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Urgent: TalkBass Mobile App Terminating

#101
paul said:
And sorry about the mass system alert about this, but it was the only way to get a mobile push alert sent to the 600-or-so users who have our app installed. :banghead:
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I think that it’s better to inform everyone. I have the app on my phone and pad but always use the browser on those devices. Knowing that it will be no longer supported, I deleted it from those devices to make more room and clean things up.
 
#104
paul said:
Amen. Will get one set up soon for push notifications.
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You might want to troll Stackoverflow for 2nd opinions.
Your installed userbase isn't large enough to warrant server infrastructure dedicated to a /m theme.
Calling to a mobile device's notifications isn't rocket science in 2017.
Add boiler plate, run the broadcast out to your selected cloud provider, and it's cheap.
 
#106
UPDATE: You can now get push notifications on all your mobile devices (iOS, Android, Apple Watch), and desktop browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) with the Pushover App (or Pushover browser extension). Download the Pushover app, set up your Pushover account, then go to your Connected Accounts page on TB to set up :)
B-Mac said:
Well apparently the app petered out today and I have to say that not having on my iPhone is missed already. I never had to log on except for the first time I used the app. I do hope there is a replacement sometime.
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Your mobile browser should keep you logged in just as well, as long as you're accepting cookies and not clearing them regularly.
 
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#107
paul said:
UPDATE: You can now get push notifications on all your mobile devices (iOS, Android, Apple Watch), and desktop browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) with the Pushover App (or Pushover browser extension). Download the Pushover app, set up your Pushover account, then go to your Connected Accounts page on TB to set up :)


Your mobile browser should keep you logged in just as well, as long as you're accepting cookies and not clearing them regularly.
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Exactly...it's a company phone which I do not pay anything for...........so the cookies get cleared regularly. I realize that isn't the case for most people here at TB.
 
#108
paul said:
We just got a notice from our mobile app developer that he's pulling the plug on the servers the app needs to operate. The TB app may work for a few more days, then it will be non-operational.

We will look for a replacement, and also we will work on making a new style that's even more mobile-friendly in your mobile browser.

Thanks for your patience, and I'm sorry about this unfortunate development :(

UPDATE: You can now get push notifications on all your mobile devices (iOS, Android, Apple Watch), and desktop browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) with the Pushover App (or Pushover browser extension). Download the Pushover app, then go to your Connected Accounts page to set up :)
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Lol tell us what happened, you know all of us TB'ers are dying to know what caused this "developer" to suddenly say they're pulling the plug. Something tells me TB did nothing wrong and it's the developer, and some of us on here who have businesses of our own and may use web developers we find online would like to know who the developer is so we don't waste our money on them!

Anyways much love, hope you guys get it figured out, but I do agree with the others who've said that the TB website works fine on my phone in a normal Chrome browser, and I'm using an ancient (by today's standards anyways) Samsung Galaxy S6 so anyone with newer/better phones shouldn't have a problem.
 
#111
bobbycas11 said:
Lol tell us what happened, you know all of us TB'ers are dying to know what caused this "developer" to suddenly say they're pulling the plug. Something tells me TB did nothing wrong and it's the developer, and some of us on here who have businesses of our own and may use web developers we find online would like to know who the developer is so we don't waste our money on them!

Anyways much love, hope you guys get it figured out, but I do agree with the others who've said that the TB website works fine on my phone in a normal Chrome browser, and I'm using an ancient (by today's standards anyways) Samsung Galaxy S6 so anyone with newer/better phones shouldn't have a problem.
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There are TB members that are solid engineers that would like to know *** is going on with this guy, bc he wouldn't last long on my colleagues mobile or Web teams.

The best teams deploying software that is well tested and designed with a ton of science behind it delivers 2/3 nothing or negative value to the business. This is fact, supported by a guy that ran the testing teams for Amazon and Microsoft.

We strive to hit 1/3 good shots, because often our shots go really really badly. We are not working on systems like TB, some of the systems we work on have real world impact. We strive to rollback bad code, but the bullseyes we document as part of what defines the business. Often times those golden nuggets can be worth a lot of money.

So yeah, beware of lots of success bc statistically we don't generate a lot of anything more than failed work.It doesn't mean we don't look at how the thing we are trying to do has defined other businesses. The process isn't bad, the way we are doing it is bad and we have to fix it.
 
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#113

Lolz, all mobile SDKs allow for push button population of platform boilerplate.
Select the devices, or hit all, constrain by OS version, done.
Most mobile themes copynpasted into a mobile wrapper are similar, but with more draw overhead.

 
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#116
Setting switches for desktop/mobile presentation isn't rocket science.
Here's a basic lab: Qwiklabs

Normally you activate a mobile theme, and the application spits out the output.

You generally push all the forum data into a cache, no direct server interaction unless you want to be more dynamic with johnny on the spot post updates. That's easily done with lowering the time to live of the cached files.

Highly questioning the discreet mobile "app" as an invoice item if it's a download to mobile theme redirect.
That's not even Web development, it's entering and saving the originating Web endpoint(s), load balancer(s), DNS alias record, etc.
 
#118
No, no plans for an app at this time. Note that you can enable push notifications on your phone (your account menu -> Connected Accounts), so if you have the Pushover app you can get push notifications and click right to TalkBass in Pushover.
 
#119
I saw this thread back when it was first posted, but forgot about it. I’ve been using the app continuously since then with no problems besides some minor annoyances in crashes if I tap the back button too quickly. Should I stop using the app, or am I just lucky to somehow be able to use it still?
 
#120
BadWithNames said:
I saw this thread back when it was first posted, but forgot about it. I’ve been using the app continuously since then with no problems besides some minor annoyances in crashes if I tap the back button too quickly. Should I stop using the app, or am I just lucky to somehow be able to use it still?
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I'm surprised it still works, but then again it's basically just a "wrapper" that loads the mobile version of TalkBass on your phone just like safari would. You're welcome to use it, it is pretty much the same as putting a safari bookmark button on your home screen :)
 
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