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MacRumors App

Would you like a MacRumors app?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 59.6%

  • No

    Votes: 18 38.3%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Total voters
    47
theapplehead

theapplehead

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Let me just start by acknowledging that I’ve mentioned this before and have asked if it was in the workings. I believe that i was informed that as of yet there are no plans to create a macrumors app. However, I was just thinking how awesome it would be to have an app specifically for macrumors. I know I am not the only one who would much rather open an app then go onto to safari (or your preferred web browser) to log into macrumors every time I want to see what’s new. I do appreciate how well-done the macrumors mobile web version is. It is very clean and still a good experience on a mobile device, although I still believe a macrumors app would far exceed using a web browser. Just my $.02 let me know what y’all think.
 
Hi,

I've gone back and forth on an app. It'd be nice to have, but haven't been sure it's worth the effort and cost, not just to get developed but also maintain over time.

I think around the time we were seriously considering it, we'd also hit a bunch of hurdles with Apple blocking AppShopper and TouchArcade app updates, so it left us with a bad taste in our mouths.

Besides that, I'd also hoped Apple would extend web push notifications to mobile Safari, but they still haven't done that.

Right now, we don't have any serious plans on doing an app. I don't know if that will change.

arn
 
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One way to rationalize it, if the bandwidth of your site is consumed in delivery of things that could be static and then the costs of the delivery of the static content could be lessened, an app makes sense.

I'm sure also ad revenue would also need to be better or at least equal to the mobile site.
 
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I voted no in the poll. I don't see the need for an app for myself. The website and mobile website work great enough for how I interact with it. At the same time I'm also not opposed to an app if Arn wanted to make one. But if the decision hinged on how the users feel about it, then I don't see a need for one.
 
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I voted no. Honestly the latest MR upgrade was a huge improvement. I don't see any need for an app. I am sure that there are things to tweak, but ultimately this is a well designed website that can work as a website.
 
If there were to be an app, my thoughts in general, are the app would have to some features/function to differentiate it from the website. Else what's the purpose of having an app to begin with?
 
If there were an app. I'd gladly PAY for one with no ads. If the ads were targeted, that'd be different. I'm NOT interested in a forever spinning top.
 
jbachandouris said:
If there were an app. I'd gladly PAY for one with no ads. If the ads were targeted, that'd be different. I'm NOT interested in a forever spinning top.
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I share your thoughts. I also would pay for an app as well. I use Macrumors mobile for my iPads/iPhone on iOS (Sometimes my Mac), but if they actually had a proprietary app, that would be a great secondary option. The ads aren’t really that obtrusive to me, but it be a nice perk for those would be willing to pay for the app experience if there was one.
 
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jbachandouris said:
If there were an app. I'd gladly PAY for one with no ads. If the ads were targeted, that'd be different. I'm NOT interested in a forever spinning top.
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Relentless Power said:
I share your thoughts. I also would pay for an app as well. I use Macrumors mobile for my iPads/iPhone on iOS (Sometimes my Mac), but if they actually had a proprietary app, that would be a great secondary option. The ads aren’t really that obtrusive to me, but it be a nice perk for those would be willing to pay for the app experience if there was one.
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You can pay right now for an ad free experience with a few other perks without an official app.

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Weaselboy said:
No app... but the forum software works pretty well in mobile browsers.
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That looks like a network issue more than anything else. I would hazard a guess you are in China? If so, I imagine you have internal network infrastructure issues that cause this.

Otherwise, I hope there is no further thought on doing an app. Web support is more than sufficient, and apps are slow, buggy, very expensive to maintain and generally a pain in the derriere to manage.

I tried to convince my friend who owns a gym not to build an app. She did and is now reaping the rewards of updates, app store issues, developer woes, and it's nothing more than a wrapper.

I demonstrated what she could do as a PWA, and boom. App works better than the native version.
 
beanbaguk said:
That looks like a network issue more than anything else. I would hazard a guess you are in China? If so, I imagine you have internal network infrastructure issues that cause this.

Otherwise, I hope there is no further thought on doing an app. Web support is more than sufficient, and apps are slow, buggy, very expensive to maintain and generally a pain in the derriere to manage.

I tried to convince my friend who owns a gym not to build an app. She did and is now reaping the rewards of updates, app store issues, developer woes, and it's nothing more than a wrapper.

I demonstrated what she could do as a PWA, and boom. App works better than the native version.
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Yes, I'm in China, but the relevant departments have not banned macrumors (just like Google).I can browse macrumors news posts normally, but this happens every time I reply to a post, so that I can only browse and not communicate properly.
 
ybbbbbbb said:
Yes, I'm in China, but the relevant departments have not banned macrumors (just like Google).I can browse macrumors news posts normally, but this happens every time I reply to a post, so that I can only browse and not communicate properly.
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Could be trackers getting blocked, or adverts etc. Either way, the problem isn’t endemic to MacRumors.

I've been exclusively using the mobile site for years and the only issue I ever have is with editing long posts with particular formatting (which is a common issue with most places on the web).
 
arn said:
Hi,

I've gone back and forth on an app. It'd be nice to have, but haven't been sure it's worth the effort and cost, not just to get developed but also maintain over time.

I think around the time we were seriously considering it, we'd also hit a bunch of hurdles with Apple blocking AppShopper and TouchArcade app updates, so it left us with a bad taste in our mouths.

Besides that, I'd also hoped Apple would extend web push notifications to mobile Safari, but they still haven't done that.

Right now, we don't have any serious plans on doing an app. I don't know if that will change.

arn
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Exactly, Apple's decision to explicitly deny Progressive Web Apps is at the heart of this. Xenforo actually has a nice robust platform for this that works great in the Android/Chrome world but is useless on Apple/Safari, so developers and board owners are powerless over this short of using Tapatalk or another external platform for push notifications.

TLDR: Apple needs to get with the rest of the modern world and allow it.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Exactly, Apple's decision to explicitly deny Progressive Web Apps is at the heart of this. Xenforo actually has a nice robust platform for this that works great in the Android/Chrome world but is useless on Apple/Safari, so developers and board owners are powerless over this short of using Tapatalk or another external platform for push notifications.

TLDR: Apple needs to get with the rest of the modern world and allow it.
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Apple probably won't at least not on IOS. I'm guessing they view the ability to just push a notification without registration a security/spam opportunity.
 
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