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Why this site is not optimized for smartphones?

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3.7K views 30 replies 19 participants last post by  wormil  
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Over months / years, my activity on the Lumberjocks site went down.

Recently I responded on a project of a buddy a few weeks late and apologized that: "I lost a lot on the Lumberjocks site but this project caught my eye. It is awesome. I like the effect with the color."

My buddy asked me via personal message: "We're not hearing much from you lately, Eli. What are you up to? What are you working on? Are you well? We want to know."

I replied with an explanation of a long trip abroad, etc., but inside I felt that this was not the full answer and I didn't know what else bothers me and I decided to go back and visit the site every day.
Only after a few days, I realized that there is another important reason why my activity on the site went down. Over the years / months, more and more, I manage my digital life through the smartphone and not through the PC (Facebook, Google, Email, , Whatsupp, Calendar appointments, etc.). The Lmberjocks site is not suitable for smartphone and it is pity for me, that just for this site, I have to open the computer, read and respond. not every day I'm close to a computer.

Do I have friends in the same boat? Are the management of this wonderful site intent to make this site suitable for surfing by Smartphones?
 
#27 ·
Chrome Android hasn't been freezing up lately but site formatting on that browser is shot. I tried Firefox Android and it formats correctly but it hesitates for about 10 seconds or so about 2/3 through loading the page, every page, haven't noticed the problem on any other website. I'll give Opera a shot.
 
#28 ·
I post exclusively from iPhone and iPad. On an iPhone 6s, some things lay out funny, because the screen isn't big enough, and there's an occasional typing glitch as the site's JavaScript trips over the spellchecker in iOS, and I'll sometimes get into a mode where I can't switch to the numeric mode on the keyboard, but it's mostly useful. And it's almost always better on the iPad than the iPhone, so I mostly just read from the phone.
 
#29 · (Edited by Moderator)
The issue I have is not really smart phone related. It's not being able to be logged in at different locations. I'm not always on my desktop, I switch around from desktop, laptop and Ipad, between all of these I find myself logged out and having to log back in even though I have selected keep me logged in.