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Hi all 
I've just been chatting with our designer about the mobile version of the forum and have tried to raise with him the key problems with the current design when scaled down onto a mobile.
Just wanted to check if there are any key points I've missed - did my best to read through things and pick out the issues, but I don't want to miss something important - and I have a couple of days to be able to get back to him before things get finalised!
So, the two most important things I've noted to him are these:
- the links on the left (forum menu and user blogs) need to be more accessible as currently they wind up down the bottom of the screen, which is a pain to scroll down to.
- the font size is too small when viewed on a mobile device and could also benefit from being sans serif to make it clearer, possibly with the option of adjusting visible font size.
A couple of issues I am about to raise with the tech guys regarding fixing the responsive design up to work better on mobiles are:
- Occasional oddities with the screen width, sometimes things shrink a bit and head to the left, leaving a gap on the right (probably something to do with the dropdown menu on a mobile?)
- Can we hide the avatars to make for faster loading when the screen width is below a certain size? (eg: on a mobile device)
- The yellow bar gets in the way a bit when trying to post in landscape view on a mobile device as the keyboard (a necessity) also takes up a lot of screen!
I forgot to mention that we could do with a bit less whitespace on the topic/forum lists but will email him about that now. This may look better when the font is bigger anyway
Okay, now shout if I missed anything?
I've just been chatting with our designer about the mobile version of the forum and have tried to raise with him the key problems with the current design when scaled down onto a mobile.
Just wanted to check if there are any key points I've missed - did my best to read through things and pick out the issues, but I don't want to miss something important - and I have a couple of days to be able to get back to him before things get finalised!
So, the two most important things I've noted to him are these:
- the links on the left (forum menu and user blogs) need to be more accessible as currently they wind up down the bottom of the screen, which is a pain to scroll down to.
- the font size is too small when viewed on a mobile device and could also benefit from being sans serif to make it clearer, possibly with the option of adjusting visible font size.
A couple of issues I am about to raise with the tech guys regarding fixing the responsive design up to work better on mobiles are:
- Occasional oddities with the screen width, sometimes things shrink a bit and head to the left, leaving a gap on the right (probably something to do with the dropdown menu on a mobile?)
- Can we hide the avatars to make for faster loading when the screen width is below a certain size? (eg: on a mobile device)
- The yellow bar gets in the way a bit when trying to post in landscape view on a mobile device as the keyboard (a necessity) also takes up a lot of screen!
I forgot to mention that we could do with a bit less whitespace on the topic/forum lists but will email him about that now. This may look better when the font is bigger anyway
Okay, now shout if I missed anything?
