossible. This ain't a drawback for me, but thosw who prefer to highlight their sentences blue and the other traders sentences red in a Deadbeat/Back out forum would need to struggle just to change the FREAKING COLOR!

Additionally, it's hard to get a good view of pictures without zooming out (Unless it's from another site, like Photobucket). "So what? It's not a big deal, just zoom out!" Well my friend, when you zoom out, the sentences then STREACHES out too. What made this site usable on my phone was that all the paragraphs are fit perfectly on my screen while still being able to read what it says. So unless ya wanna scroll sideways reading a thread, it makes it fustrating alot. You can hit back and reclick on the thread to put it back at a more userfriendly way, but it just wants me to toss my LG out the window (And breaking the glass).

At last, but not least, it's difficult to copy/paste private messages in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (Yes MagicalMustang- I mean Memories, it's THAT bad) Say if I were to make a BTR/Backout report. If I want to get help from an admin who's awesome at dealing problems like a bawes, but would only do it if the pm history went from top to bottom, and the smartphone was the only way to do anything on this site, you are S O E D, which spells *@#¡ed!

Other than that, life as a regular bartertown smartphone user is decent, but would like it to get better. This where my idea come in after dealing with feeBay's unusable site and App because
the update really put the hurt on them. What if we had Bartertown as an App for the iPhone/Android? Would it be nice for an Admin use his Smartphone at another place while away from his desk? Can you Imagine dealing with a BTR just by pulling the App out right from your pocket without worrying what time you would be home? How about chatting with other traders (Like here) on your free time talking about whatever while you wait for your meal at a diner/ while you girlfriend/wife taking her sweet time at JCPenny?

I think this could work, and we would have more traders on this site, and Admins too. Does anyone like this idea? Because I feel like the only Bartertown user who does this on an Android exclusivly. Let me know in the replies what's your opinion on the subject. Do you find it to be cool or dumb?

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year,
-Johnny

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

Hi Johnny,

This is not the first time the idea of a mobile-friendly version of the site has been raised.

I can assure you that no one is opposed to the idea.

OTOH, no one has the free time to invest in writing an app for the site, and most of the apps that are out there (if not all) lack some of the functionality that this site has been enhanced with.

It has not become a pressing issue because the overwhelming majority of our users do use a computer for accessing the site.

If you have a solution, I'm sure we'd all be interested in hearing it.

[MagickalMemories]

^What he said.^

We're not against it but, as volunteers, we don't really have the time, ourselves.
Now, if an app-savvy developer who was also a Bartertown fan wanted to knock something out for free (because, as a free to use site, we're not exactly rolling in the ducats), I'm certain we could find a way to humor him.

Eric