Update 11/2/09: due to some problems (see comments) we have turned off the plugin for the time being.
We've recently installed software that will display our site in a modified, faster to load (and we hope improved) format for modern browsers like those used in iPhones, iPod Touches and Android phones, among others. About 2% of our site's visits are currently from iPhones and iPod Touches, and that's likely to increase.
However, there have been a few reports of problems with the new mobile theme. Some users cannot turn the theme off (and view the site as a standard browser would), other users have seen the mobile theme even while using a standard browser (this should be detected automatically).
This software is quite new, and as is typical, it isn't perfect. In fact, I just updated to a newer, and presumably somewhat bug-fixed version at 7:30am Pacific time today.
I wanted this post to both inform people of the changes and collect any feedback or problem reports you might be having. Use the comments in this post for any feedback.
how can I switch to the normal display?
love, scroll to the bottom of the page and there is a switch button that turns the mobile theme off.
Ah, but I am having the same problem as others have reported in that turning it off doesn’t always seem to take effect. It just took me two “turn offs” to have it stick.
Wow! Just tried TV by the numbers on my iPhone and its great! This is so great thanks Bill and all the TVBTN staff!
Cool! Just waiting for the blackberry love (:
Doesnt’t load on Symbian browser (Omnia HD) or Windows Mobile with Opera 9.5.
i can’t view the mobile version on my ipod touch!
I’m just getting the normal format on my Android.
Ausiello recently installed this and I personally think it’s fantastic. It gets the information out there, even if the colour scheme is a bit bland. I view quite a lot now from Twitter on my iPhone (am now even) so I’m loving it, yeah
The new version worked fine this morning on my Touch.
I get the “mobile” version on Mac (Firefox, Safari, and Flock).
The primary reason we added it in the first place was requests from Twitter users who really wanted it to be “faster” when they clicked the links. It truly does make that process faster.
As someone who visits your site and links on my iPhone frequently thanks for doing this. It’s working great for me.
Thank you, Kevin. You were actually the proverbial straw. Also thank the folks who created the great plugin:
http://www.bravenewcode.com/
And thank WordPress for making it so easy to add stuff like that on
I check the site frequently on my IPhone as well, and it looks great. Thanks!
I have noticed a problem though. When you look at the charts (blue and white stripes) the ratings numbers are cut off and only shows the show names and time-slots. Hope you can fix this soon, thanks!
Junior G., I see what you mean. With the blue/white versions (mine) you just need to tilt your iPhone and go into Landscape mode, though I will try to be more conscious of narrowing the tables, there’s nothing we can do that will get them to display well in portrait mode.
Bill’s version of the table (see Saturday overnight report) doesn’t work in portrait or landscape mode well. I narrowed it by
50100 pixels and viewers still didn’t show up in landscape mode. It could be narrowed more but then will look kind of crappy on the site itself. We produce these table differently, and I combine Rating/Share into one column where Bill is using two to simplify copy/paste. My guess is Bill will just nuke the “share” column and figure out how to get it to work on all platforms.edit: but note, there are some tables (weekly cable ratings, DVR Live+7 numbers) that you’ll probably need to view in the site’s normal mode. There’s just too much information in those tables to get them to format well in a scrunched space.
Note to Bill: I had to narrow the table to ~415 pixels to get it the whole thing to display on the mobile version in landscape mode.
I tried it on my G1 (Android) and it looks like the full site to me. but everything works fine that way.
Hey this is nifty.
I have Iphone 3G, the search feature is very helpful. Without it I couldn’t find the Chuck thread.
I was unable to switch it out of iphone mode though.
Thanks for the update. It is cool and well organized.