The Failure to adapt RWD to the new PJ.com

gibbits
gibbits Posts: 524
edited July 2013 in The Porch
If I could ask, why was responsive design not considered when restructuring PJ.com? I paid for an app when BS came out so I could view forums etc more easily, only to see it fall by the wayside. If PJ has no interest in updating the app or bringing it to more platforms than iOS RWD would be the perfect ticket.

Whoever builds the PJ site often seems behind in web design trends, but this is a biggie. More and more people are using mobile devices to experience the web, and a developer who does not use these techniques certainly shouldn't be building sites for major names like PJ and SG. Just my two cents.

IF I could make a suggestion, instead of paying more than you should have for this redesign - make the next 10C contest a website redesign contest. I guarantee you will see much more creativity, ingenuity, and application of modern web design trends then we have seen here the past ten years.

Just out of curiosity, if you read this thread could you reply what type of device you're using? Mobile or PC? (Probably will see more using PC since the site doesn't co-operate well with mobile, but would be an interesting experiment.)
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  • PJ51390
    PJ51390 Atlanta Posts: 728
    PC, never had much luck with the site on my HTC phone.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Mobile and yes, it's a pain in the ass. But this is what you get when the lead singer of your favorite band still carts around a typewriter in a box.
  • choop
    choop Posts: 1,060
    i use my iphone without issue. it just to be horrid but has been ok since they killed the paid app.
    "If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.
  • Grandmas Jam
    Grandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    I mostly use a PC, but my phone would be better to use. WHen I sued my phone I got through the Pearl Jam Stat Tracker. But it is very hard to use it as type is small and it is very difficult to login
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    iPhone - I use the pjstattracker app. No issues. I can't remember the last time I used our PC.

    october22 wrote:
    Mobile and yes, it's a pain in the ass. But this is what you get when the lead singer of your favorite band still carts around a typewriter in a box.


    This made me laugh
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  • gibbits
    gibbits Posts: 524
    choop wrote:
    i use my iphone without issue. it just to be horrid but has been ok since they killed the paid app.


    It could be better, though. :) thanks for the responses so far guys. Because I work at a PC all day that's how I visit here 90 percent of the time, but if I do want to check in on mobile I always cringe. A little CSS update would go a long way.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    PC at work. I don't even have a smartphone.

    What are these apps you speak of? :D
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  • RE4790
    RE4790 Posts: 826
    Forums work great through PJStatTracker.
  • gibbits
    gibbits Posts: 524
    I should add - I am aware forums work well with statTracker. A FREE app. Something tells me the redesign of PJ.com was not done for free. I hope in the future they demand more from their programmers and designers.

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