Timeline for Help us test the new Stack Exchange iPad app
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
13 events
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| Sep 17, 2014 at 11:44 | comment | added | John David | At least i expect it to load faster than a web app which will load a lot of css and javascripts. | |
| Sep 16, 2014 at 16:01 | comment | added | hairboat Staff | More insight on why we went for native apps vs. hybrids | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 22:43 | comment | added | Kasra Rahjerdi StaffMod | Just jumping in to mention that our apps are Stack Exchange apps, where as our sites are, well, individual sites. It's much easier to start reading cross-community content using our apps and get lost in interesting content, rather than having to make the mental decision of "Well, I'm done interacting with UX, should I go to SO?" in a browser. | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 17:36 | comment | added | Derek 朕會功夫 | The app is definitely tablet-friendlier than the website version. It's smoother, and most importantly, with notifications. | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | basher | @AlecTeal Who are we to judge their use of resources? You are a consumer for SE, not an owner. As Matthias said, if you don't want to use it then don't. Complaining about it without testing it doesn't contribute to the conversation. | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 14:12 | comment | added | David Mulder | @Blazemonger: If those are triggered then still a wrapper based solution would have been far more applicable. Using projects like phonegap for iOS and crosswalk for Android you are able to keep all the web's features and just add specifically the native functions you need. | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 14:06 | comment | added | Blazemonger | @DavidMulder A dedicated app can display out-of-app notifications when your question is updated or your answer is commented on; the Safari version can't. | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 3:09 | comment | added | Alec Teal | @TheRealBill I like that, "Why did you write this program?" -> "Oh sometimes, the usual/better/standard way of doing it would crash". I've seen people write programming languages for lesser reasons though :P | |
| Sep 15, 2014 at 2:07 | comment | added | The Real Bill | Sure it does. It has the feature of staying open when Safari crashes. | |
| Sep 14, 2014 at 16:07 | comment | added | David Mulder | I disagree entirely with how this post was written, but the crux of the issue is absolutely true. Making a dedicated ipad app is just bad in a lot of ways, because StackExchange doesn't need it. It isn't using any features whatsoever that are only available to applications... and this design looks really easy to implement in pure HTML as well~ | |
| Sep 14, 2014 at 12:29 | comment | added | Alec Teal | @MatthiasBauch it's more the principal, remember the old top-bar that had your name in it and a direct link to chat..... good times. Change for the sake of change is bad. | |
| Sep 14, 2014 at 11:33 | comment | added | Matthias Bauch | Calm down. They probably won't force you to use the app. Btw, mathjax works. | |
| Sep 14, 2014 at 10:55 | history | answered | Alec Teal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |