Comments on: Goodbye WPTouch http://test.latko.org/?p=119 A Misanthropic Anthropoid With Something to Say Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Latko http://test.latko.org/?p=119&cpage=1#comment-10 Chris Latko Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:56:41 +0000 http://www.latko.org/?p=119#comment-10 I think WPtouch is a great product. That's why I chose it over many alternate solutions. It does 95% percent of what I want it to do. I don't really care about losing the sidebars either. I do a lot of reading on my iPhone and it has been increasingly frustrating to read boiled down iPhone templates and I just didn't want to inflict that on my users. I'm not saying WPtouch is boiled down, but is a new interface forced on the user. Most of these other sites do not offer "normal" view as far as I can tell. Also, as a frequent user of my own site (there is quite a bit of functionality behind the scenes) I was growing increasing frustrated with the process of changing to normal view to use these functions. Mobile Safari is not a paragon of stability, but 2.2.1 helped quite a bit, and is often purged of cookies due to crashes or resource overload. Once this happens, I get the default WPtouch mode. I wanted to dive into your code to reverse the view mode, as you mentioned, but have other projects that take priority. I have deactivated, not uninstalled your plugin, and will follow its progress. I look forward to your next version. I think WPtouch is a great product. That’s why I chose it over many alternate solutions. It does 95% percent of what I want it to do. I don’t really care about losing the sidebars either.

I do a lot of reading on my iPhone and it has been increasingly frustrating to read boiled down iPhone templates and I just didn’t want to inflict that on my users. I’m not saying WPtouch is boiled down, but is a new interface forced on the user. Most of these other sites do not offer “normal” view as far as I can tell.

Also, as a frequent user of my own site (there is quite a bit of functionality behind the scenes) I was growing increasing frustrated with the process of changing to normal view to use these functions. Mobile Safari is not a paragon of stability, but 2.2.1 helped quite a bit, and is often purged of cookies due to crashes or resource overload. Once this happens, I get the default WPtouch mode.

I wanted to dive into your code to reverse the view mode, as you mentioned, but have other projects that take priority.

I have deactivated, not uninstalled your plugin, and will follow its progress. I look forward to your next version.

]]> By: Dale Mugford http://test.latko.org/?p=119&cpage=1#comment-9 Dale Mugford Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:20 +0000 http://www.latko.org/?p=119#comment-9 I can understand your frustration, but we feel WPtouch solves that issue by allowing for the visitor to switch between the normal view of a website and WPtouch. That way on a per user basis the choice can be made. The choice is saved as a cookie and thus when they return to visit your site they'll see your standard theme. As for content, WPtouch doesn't remove your content, aside from sidebar content. The next version of WPtouch is even more powerful, and we'll consider the option to have visitors see your desktop theme first, and be given the chance to switch to WPtouch, instead of the other way around. I can understand your frustration, but we feel WPtouch solves that issue by allowing for the visitor to switch between the normal view of a website and WPtouch.

That way on a per user basis the choice can be made. The choice is saved as a cookie and thus when they return to visit your site they’ll see your standard theme.

As for content, WPtouch doesn’t remove your content, aside from sidebar content. The next version of WPtouch is even more powerful, and we’ll consider the option to have visitors see your desktop theme first, and be given the chance to switch to WPtouch, instead of the other way around.

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