An iOS app for this forum?

Hi guys,

Don't you think there should be an iOS app for this forum? I personally love this forum, but the UI/UX could surely be improved. While redesigning the website would be hard and some people may be against it, we should definitely create an app.
What do you guys think?

Best,
Bitcoiner

It's not necessary especially for the current software of bitcointalk though there is someone who made for android but it isn't official or recommended.

Also I can still use this forum using my android and iphone so mobile app isn't a big deal.

Tried the link you mentioned, but it does not seem to be active. Yeah, we could use the browser, but as I said, the UI/UX could be made quite cool with an app.

I think we won't see anything like this before epochtalk and to be fair, I don't even think we will ever see apps for bitcointalk.

This forum needs good UI/UX designers, who will consider all the details of this forum (features like merit, report, etc) and design a website that will be simple and user-oriented. Also, good web developers who will build a responsive design that will be low in size and fast, optimized for every device.

I think, if theymos really wants, he can easily collect talented guys on this forum and finally do this job but idk what's happening. If we want to move on epochtalk, then this development should be finished more quickly and if we want to stay on SMF, then we should create a new template and suit it to SMF.

In reality, it's true that the design is very out-dated, it's not a huge problem for me but I think we should follow the modern trends.

I could work on one if the forum had a public API to make my job easier. That won't be viable until the new forum software gets released, and even then, we don't know if they will actually have a one.

Quote from: TryNinja on January 03, 2021, 02:27:33 PM

I don't think that you'd (ever) want to do that.
Just imagine that somebody gets his account "hacked" (doesn't matter how), loses some Bitcoin and blames it all on you.
You may have even to make the code open source and it may still not matter for some (see Electrum scandal)

So I'd keep it official, with or without an API.

Quote from: NeuroticFish on January 03, 2021, 02:33:15 PM

Just imagine that somebody gets his account "hacked" (doesn't matter how), loses some Bitcoin and blames it all on you.
You may have even to make the code open source and it may still not matter for some (see Electrum scandal)

Heh, this really can't be avoided. Coding it would still be fun, though.

Quote from: NeuroticFish on January 03, 2021, 02:33:15 PM

Quote from: TryNinja on January 03, 2021, 02:27:33 PM

First of all, 3rd party apps shouldn't be trusted, it can be made for fun but not used for serious cases.

The author can also state that app is made for fun and he isn't responsible for any damage caused by this app (related to bitcointalk).
Btw even if the account is hacked and bitcoins are somehow stolen, it has nothing to do with an app. It can happen via social engineering or the user mentioned his keys in PMs.

Btw, for me, bitcointalk's app UI/UX will be a lot of fun and good experience.

Quote from: shield132 on January 03, 2021, 03:46:08 PM

It's an online forum about virtual coins... don't overreact.

I would like someone to present the merits of doing this to me since I mostly access bitcointalk from computer. Like, convince me that accessing the forum from a smartphone is too difficult so an app is actually useful for it. Tell me what the advantages would be and how an app would make it easier for smartphone users, etc.

Looks like it's upto theymos if they wanna do something like this. Well, lets hope they consider this thread a request to build this app. I think a lot of people, including myself, would be happy to contribute to build this app.

Personally, i dont support the app issue if fund that ought to be use to manage the forum will be spend on it cause there's no reason for one but if people like TryNinja want to create one for fun then it all good.

Quote from: garvitgoel03 on January 03, 2021, 02:00:27 PM

Not only iOS but we also need the android app for the bitcointalk. Currently we can login bitcointalk on the mobile browser but an app would be really handy.

Quote from: bL4nkcode on January 03, 2021, 02:10:36 PM

I will never recommend anyone to use the unofficial apps. I would wait until theymos announces the official app in the future.