# I gotta say, the mobile interface is so much better **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559 "2020-06-22T14:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/1 "2020-06-22T14:10:48Z")
I never liked tapatalk, and the website was worthless on mobile. The discourse Android app seems pretty good so far. I might actually start using SDMB outside of work hours. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/2 "2020-06-22T14:17:37Z")
I looked for a discourse Android app, and i didn’t see anything that was obviously the official app. What are you using? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/3 "2020-06-22T14:21:02Z")
It’s called DiscourseHub. Owner is “Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.” ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/4 "2020-06-22T14:31:41Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/5 "2020-06-22T14:40:10Z")
Hmm, it doesn’t look very different from Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/6 "2020-06-22T14:46:38Z")
Yeah, looks like the app is basically just an overlay to your web browser. But it’s still 100% better than viewing the old site on mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/7 "2020-06-22T14:52:32Z")
It looks like ass on my iPhone 11 Max. The formatting doesn’t take into account the speaker/camera location and things get buried so I can’t see either the first few characters or the last few characters of a post, depending on which way I hold my phone. Also, I can really only see one post at a time because of the tremendous amount of white space present in each post. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/8 "2020-06-22T15:01:49Z")
Are you in landscape? Just curious, because I’ve never had the urge to browse the web in landscape mode. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/9 "2020-06-22T15:03:19Z")
Yes, I have the phone turned sideways. I can’t read the text otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/10 "2020-06-22T15:04:48Z")
The don’t is bigger now, and it’s pretty easy to read in vertical, now. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/11 "2020-06-22T15:12:22Z")
When you “+Add your first site”, what is the link you enter? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/12 "2020-06-22T15:13:08Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > The don’t is bigger now, and it’s pretty easy to read in vertical, now. Grumble grumble 5 minute limit… Font, not “don’t” Gd auto correct ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/13 "2020-06-22T15:13:47Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > When you “+Add your first site”, what is the link you enter? Just [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/14 "2020-06-22T15:15:20Z")
Ahhh. Thanks for that. I tried that. I must have had a typo on the first try. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/15 "2020-06-23T13:54:25Z")
I installed DiscourseHub on my iPhone and after I enter the username and password, I get an error message that I need to enable cookies in my browser. I have cookies enabled, I think, in both Safari and Chrome, but still get the error. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix the issue? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/16 "2020-06-23T16:30:55Z")
I didn’t need to download anything to have a mobile interface. Just open the three bars, at the bottom it says “mobile interface”. Click it. Poof! Seems fine to me in my android. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/17 "2020-06-23T17:47:19Z")
Is it possible to change the font size inside the Android mobile app? I couldn’t find the setting. That is my biggest issue so far. Tapatalk had a much more readable default font size. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/18 "2020-06-24T03:05:59Z")
Go to your profile. Select your username, preferences. Use the dropdown on the right, select interface. You can change your default print size. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-say-the-mobile-interface-is-so-much-better/911559/19 "2020-06-24T03:23:18Z")
I’m liking the Android mobile interface a lot, and I really liked Tapatalk. Not using any app.