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BertBoyd
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I believe a newschoolers app would be amazing for people to check NS on the go. I think i can speak for alot of people that this would be very great for everybody who uses newschoolers. You could trade, talk, message, show your skills on the go via the newschoolers app for ios or android. +1 if you would like to see this happen!
Oct 22 2012 8:30PM
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Spinoza
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Good idea, I'm for it
Oct 22 2012 8:31PM
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BertBoyd
Posts: 734 - Karma: 2,253
Am i the only one who wants to see this?
Oct 22 2012 8:45PM
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BertBoyd
Posts: 734 - Karma: 2,253
Bump maybe?
Oct 22 2012 8:58PM
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Holte
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There is one, but you can only can only download it from the Donator's Forum.

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Oct 22 2012 11:21PM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
There was an app for awhile.

Unfortunately, it was just too difficult to maintain. While NS is a relatively large site by number of users, it's still pretty small in terms of its backend team and funding available. And with the site's code constantly changing, it was a problem for the primary developer (@thegreyarea) to maintain.

Maybe someday the app will be reborn. But for now it's just too much.
Oct 25 2012 2:25AM
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TOAST.
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you are the first to think of this...
Oct 25 2012 8:02AM
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pow_pow~
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definitely an original idea..
Oct 27 2012 1:40AM
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Bateman
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good idea, first one with it too
Oct 27 2012 5:41AM
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dbchili
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honestly the one thing I really want to see from NS, is updates to my phone, hell even emails would do

I just want to be notified when someone PMs me, quotes one of my replies in a thread, comments on my video etc

I think that'd be awesome
Oct 28 2012 11:47AM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
See, I totally agree with you. For some reason everyone else thinks that would "turn NS into Facebook."

This despite the fact that NEARLY EVERY OTHER FORUM HAS THIS.
Oct 28 2012 2:59PM
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Spinoza
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yeah im for quoting and pm notifications. even if you had the option to turn them off/on then everyone could decide for themselves
Oct 28 2012 8:36PM
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DosasNMimosas
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one isn't necessary, they just need to make their mobile site better
Oct 28 2012 10:24PM
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MacMahoooon
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We are currently making the entire site Mobile Friendly so that we won't need to build and maintain individual Apps for every type of device. You'll be seeing the first round of these changes very soon!
Oct 29 2012 11:39AM
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1337
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^listen to them, mobile will get better
Oct 29 2012 5:29PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I'm really not liking the new mobile site, it's much slower. I miss the old mobile site and app
Oct 30 2012 6:10PM
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NinetyFour
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I liked the look of the old mobile site better, but the new one has much more of an 'App' look and feel to it, so if thats what people want, then the guys are certainly trying to deliver.
Oct 30 2012 7:11PM
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Iraq_Lobster
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i think it would be a great idea but it's not that important right now
Oct 31 2012 11:33PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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what is important is going back to the old mobile NS site, the new one is significantly slower
Nov 1 2012 11:22AM
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MacMahoooon
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Speed is a result of all the changes being done at once and theres still some server tweaks to be done. Its not that this version of mobile is any slower than the old one.

There is no going back now
Nov 1 2012 1:33PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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idk whatever it is its a lot slower than before. WIFi was almost instant and 3G was quick but now its almost like loading the desktop site....
Nov 1 2012 10:08PM
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selkirks
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It's way faster than before on my iPhone 5. Clear your cache, restart your phone.
Nov 1 2012 10:21PM
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Big5hifty
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:D :D :D
as a 75% mobile user this news excites me greatly.
Nov 2 2012 2:33AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I also have an iPhone 5 and the speed drop was very noticible. Cache was cleared when I noticed it and it still did nothing. Also tested it on my brothers phone and nothing's changed. idk why the new site is so slow.
Nov 2 2012 9:37AM
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andrewblackie
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this
Nov 14 2012 7:11PM
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BertBoyd
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Totally
Nov 15 2012 7:05PM
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doyle.
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I personally liked the mobile site better than the app
Nov 20 2012 5:58PM
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Zone
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good idea! would be difficult though.
Nov 21 2012 1:35PM
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BertBoyd
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Dec 30 2012 12:31AM
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FatWhore
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thiss
Dec 30 2012 5:09PM
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skitheWest.
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you guys should make an option at the bottom of the page (for the mobile site) to view the full site... since there's obviously a lot of stuff not included on the mobile version
Dec 31 2012 1:48AM
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BertBoyd
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Dec 31 2012 2:48PM
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