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[Suggestion] Non-mouseover forum browsing.
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Post by
pezz
There were a couple threads previously about browsing Wowhead on cellphones. I'm not sure if I was expected to necro them instead of starting a new one, although I think my suggestion might be slightly different. In any case, if this belongs in a previous thread, I don't mind if it gets locked/moved/whatever, just so long as I know where to ask.
There were a couple threads a couple of months ago about making Wowhead more accessible on mobile phones, and the consensus of the administration seemed to be it was a lot of work when there were more important things going on. Which seems fair, and also, it doesn't seem too difficult to browse Wowhead on a phone. The one problem I seem to have though, is browsing the forums on a device with a touch screen only. To get to anything but the general forums from the front page, normally you have to mouse over where it says Forums to allow you to see the drop down list. But with phones such as the iphone, there isn't a mouse over option because it's all a touch screen. So I find myself tapping the Forums button and praying my connection sucks while I race through the menus to get to, say, the Paladin forums (or a class forum of your choice, if you wish). While this can be fairly exciting (it's like I'm racing the internet!), it's also slightly frustrating. Is it possible to add just a simple way of looking through the various forums that allow you to click through menus instead of mousing over options? Or even just change it so that clicking 'forums' on the front page doesn't put you straight through to the general forums, but instead brings up a list of the forums and a link to a list of the various class forums that can all be clicked on. That way, you could leave the mouse over functionality for people with mouses, but people trying to browse the forums on touch screens wouldn't have any trouble getting to forums that aren't the general one, without having to go through weird channels like checking random people's profiles for recent replies in the forum you're trying to get to.
Post by
Toldu
I've got the Omnia and what I do (until they give another option) is bookmark
http://www.wowhead.com/?forums&latest-topics
. That will give me access to every new thread and also an ability to find a direct link to usually every other forum as well on the front page.
Post by
Malgayne
We've been batting around a bunch of ideas for a better mobile Wowhead experience. We're still trying to decide on the best approach.
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