BabyWhisperer Phone App?

[Kimberlina]

If this isn't the right place to put this, please feel free to move!!

Just wondering if there are any developers out there that fancy putting together a BabyWhisperer Forum app (for both iPhone and android)??

I know I have a friend that can do it, but she's not a BWer ...


Thoughts??

[KathrynK]

Ooooh yes please someone, I would be a fan of that!

[Tweakster]

Yeah would love that too!

[nosenose]

So sate my curiosity, what would the difference be between a phone app and just visiting the site on your browser?

I don't yet have a smartphone so not sure what the difference would be.

[nosenose]

OK, so I found a thing, let me check the feasibility and test it on Wendy's phone if feasible then we can see if it's doable

Will let you all know.

[momtonb&ab]

ooooh, how exciting!!!!!!!!

[L76]

Oooh I'd love an app for my iPhone.

[Mama2boys]

but isn't an app to do soemthing special that a wenbiste would not?

like a BW app would if you fed in the age of child last A time wake-up time etc. tell you when and how long the next nap should be

[Roseii]

Yes pleeeeeeeeeease!!!!!!!!!!1 x

[Kimberlina]

OOOOOH! So exciting!!  Can't wait for the update, Tom!!

Good idea, mukta! That would be snazzy!!

Initially, I was really only thinking of a way to access BW forums a bit easier on my phone. Mine has quite a small screen (HTC Wildfire) and it's quite difficult to navigate from there... Facebook is just about exactly the same on their app, it's just a bit more direct to find what you're looking for... I was thinking maybe a button for "new replies to your posts", a button for "unread posts since last visit", a button for your PM inbox, a button for forum home, a button for "my posts", etc?

OOOH! Something that might be handy for both the forums AND an app would be something like a "favourites" something... like, if you found a topic (locked or otherwise) and you could "like" it or "favourite" it or something, and it would save them all somewhere that you could access quickly?? Eh??

[nosenose]

Well the thing I found was flaky (you can try it yourself, install an app on your phone called ForumKast). Yeah it uses the iPhone interface rather than just displaying a hard to navigate web page in your phones' browser. It's free and nothing needs to be done to the server to make it work, but it doesn't have a very good layout/organisation of the forums.

There are others, the next on my list requires some work on the server before it will work and then it costs to install it to your phone.

I now understand why you'd want a specialised app for this. You have it for FaceBook, you have it for GMail, why not have it for your other 'primary' sites eh?

The options I have looked at are just generic phone apps for accessing SMF forums.
As for having an app specifically tailored to BW, sure, this is possible, as would having an app that helps with EASY etc, but this would take some actual programming. This usually means iPhone developers and money...

Let's see how we get on with the next on my list of SMF phone apps

Tom...
p.s. it will be my turn for a smartphone in Dec. WOOO can't wait. I may get the HTC Desire.

[nosenose]

Tom you so good to use

Aye, just ask Wendy!

[nosenose]

OOOH! Something that might be handy for both the forums AND an app would be something like a "favourites" something... like, if you found a topic (locked or otherwise) and you could "like" it or "favourite" it or something, and it would save them all somewhere that you could access quickly?? Eh??

There may be a plugin for this, but I don't want to do anything new on the server until we have upgraded. I have kinda half-promised to get that done by the end of the year. We'll see

[Tweakster]

What's a half promise?  Survey says...NO SUCH THING

[nosenose]

OK, hows this. I'll do it when Finn stops with his EW?