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  • October 29, 2010 at 8:51 pm #12828
    James Warrener

    Just wanted to canvass a bit of opinion on whether road.cc’ers use their mobiles to access the site?

    I have just been Blackberried and find the site slow to load through mobile internet.

    Now, I haven’t the first clue about WAP and Android and apps and stuff, but could road.cc go mobile at some stage and make it possible for me to read the news and post on the forum without it being either tiny, or about £1m in data charges?

    (sorry Dave, this is more of a question than the previous one about adding polls to the forum!)

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  • November 11, 2010 at 8:02 am #638611
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    therevokid

    SE X10 with droid 2.1 ….
    SE X10 with droid 2.1 …. road.cc on my phone is
    actually quicker than using the “works” pc !!!!

    in fact this was typed from the phone 🙂

    November 10, 2010 at 9:30 pm #638609
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    James Warrener

    No joy yet, the site uses a
    No joy yet, the site uses a lot of script (I think its called) and memory on the home page so I just can’t get it to load.

    November 3, 2010 at 11:32 am #638607
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    Super Domestique

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:whats

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    whats the best browsing solution for a Blackberry? I am just on the O2 Active

    +1 for wanting to know the answer as my blackberry arrives tomorrow.

    November 2, 2010 at 2:23 pm #638605
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    jova54

    I’ve got a HTC Desire and it
    I’ve got a HTC Desire and it works really well.

    I use it through the network hub at home and when I’m out and about through WAP and although it is slower on the move delay is not a major issue.

    I’m on Vodafone, if that’s likely to be an issue.

    October 31, 2010 at 7:06 pm #638603
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    Tony Farrelly

    Thanks F&C I’ll give that a
    Thanks F&C I’ll give that a go

    October 31, 2010 at 6:26 pm #638601
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    Blackhound

    I have viewed occasionally
    I have viewed occasionally while working away and it is OK on my Nokia 5880. Bit slow loading though.

    I view it through Opera mobile which I was advised was good – I use Opera as my default browser on main pc anyway so used to the format

    October 31, 2010 at 11:01 am #638599
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    James Warrener

    whats the best browsing
    whats the best browsing solution for a Blackberry? I am just on the O2 Active

    October 31, 2010 at 10:57 am #638597
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    Jon Burrage

    works ok on my htc touch pro
    works ok on my htc touch pro 2 (windows mobile) and on my girlfriends htc hero (android – older version). I am sure it will work even better on the htc desire hd (android 2:2), will let you know later this week.

    October 30, 2010 at 10:07 pm #638595
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    Fish_n_Chips

    @Tony, my pre loaded browser
    @Tony, my pre loaded browser was horrid on my Sony Ericky 905.

    Have you tried downloading Opera browser for the Sony?
    Works a bit better.

    Use your mobile to navigate to m.opera.com

    October 30, 2010 at 5:43 pm #638593
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    TheHatter

    Have to say its fine when I
    Have to say its fine when I borrow mrs Hatters iphone 4.

    October 30, 2010 at 12:17 pm #638591
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    Tony Farrelly

    It’s not great on my SE995…
    It’s not great on my SE995… but tbh I think that’s my phone, cos everything else is really slow on that too

    October 30, 2010 at 12:01 pm #638589
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    Fish_n_Chips

    Works fine on my iphone 4
    Works fine on my iphone 4 using safari, Opera and my SE 905 and the old mans Nokia n95 8GB.

    I think touch screens with a pinch zoom or a big screen like the HTC Desire HD will fine.

    The site looks well layed out and easy to scroll over while sites like Bike Radar are all over the place.
    Scolling up and down is all that is needed.

    While the forum looks simple, on a mobile it is easy to browse and catch up on articles or reviews.

    October 30, 2010 at 6:34 am #638587
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    dave atkinson

    let’s not forget that without
    let’s not forget that without the ads there’s no site though, eh? 😐

    October 29, 2010 at 9:36 pm #638585
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    Simon E

    I’m not a mobile phone user
    I’m not a mobile phone user but I have 2p to add.

    The speed of road.cc can be affected by google-analytics, among other things. Twice the other evening my browser (FF3.6) stopped responding while waiting for the site so Adblock Plus was installed and that domain blocked. Problem solved.

    Am presently browsing it with Opera 10, which seems to be loading pages pretty quickly. Mind you, that’s probably because I have blocked a number of annoying adverts. Sorry but I wasn’t going to buy anything anyway.

    In this day of the ubiquity of Flash content I think too many websites are written for those with particularly fast connections; multiple domains are referenced, content dragged in from here and there and these things slow it all down for the end user. I’m not saying treat us like we’re on dial-up but page components should be considered for their effect on performance as much as anything.

    October 29, 2010 at 9:04 pm #638583
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    dave atkinson

    currently just over 7% of the
    currently just over 7% of the logged visits to road.cc are made from mobile devices, and it is something we’re considering quite closely. currently we’re trying to work out the best strategy for a mobile site but rest assured, we are looking into it.

    i’d be interested to hear anyone’s experiences of the current site on their mobile device. let us know what you got, and how well the site performs. for my part i’ve got an htc desire and the site displays fairly well although it’s a bit slow.

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