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This sites switches to a mobile version when I browse there on my iPad. Maybe they haven't noticed the iPad release?

by joubert 17y ago

zyb09 17y ago
believe or not, but the iPad isn't exactly the center of the universe. Especially not for Microsoft.
- joubert 17y ago
  Agreed, but my comment wasn't really aimed at dissing MS specifically for not not showing the regular web page when using an iPad, but rather the bigger point that mobile web sites, in today's age of powerful mobile devices, are just out of place. This is amplified by the iPad's 9.7" screen, but is equally true on an iPhone, and would hope on a Windows Mobile device as well.
  - deleted 17y ago
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  - perokreco 17y ago
    I disagree. If there were more/better mobile sites, you wouldn't have to use so many apps for things that are essentially website functionality. Plus they save money if you are not on an unlimited plan. I do hate when they scrape functionality, the way I can not add an attachment on a mobile version of gmail so I have to use the html one.
    - joubert 17y ago
      Maybe I didn't express myself clearly. Apologies. What I mean is that mobile hardware (and mobile browsers) are getting better and better and so mobile websites are become passe. Decent mobile hardware & browsers can view full websites. Especially when your screen is 9.7".
- philwelch 17y ago
  I know a guy who used to work on Microsoft's web site, and they were actually pretty determined about making it work on all the browsers they could. I don't think this is something they would just gloss over or forget about.
thenduks 17y ago
+1 for HN on iPad. Sometimes you're taking a break from working and just want to catch up on the news a bit. What better place to do so than relaxing on your couch?
- bad_user 17y ago
  Wouldn't it have been better that, instead of just reading you could copy/paste a piece of code and run it to see what it does?
  - thenduks 17y ago
    I'm not sure I follow... What code? If, while relaxing and reading news, I come across something I absolutely must run (a pretty unlikely scenario) I can simply email paste it into an email to myself.
  - jodrellblank 17y ago
    Yes, it would. All other things being absolutely identical. But I suspect what you are really saying is "wouldn't it be better if you had a completely different device by a different company running different software with a significantly less polished and pleasant experience every single time you use it for the very rare occasion that there's some code in a HN comment or linked article which is complete enough to copy and run, and also in a language which you have an environment and libraries for, and also which does something you are interested in and also which you are motivated enough to interrupt your reading to run". In which case, the answer is no.

This sites switches to a mobile version when I browse there on my iPad. Maybe they haven't noticed the iPad release?

by joubert 17y ago

This sites switches to a mobile version when I browse there on my iPad. Maybe they haven't noticed the iPad release?

zyb09 17y ago

believe or not, but the iPad isn't exactly the center of the universe. Especially not for Microsoft.

joubert 17y ago
Agreed, but my comment wasn't really aimed at dissing MS specifically for not not showing the regular web page when using an iPad, but rather the bigger point that mobile web sites, in today's age of powerful mobile devices, are just out of place. This is amplified by the iPad's 9.7" screen, but is equally true on an iPhone, and would hope on a Windows Mobile device as well.
- deleted 17y ago
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- perokreco 17y ago
  I disagree. If there were more/better mobile sites, you wouldn't have to use so many apps for things that are essentially website functionality. Plus they save money if you are not on an unlimited plan. I do hate when they scrape functionality, the way I can not add an attachment on a mobile version of gmail so I have to use the html one.
  - joubert 17y ago
    Maybe I didn't express myself clearly. Apologies. What I mean is that mobile hardware (and mobile browsers) are getting better and better and so mobile websites are become passe. Decent mobile hardware & browsers can view full websites. Especially when your screen is 9.7".
philwelch 17y ago
I know a guy who used to work on Microsoft's web site, and they were actually pretty determined about making it work on all the browsers they could. I don't think this is something they would just gloss over or forget about.

thenduks 17y ago

+1 for HN on iPad. Sometimes you're taking a break from working and just want to catch up on the news a bit. What better place to do so than relaxing on your couch?

bad_user 17y ago
Wouldn't it have been better that, instead of just reading you could copy/paste a piece of code and run it to see what it does?
- thenduks 17y ago
  I'm not sure I follow... What code? If, while relaxing and reading news, I come across something I absolutely must run (a pretty unlikely scenario) I can simply email paste it into an email to myself.
- jodrellblank 17y ago
  Yes, it would. All other things being absolutely identical. But I suspect what you are really saying is "wouldn't it be better if you had a completely different device by a different company running different software with a significantly less polished and pleasant experience every single time you use it for the very rare occasion that there's some code in a HN comment or linked article which is complete enough to copy and run, and also in a language which you have an environment and libraries for, and also which does something you are interested in and also which you are motivated enough to interrupt your reading to run". In which case, the answer is no.