to wap or not to wap?

[alt0160]

will there be wap access in the future?
nice and tidy.. easy on bandwidth..

yes, no? discuss..

edit: for those interested, you can use the archives (http://slowfo.com/archive/index.php).. loading quicker if you just want to read. very good for lurkers.. lol

[Himself™]

I would love to have a wap version of SlowFo!
Full version on the Touch is ok, but wap is so much faster to load.

[EPVQ30]

yes! i am on a ppu basis on the non berry device.
it uses up mega data to surf html.

[mick4394]

It would be nice.

My phone will do full HTML, though I find myself using wap sites more often.

[fonebrkr]

Much love for the wap...

[amkls704]

I like wap better too. But question about wap for hofo...

Is there any way to get it to show polls and what-not?

[Agent.T]

Id personally like a wap version of slowfo, i spend alot of time reading hofo from wap. and id love to read slowfo also :)

[bb147]

+1 for wap as well

[Himself™]

Any idea when a SlowFo WAP version will be rolled out?

[fonebrkr]

+2, i'll vote twice..

[Bigd s14]

def, we need wap.

[Wrangler3383]

Id personally like a wap version of slowfo, i spend alot of time reading hofo from wap. and id love to read slowfo also :)

+1 for wap as well

Any idea when a SlowFo WAP version will be rolled out?

+2, i'll vote twice..

def, we need wap.

Ok guys, so this isn't true wap. Just mobile device detection and a lite skin. Let me know if it will work for now.

[alt0160]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2274/screenshot0003qi7.jpg

working just fine.. Very fast too..

[amkls704]

Cool! I like it!!

[fonebrkr]

Wrangler, you rock.
Looks good.

[Bigd s14]

Wrangler wins on the mobile skin/device detection!!!

[philcloh2o]

Sweet, I was wondering when this would happen. :)

[blackraven]

Is there anyway to turn it off? It's a step backwards for me...

[Wrangler3383]

What type of device do you have? Do you know what your user agent setting is?

[blackraven]

What type of device do you have? Do you know what your user agent setting is?
Description: iPhone
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en)
App Name: AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko)
App Version: Version/3.0
Platform: Mobile/1A542a Safari/419.3

[Wrangler3383]

How's it working now?Description: iPhone
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en)
App Name: AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko)
App Version: Version/3.0
Platform: Mobile/1A542a Safari/419.3

[blackraven]

How's it working now?
Works like a charm! You never notice how much you use those little color changing icons until they're gone...

[Wrangler3383]

Works like a charm! You never notice how much you use those little color changing icons until they're gone...

HEheh, I know what you mean. I'm not a fan of WAP or lite skins either. I'd rather just have my phone render the page for mobile viewing.

[Himself™]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2274/screenshot0003qi7.jpg

working just fine.. Very fast too..

Looks great, can't wait for an opportunity to try it out :)

[BigIke]

too bad Verizon charges a fucking arm and a leg for data!

[Paolo]

me also votes for a WAP.slofo.com

[ipodlover77]

wouldnt you have to change back to the desktop version when your on your comp/laptop? or does it change automatically depending on where your using it?

[WorldIRC]

It's automatic. When I go on my cellphone I get the mobile version and when I come back here its normal!

[chimphappyhour]

Man! You'd think slowfo was populated by a bunch of cellphone geeks or something! :p

[Hans Moleman]

Wap wap wap! I'm typing this on my TyTn and the site's pretty slick

[alt0160]

question about the wap version we are using..
has it been converted to an actual wap site, or is it still using the mobile detecting thing.. lol

i dont know if there's a huge difference. the reason i'm asking is, i want to know if the method we are using now qualifies as a wap site from the providers perspective.

$7 unlimited wap...

[Wrangler3383]

When the carriers say unlimited WAP its is to limit your data consumption, by having you use mobile sites instead of the real ones. Most will make you go through a proxy which forces websites to recognize your mobile and give you the low quality WAP version of the site. In this website's case, it is just a very plain skin. The fact that you are able to navigate to it without a problem, leads me to believe that your carrier will include it in with unlimited WAP. Besides, the light skin will use basically the same amount of data as a true WAP version would. My question to you, is are you able to go to regular websites on your phone? If you can, does your carrier charge you on a PPU basis when you do surf them?

[cingular#1]

iphone website plz !

[eimajuno]

I would be down for a mobile version. My damn blackberry takes so long to load full webpages.

[EPVQ30]

so the mobile version is the same address, i don't understand.

[TelecomZombie]

Mobile version is the exact same address but with a mobile(basic) skin by default.
ln the future perhaps a wap address will be provided. Until this occurs Let it be known that likely you will be charged regular data rates opposed to wap browsing ones.


Perhaps someone with strictly wap access can confirm my beliefs as l only have Full internet access with wap as an after thought.

[EPVQ30]

i like how in hofo it tells you if you posted wirelessly and from what device.