# Any Chance of an SDMB Mobile App? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180 "2012-05-07T15:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/1 "2012-05-07T15:24:24Z")
Reading the SDMB on my phone requires lots of magnifying and scrolling. Can we get someone to write a few lines of code to make the boards more readable on phones and put an app up on the marketplace? I’ll gladly pay for it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/2 "2012-05-07T15:33:32Z")
Tapatalk? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/3 "2012-05-07T17:19:27Z")
Yeah, Tapatalk is probably your best bet. > **[Tapatalk - Free Forum Hosting, Free Forum Mobile App.](https://www.tapatalk.com/)** > > Stay connected with your community on-the-go with this award-winning forum app ---
**Author:** ![otseng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3d9bf3/32.png) [@otseng](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otseng)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/4 "2012-07-11T14:52:10Z")
I’m currently creating an Android app to access various forums. It’s in development right now and this site is one of the forums it can access (read only). It’s available here: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecodia.android.p4um](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecodia.android.p4um) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/5 "2012-07-11T14:58:30Z")
> [@otseng](#): > > I’m currently creating an Android app to access various forums. It’s in development right now and this site is one of the forums it can access (read only). It’s available here: > [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecodia.android.p4um](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecodia.android.p4um) This would allow moderators and administrators to be on duty 16 hours a day! I bet they’re jumping for joy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/6 "2012-07-11T16:43:51Z")
Absolutely against the idea. It would permanently change the character of the board in some undefined way. Also, you kids and your “mobile cellular phones”…we don’t want your “leet speek”, “u2” type posts! We require text that’s typed on keyboards only. Nothing done on those kiddie-style LCD screens. Part of the charm of the SDMB is that it’s for _adults_ who type, not this newfangled “text” stuff. Don’t allow this. Don’t allow the character of the SDMB to change. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/7 "2012-07-11T17:09:39Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Absolutely against the idea. It would permanently change the character of the board in some undefined way. Also, you kids and your “mobile cellular phones”…we don’t want your “leet speek”, “u2” type posts! We require text that’s typed on keyboards only. Nothing done on those kiddie-style LCD screens. Part of the charm of the SDMB is that it’s for _adults_ who type, not this newfangled “text” stuff. Don’t allow this. Don’t allow the character of the SDMB to change. > > 😛 I love you. Wait, no, I mean i \<3 u ---
**Author:** ![otseng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3d9bf3/32.png) [@otseng](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otseng)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/8 "2012-07-11T17:10:37Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Absolutely against the idea. It would permanently change the character of the board in some undefined way. Also, you kids and your “mobile cellular phones”…we don’t want your “leet speek”, “u2” type posts! We require text that’s typed on keyboards only. Nothing done on those kiddie-style LCD screens. Part of the charm of the SDMB is that it’s for _adults_ who type, not this newfangled “text” stuff. Don’t allow this. Don’t allow the character of the SDMB to change. > > 😛 Like I mentioned, it’s a read-only app of the forum. There’s no way to post from the app to SDMB. So no fear of somehow corrupting the character of this board. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/9 "2012-07-11T17:37:48Z")
> [@otseng](#): > > Like I mentioned, it’s a read-only app of the forum. There’s no way to post from the app to SDMB. So no fear of somehow corrupting the character of this board. Here let me fix your hair. It got kind of…whooshed around. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/10 "2012-07-11T17:40:47Z")
I use Tapatalk all the time. Polls don’t show up but it is a good mobile way to keep up on the forum. You can post from it too (I am right now) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/11 "2012-07-11T19:12:28Z")
> [@otseng](#): > > Like I mentioned, it’s a read-only app of the forum. There’s no way to post from the app to SDMB. So no fear of somehow corrupting the character of this board. Just _knowing_ that people are even _looking_ at the board differently from the way I want them to look at it will absolutely destroy everything that makes this board wonderful and unique. Even if the default is that that people don’t have to use it, and even if I never have to know that someone’s using it, it will still ruin the board forevers. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/12 "2012-07-11T19:19:25Z")
I already start threads (including polls), create and post replies, etc. from my iPhone, without Tapatalk, and have no issues. I don’t see the huge need. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/13 "2012-07-11T20:02:56Z")
If it’s good enough for **Jackknifed Juggernaut** , who apparently doesn’t mind being inconvenienced and frustrated from having to squint, enlarge, and scroll back and forth while using this site, then that’s all that counts. The rest of you should man up or piss off. Me, I’ll continue reading and posting from Tapatalk when I’m away from my computer since otherwise I wouldn’t be able to read or post at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/14 "2012-07-11T21:00:14Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > If it’s good enough for **Jackknifed Juggernaut** , who apparently doesn’t mind being inconvenienced and frustrated from having to squint, enlarge, and scroll back and forth while using this site, then that’s all that counts. The rest of you should man up or piss off. > > Me, I’ll continue reading and posting from Tapatalk when I’m away from my computer since otherwise I wouldn’t be able to read or post at all. No, I’m sorry but even Tapatalk should be disabled here. Allowing it’s use has already contributed to the decline of the…undefinable…quintessence that _is_ the SDMB. The many numinous properties of the board have declined in ways I can’t describe since Tapatalk (let alone this new proposed app\*) have been allowed. Everyone’s SDMB experience must be _exactly_ the same or the Board will _CHANGE_!!! 😉 😛 \*And it’s for Android? That _deliberately_ excludes people who use Apple devices. Do we _really_ want a two-tiered system where some posters have a different SDMB experience? Even if the other poster’s experience has absolutely no effect on the rest of us? _IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT???_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/15 "2012-07-11T21:25:05Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > No, I’m sorry but even Tapatalk should be disabled here. Allowing it’s use has already contributed to the decline of the…undefinable…quintessence that _is_ the SDMB. The many numinous properties of the board have declined in ways I can’t describe since Tapatalk (let alone this new proposed app\*) have been allowed. > > Everyone’s SDMB experience must be _exactly_ the same or the Board will _CHANGE_!!! > > 😉 😛 > > \*And it’s for Android? That _deliberately_ excludes people who use Apple devices. Do we _really_ want a two-tiered system where some posters have a different SDMB experience? Even if the other poster’s experience has absolutely no effect on the rest of us? _IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT???_ You don’t do subtle, do you? I think everybody has gotten your somewhat off-topic digs by now, although I’m sure there are more than a few who are wondering who the hell it is you think your jousting with since nobody here has said word one against either this proposed app or Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/16 "2012-07-11T21:53:41Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > If it’s good enough for **Jackknifed Juggernaut** , who apparently doesn’t mind being inconvenienced and frustrated from having to squint, enlarge, and scroll back and forth while using this site, then that’s all that counts. The rest of you should man up or piss off. > > Me, I’ll continue reading and posting from Tapatalk when I’m away from my computer since otherwise I wouldn’t be able to read or post at all. I guess I should have been more clear, but I was referring to the need for a read-only app, when full functionality is already available without an app. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/17 "2012-07-11T21:55:03Z")
Jousting without an opponent is quite a lot like… poking. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/18 "2012-07-11T22:18:32Z")
I’m gonna show my android ignorance here but I’m the latest of adopters, my phone barely makes calls and should be in a museum. (And me along with it.) So if this is a stupid suggestion I apologize in advance. This might be an older technology that may or may not be useful but if all you want to do is read, would something like this rss feed reader help? [http://page2rss.com/](http://page2rss.com/) ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/19 "2012-07-12T06:59:47Z")
Apology accepted. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180/20 "2012-07-12T11:21:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > your somewhat off-topic digs Awww. Who’s da sad ex-mod? You miss having the power to direct a thread, don’t you? It’s soooo sad. ☹ Do you need a hug? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180.md?page=2)