View forum on mobile

[Eth pro]

Hi all. I surf forum on my phone and it does not auto scale. It's very hard to read. Seems that forum does not have mobile version?

[Plaguedeath]

Officially bitcointalk doesn't have mobile version.  But, there are someone create userscript to view bitcointalk friendly in mobile version, you can follow the instruction  here Bitcointalk Mobile Friendly App for Android
You can also visit this thread to view another userscript by another user if you interestes https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5148488.0

Disclaimer : Use it with your own risk

[Eth pro]

Thanks. The add-on developed by forum member right? I see an old account member said that he would not risk his account to use the add-on.

[JeromeTash]

Hi all. I surf forum on my phone and it does not auto scale. It's very hard to read. Seems that forum does not have mobile version?

I had the same problem at the beginning but you eventually get used to it. Right now am using the forum from a mobile device. Maybe it could be solved when the new forum software is out. But for now I would advice you to avoid third party apps or scripts. Your account safety is yo priority.

[Plaguedeath]

Thanks. The add-on developed by forum member right? I see an old account member said that he would not risk his account to use the add-on.

Yes that's right, yeah it's why I said "use it with your own risk" if you think really this is very needed
But, I would suggest to avoid it... Because the developer of create this script is not active again (last 2018). So if you got any problem or hacked, he can't help you

[DdmrDdmr]

There is no official mobile App, and honestly, I would not provide my account access to any of the few unofficial attempts at creating one either. The topic is raised every now and then, especially on Meta, as can be seen here:

Launch Possible of bitcointalk.org forum mobile application ?
Mobile Friendly Bitcointalk
This is how bitcointalk.org looks like on a mobile phone
Isn't it ironic that Bitcointalk has no mobile version?
Should there be a bitcointalk app?
Would you like to have an app for Bicointalk.org
Etc.

[mk4]

The next version of Bitcointalk, the more modern and responsive one(not an app, just a better forum software), is still on the works. If you want it to be implemented sooner, you might want to help out in testing EpochTalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114336.0

At the mean time, you can try out the unofficial apps. Just proceed with caution.

[mocacinno]

Or, if you're not that technically inclined, but still want a sneak preview of epochtalk, i have a reasonably recent version running here:
https://blog.mocacinno.com/

It'll only stay online for as long as i don't need the resources, and if a decent vulnerability is found it'll be taken offline in a heartbeat

[Ludena Protocol]

Not having mobile version sucks, but there are applications now that can convert these older sites into a mobile friendly format

[LoyceV]

I had the same problem at the beginning but you eventually get used to it.

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone

[UserU]

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone

Wouldn't that just be a... tablet?

[skarais]

Actually I also didnt really like exploring forums using phone at first. That makes it difficult for me to read because the writing is very small. But because of the limited time to continue to be in front of the PC, I still have to use my phone and access the forum every time there is free time and now I have started to feel comfortable even though sometimes the internet connection is very slow and annoying.

Several times I was also advised to try an unofficial application to access the forum, but I think it would be very risky and I prefer to use a phone without the help of an unofficial application and its safer.

[Chlotide]

I personally use Opera Browser on my android phone to surf bitcointalk and has decent scaling (10 times more readable that Chrome for example). Must have something similar to 100vw (100% viewport width) for post container... feature that grew on me
Also has a built-in VPN so depending where you are and what internet connection you have might be slightly slower but clearly much more readable.
This is what it looks like:

[TalkStar]

After spending little more time here you will start to love its current desktop version and i hope small font will not be a big issue for you. Personally i always prefer to use laptop/desktop for bitcointalk and current desktop view is enough responsive for me. Yeah you can get the experience of mobile view with unofficial apps but i will not suggest you to use that due to safety reason. Just by zooming little bit you can easily surf here and hopefully thats much safer for you . Before getting official apps i think i can put some extra pressure on my eye lens.

If i am not wrong then you will give priority to your account safety rather than taking new experience with mobile view.  

[Harlot]

Not having mobile version sucks, but there are applications now that can convert these older sites into a mobile friendly format

Are you sure that these aren't your phone's problem? Before I had an S9 my Galaxy S4 was working perfectly when I'm using it for surfing Bitcointalk even without ticking anything about viewing the desktop version of the site. Maybe if you have a phone that has lower than 1080p resolution or a browser app that isn't good makes BCT bad on your browser?

[gentlemand]

Another vote for Opera mobile. It does a really good job of scaling on the fly, usually catching up in fractions of a second when you zoom in.

Most of the time I use this version for mobile https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?;wap2 but when you need to quote then it has to be the full fat version. No way could I ever use the full version of the forum on a phone without Opera.

[Stedsm]

I don't know what's the problem in using the forum as it is? Just because we need to scale it ourselves makes it bad for the forum and arises need for an Android app? I've been using the forum since around 2013 on my smartphone only and had since been happy. It's a different story that the type of happiness the forum derives in my mind while being used through a OnePlus 7T makes it a whole new experience against how I used it in my Lenovo K6 Power. Still, it just takes 2 fingers to stretch the screen and minimize the stress while looking at the posts here.

[pakhitheboss]

I had the same problem at the beginning but you eventually get used to it.

In landscape-mode, I only have to zoom a bit on my phone. On a tablet it works fine, so just get a bigger phone

Yeah on tablet it works fine. I have been using my tablet all the time to access the forum. On mobile it is a bit of a stuggle. But, you still can zoom in and out to view the content.

[mole0815]

A real mobile version is not (yet) available. But I must honestly say that I don't have any problem with it meanwhile.
For me iPhone/Safari works well and with practice even quote/formatting works quite well. But of course a real solution would be an enrichment

//edit: Many thanks for the tip gentlemand. In that case I will start a test!

[sujonali1819]

To be honest I don't feel I need bitcointalk as mobile version. And I don't feel any problem with.  And really I feel as desktop when I visit bitcointalk by using my mobile phone. All things are showing as desktop/pc. Just need manually zoom the screen where need to read. But when I tried to visit with unofficial mobile version by helping any other browser I see it lost its main structure and become little bit hard to find quickly all board /sections since I am accustomed with desktop version .