I strongly support a look at modifying the m.rpol.net stylesheet and/or layout. I've posted the following here before somewhere, and with the huge surge in the number of folks accessing the web with mobile devices, I think a few tweaks could really tighten up the site.
locojedi:
I have a suggestion/feature request involving the layout. It seems to me that there is wasted space on a small screen (mobile devices), for the Game Menu screens.
I wonder how difficult it might be for the m.rpol.net domain to have the "Latest Comment" column swapped with the "Author" column?
So then the Game Menu screen would look something like the following:
Topic | Latest Comment | Replies | Author
-or-
Topic | Latest Comment | Author | Replies
Either way, with limited screen real estate, having the pertinent info (that is, after all, the whole reason we want a mobile app) quickly and easily viewable, much more desirable. Here's why: For many people using the unofficial rpol mobile app (Awesome btw on Android), they use it as an alert for updates. If the columns were layed out as I propose, it would me much easier for a person to look at the screen and see which threads had new comments, and who made them and how long ago... this would be especially useful for folks who use both the regular website as well as the mobile version and play in several games.
Consider this: If we are already in a game, we don't need to be reminded who the author is all the time, so that info should go at the end (far right) on the mobile version of the site. The regular site could change or stay the same, doesn't matter because on a full screen (ie laptop) you can see the entire menu, which is not so much the case with a smartphone... Clear as mud? ;-) Thanks for the consideration.
After thinking about this more, I would ask you to consider removing the "Author" column entirely from the Game Menu screen. I doubt any of us really need to be constantly reminded who it was that created all the game threads. I would say in most circumstances here on rpol those will always be GM/DM/LM/LL/ST/ETC. I think it's repetitive and unnecessary because we really don't need that bit of info.
So I guess, for my humble suggestion, I would like the Game Menu screen to look like the following, doing away with the "Author" column:
Topic | Latest Comments | Replies
@derfinsterling - You might consider using the unofficial rpol app for getting your updates. I've found it very helpful.
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