iPhone / iPad and mobile phone support

[Admin]

One of the cool new upgrades to the website is the ability to view Hawksquawk on your iPhone / iPad or other mobile phone with a much more streamlined mobile skin. This means that the site will load MUCH faster and will fit your screens much better since it will only use the minimal amount of graphics necessary. You can try it out by going to www.hawksquawk.net on your mobile phone and it should load with the mobile skin, although you might have to change that at the bottom of the page.

Now for those of you that own an iPhone / iPad there is also, you guess it, an app for Hawksquawk. If you open iTunes and search for Invision Power Services you'll find the app. Simply install it on your device and then once it's installed open it up and type in www.hawksquawk.net for the website and your username and password. So now you can launch Hawksquawk with the mobile skin right from an app on your phone and the experience will be significantly faster and easier than it's ever been before.

Another cool new feature for the iPhone / iPad crowd is that Hawksquawk will "push" notifications to your phone. This means that if you subscribe to a thread or a post or receive a personal message or someone adds you as a friend or comments on your status, etc. you will be sent a message to your phone (see attached image).

You can change your settings to receive notifications in your user profile by clicking here or by clicking "My Settings" at the top right of the site, going to the "Settings" tab and then clicking the "Manage Notifications" link (see attached image).

Here are a couple of other images of what the app looks like on the iPhone:

I don't know what other devices can receive notifications although I know they say that they are working on an Android app.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new Hawksquawk app and on the notifications thing if you use it.

[spotatl]

Looks great on Andoid. I think notifications would annoy me but if you'd like me to test that out I can.

[BudBall]

Since the upgrade it's been much easier to use my iPod touch on this forum. Thanks Dolfan. Only issue I have is that I can't quote anybody but bleh no big deal.

[frankthetank966]

Looks great on iphone 4. Keep up the good work.

[AHF]

Just installed the app. Very nice looking. Definitely easier to view than the older version.

[HawksBalla]

I had to change it at the bottom of my iPad, but now I can definitely see the difference.

[Admin]

Very glad to hear that you guys are having success using it. The iPad version is still in the development phase as it doesn't quite re-size perfectly but it's not bad. I prefer to use the regular Hawksquawk skin with the iPad though. That does suck that you can't quote reply to someone with the mobile skin. I will see if I can find a way to get that button added.

[drzachary]

You are the man.

Hit the tip jar, folks!

[Admin]

You are the man.

Hit the tip jar, folks!

:hush: I don't want anyone knowing that I'm "the man" ... could lead to trouble LOL

[Admin]

Let's finish the job. Who is with me?

http://www.hawksquaw...moderatoradmin/

The man has kept this board down long enough!

That is still my favorite thread of all time LOL :temperature:

[BudBall]

Ok guys you can quote! You have to click the post then a reply button will pop up on the bottom right corner.

[Admin]

Ok guys you can quote! You have to click the post then a reply button will pop up on the bottom right corner.

how about that! nice find aliz

[Admin]

Another cool feature is that the NEW upgraded chat system works with mobile phones. You can test it out by going to www.hawksquawk.net/community/blab5 on your mobile device. It doesnt look perfect but it works!

[mrhonline]

Bunch of futuristic nerds, this lot.

[BudBall]

Bunch of futuristic nerds, this lot.

:computer2: :write a letter:

[MrRyda]

Looks great on my Evo and I love that we got the mobile chat going too. That'll come in very handy once the season starts. Thanks Dolfan.

[Sothron]

I don't have an iphone or ipad but this stuff is neat. I tried to give you +1 Dolfan but I got an error saying I'm out of my quota for positive rep.

[capstone21]

This is awesome....works great on my iphone!!

[Guest]

I know Dolfan mentioned a possible app for the Android, any update on that? I recently got an Android, so I'm still playing around with it to figure everything out. I can get to Hawksquawk just from the browser (and it does look awesome by the way) but I wanted to see if it is worth it to have some sort of an app for viewing Hawksquawk.

[Admin]

I know Dolfan mentioned a possible app for the Android, any update on that? I recently got an Android, so I'm still playing around with it to figure everything out. I can get to Hawksquawk just from the browser (and it does look awesome by the way) but I wanted to see if it is worth it to have some sort of an app for viewing Hawksquawk.

Had to go and check on that but apparently they have not developed it yet. Here is a quote from one of their main developers ...

We are a PHP development company. We write PHP scripts. We had a developer on staff that happened to be able to work with iOS as well, which is part of the reason the iPhone app was created first (that, along with the fact that the iPhone app market is bigger at present).

We want to deliver an Android app. It's on our radar. We have plans to. I can't say anything more than that. Remember - it's not like we develop Android applications as a normal course of business. It's an entirely different language, requiring an entirely different toolset and skillset.