Mariner stuff not worthy of a whole thread

[Timmah]

A few here making it out to be far more than it is. As suggested earlier it's more or less an additional information outlet direct to members (not every member reads the weekly emails that get pumped out), and a lot more people are on FB than aren't.

I doubt the intent is to discredit this place - ccmfans is always going to hold a level of discussion you will never, ever get on FB.

But I also don't think the FB group is necessarily set up as sycophant city - I've seen several folks letting off steam (as they have here) about the membership pack issue, for example. I can't imagine they'll quash discussion that is negative, as long as it's not "detracting from the experience" for other members.

 

[MagpieMariner]

I don't usually look at ccmfans on my phone when I'm out, so I won't see any notices you guys post until I get home. I find ccmfans doesn't come up well on my phone. So having a FB page is good for me; doesn't mean I'm going to dump ccmfans, I'm just getting the best of both worlds.

 

[Shaun Mielekamp]

These are two entirely different platforms with different audiences. The Members page is so that members can receive and generate their own content without being bombarded by the haters and WSW fans. Some of the content we provide as a club simply cant be delivered in other platforms and this is more of an evolution of what we were trying to achieve with the Skype calls. There is no way that facebook can sustain a genuine conversation and engagement that a genuine forum does. The perfect example of this, is this exact post which simply wouldn't make sense on facebook and would confuse those only partially engaged who just read an individual post without having the nous to understand the topic being discussed. Some will like it and some will hate it but it will give us a chance to do something that no one else is doing.

 

[adz]

I don't usually look at ccmfans on my phone when I'm out, so I won't see any notices you guys post until I get home. I find ccmfans doesn't come up well on my phone. So having a FB page is good for me; doesn't mean I'm going to dump ccmfans, I'm just getting the best of both worlds.

I'll take this as a bug report
What phone do you have? Anything specific that doesn't work or generally looks crap?

 

[greenlig]

I'll take this as a bug report
What phone do you have? Anything specific that doesn't work or generally looks crap?

If Magpie's issue is anything like mine, forums just aren't suited to phones because of the amount of text/widgets? I generally wait till I'm in front of my PC to jump on here, it's an easier browsing experience.

 

[MagpieMariner]

Hi Adz, not a bug report or a problem with ccmfans, just my preference for a bigger screen when I read ccmfans posts. I also don't like posting stuff via the phone -- I'm an old bugger who just sends SMS messages on the phone (when I'm not talking on it lol).

 

[Timmah]

Wait.

Phones make calls and send SMS?

 

[nebakke]

I don't mind using the forum on my phone, but it's definitely not the ideal way to engage... i think it's been discussed here before, that the forums software doesn't have a mobile site, which is a shame, but far from the end of the world
A strength of the facebook forum though, is that you can get an update whenever something is posted... I'm thinking that could turn out to be both productive and interesting, especially on game day... If my coverage didn't consistently fall apart whenever there's more than 5000 people at the stadium that is..

 

[FFC Mariner]

works fine on my phone

Galaxy S5

 

[Gratis]

I mainly interact here on the phone - primarily because my home interwebs is a weakmen.
I find it is quite good all told which can and should be taken as positive feedback and compliment to ye unfurlers of the forum.
(Opera mini is a good browser for it for anyone interested.
It is a considerably easier task to read and write on a computer but that is the issue of a phone not the site.

Regarding Facebook - well done and good idea. I have the facebooks but am rarely on it, maybe once every month or two and then only briefly. Thus I don't expect to use the member site all that much but will still check it out

 

[Rowdy]

works fine on my phone

Galaxy S5

Agree, like wise on a Samsung Note4
- its good for the 40+'s as it has/had the biggest screen you can get when I bought mine (maybe the new Samsung S7 does to, not sure on that spec)

I use the Samsung generic Internet browser and the layout shits all over sitting in front of my desktop.

I'd suggest the Samsung Note7 but
......

 

[adz]

Thanks all. I'm using an iPhone 5 so it's got a pretty small (and smashed) screen in comparison to others. The page design is minimal to focus on discussion and try to be as good as it can be on mobile but everyone will have their preference. Most of our traffic now comes through mobile so I wanted to make sure it isn't munted on someone's phone.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Thanks all. I'm using an iPhone 5 so it's got a pretty small (and smashed) screen in comparison to others. The page design is minimal to focus on discussion and try to be as good as it can be on mobile but everyone will have their preference. Most of our traffic now comes through mobile so I wanted to make sure it isn't munted on someone's phone.

Using a HTC One M9 (and chrome) only problems I have ever had are the alerts section merging with other text and unbolding things when typing.

 

[BrisRecky]

got my masterpiece signed at the Fan Day yesterday (including by Shaun, cant have him feeling left out after all)...good crowd showed up, one of the better days in recent memory

 

[dibo]

That's... different.

 

[MrCelery]

Samsung S6 here. Rock solid. Very neat layout and easy to read. Especially since the last makeover - Nice clean lines.

 

[MagpieMariner]

Well I'm writing this on my Note 4 & it's OK, but I just prefer using my tablet or pc. I like the bigger screen. Nothing wrong with the site, just my preference.

 

[Wombat]

got my masterpiece signed at the Fan Day yesterday (including by Shaun, cant have him feeling left out after all)...good crowd showed up, one of the better days in recent memory

Daniel Day Lewis should be afraid.

 

[BrisRecky]

Daniel Day Lewis should be afraid.

I heard he is

 

[Wombat]

His left foot should be.