PPRuNe on WAP
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PPRuNe on WAP
I've just installed a plug-in that is supposed to let users browsing using a WAP device to browse the forums. Unfortunately, I am in an area of poor coverage at the moment and can't test the darned thing properly. Is there anyone out there who uses a WAP device to browse the internet willing to log into PPRuNe with it and let me know how they get on?
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From: Cotswolds UK
Danny, would there be any prospect one day, of being able to access Pprune through an optimised PDA version? (Even RSS I suppose) With the layout of Pprune being essentially text, it might be an easy transition and useful for those down route that don't want to take their lightweight laptop along with heavyweight power supply, odds and sods, etc.
Conan
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Danny - logged in via PDA and I have a quite different page to the old one. Not sure whether this is a result of the WAP module, but just under the advert 'advert' I have a 'search forums' box followed by 'quick links'?
Hmmmyeah
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From: Leopardess.
Seems to work just fine. A lot of scrolling involved to move down a long page but that's hardly surprising.
Just like the 'real' page only with a few more links, ie. 'Add xxxx to your buddy list', 'View xxxx's homepage', and a few others under each posters name, which don't appear on the page proper.
I didn't see the links you mention though BOAC. Only the regular links, ie. every one from the 'PPRunNe Forums > Misc. Forums >... links', through all the links across the top of the page, ie. 'User CP' through 'Log Out'. Maybe your PDA somehow simulated a click on the 'Search' button in that row of links, it is afterall next to 'Quick Links' in the row of them I just mentioned.
BOAC. You read my mind! Yes, as above.
Or maybe I didn't notice the search box you mention, and WAP simply expands all such menus. That would seem more likely since we agree it expands the user name pop up menu.
Just like the 'real' page only with a few more links, ie. 'Add xxxx to your buddy list', 'View xxxx's homepage', and a few others under each posters name, which don't appear on the page proper.
I didn't see the links you mention though BOAC. Only the regular links, ie. every one from the 'PPRunNe Forums > Misc. Forums >... links', through all the links across the top of the page, ie. 'User CP' through 'Log Out'. Maybe your PDA somehow simulated a click on the 'Search' button in that row of links, it is afterall next to 'Quick Links' in the row of them I just mentioned.
BOAC. You read my mind! Yes, as above.
Or maybe I didn't notice the search box you mention, and WAP simply expands all such menus. That would seem more likely since we agree it expands the user name pop up menu.
Hmmmyeah
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From: Leopardess.
I think what happens, BOAC, is that WAP simply loads all available links visibly onto the page rather than hiding them. Same thing, just with all options readily visible.
Works very well though - there goes another hour a day.
Works very well though - there goes another hour a day.
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From: Brighton. UK. (Via Liverpool).
Here is what it looks like on my D500..........
No pictures obviously just loads of texts and links. Would use it on a WAP phone like mine with a GPRS connection when only absolutely necessary.
No pictures obviously just loads of texts and links. Would use it on a WAP phone like mine with a GPRS connection when only absolutely necessary.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
What is the address? http://wap. something??
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
I just get a 'file format unknown' response if I type www.pprune.org into the 'go to address' field on a GPRS phone (Nokia 6310i)....
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I get 'Sorry! Page could not be loaded' on mine (SE K750i on O2). I tried www.pprune.org and with the /forums but same result.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Well, I tried that and just got "Your browser does not support frames"...
Whatever the heck that means.
No biggy - shall continue to use the laptop and WiFi!
Whatever the heck that means.
No biggy - shall continue to use the laptop and WiFi!