Mobile App Changes

[Janet H]

In the coming days forum access via the mobile app will be discontinued and we wanted to make you aware of some other options so that your surfing won't be interrupted.

Our forums software already has a mobile view with this same functionality. Use a browser to access the forum instead of the app. Transitioning to this view on smaller screens is straightforward and we'll add convenient links at the top of the page to help you navigate to the mobile-friendly view. You will find those links right at the top of the list of forums as you log in. Click the desired link to toggle the view.

In the coming months, we'll be moving to new software (exciting details soon) so this current change is a temporary one. Deprecating the mobile app has been a difficult choice but we are taking this step in an abundance of caution as security concerns for this aging platform increase. We take member privacy seriously and believe that the inconvenience caused by this change is outweighed by broader privacy issues. Thanks for understanding.

Example of new links location (coming in a few days):

[Mike G]

Glad I never downloaded the app, heh.

A change in software upcoming? Please, please do not make radical changes to the forum's appearance and functionality! I'm on a flashlight forum (budgetlightforum.com) and last year when they switched to something new it really degraded the forum; users had to create new logins, many people disappeared, and usage dropped way off partly because it is now much harder to access the threads a person wants to see & participate in.