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Uncomfortable Gaze posted:Hey everyone, I've been working on a rewrite of Awful called Something.apk. So, this is like an alternate version? Or it'll eventually replace Awful app as we know it?
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Mar 14, 2014 03:15
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:So, this is like an alternate version? Or it'll eventually replace Awful app as we know it? Awful will stick around, this app drops support for 2.x so keeping Awful around will help those guys. Awful is already pretty much in a stable maintenance stage.
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Mar 14, 2014 03:19
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When you mean starting over, do you mean it's not a fork with some outdated code dismembered and replaced, but rather a clone? I'm just interested in knowing whether knowledge of Awful.apk codebase will be useful here.
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Mar 14, 2014 12:03
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OBAMA BIN LIFTIN posted:When you mean starting over, do you mean it's not a fork with some outdated code dismembered and replaced, but rather a clone? I'm just interested in knowing whether knowledge of Awful.apk codebase will be useful here. It's a fresh start, the only things that were copied over are the HTML templates, CSS, and some of the javascript. Everything else is new code. Knowledge of the old codebase won't hurt, but it's not needed. I really hope it's a lot easier to jump into this codebase then it was to get into Awful. Retrofitting Awful to bring it to the condition Something is in would have taken a lot longer. There's no more provider bullshit, network requests are simpler, and it's much easier to add new functionality.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:53
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Uncomfortable Gaze posted:It's a fresh start, the only things that were copied over are the HTML templates, CSS, and some of the javascript. Everything else is new code. Knowledge of the old codebase won't hurt, but it's not needed. I really hope it's a lot easier to jump into this codebase then it was to get into Awful. Cool, I'll sync it down over the weekend probably and test it out  .
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Mar 14, 2014 16:56
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It's pretty smooth. Can use some work catching up aesthetically with Awful, but it's already eschewed that stupid second drop-down menu, which earns some serious points with me.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:18
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Eikre posted:Can use some work catching up aesthetically with Awful What do you mean, exactly? There's still some placeholder graphics and colors, but overall it's already looking better than awful. Is there some specific part where Awful looks better?
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Mar 14, 2014 18:16
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Are you planning on putting it on the Play store soon?
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Mar 14, 2014 18:53
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Confirming that Something.apk is sexy as hell.
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Mar 15, 2014 14:01
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Uncomfortable Gaze posted:Awful will stick around, this app drops support for 2.x so keeping Awful around will help those guys. Awful is already pretty much in a stable maintenance stage.
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Mar 15, 2014 15:56
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Uncomfortable Gaze posted:What do you mean, exactly? There's still some placeholder graphics and colors, but overall it's already looking better than awful. Is there some specific part where Awful looks better? The shorter page-turning bar at the bottom of the screen. There's no reason to make it much thicker than the icons on it; it should gently caress off to be as small as reasonable so there's more room for the actual posts I'm looking at, in my opinion. If I was being particularly picky, I might say that I like that, in Awful, the fields of color around topic postcounts in the forum/bookmarks screen are narrower and hug the numbers more, but I concede that's much more a subjective call.
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Mar 16, 2014 06:16
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Something is better than Awful for those of us on terrible connections. Instead of bugging out with a "loading failed" message after a few seconds it seems to wait longer and ultimately loads, which has been a big plus so far.
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Mar 20, 2014 09:32
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The new app seems nice, but I've been using Betamax for so long and I'm terrified of change so I dunno. So far I'm missing swipe back to bookmarks.
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Mar 20, 2014 16:10
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WienerDog posted:So far I'm missing swipe back to bookmarks.
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Mar 20, 2014 16:37
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nimper posted:It's still there, but you have to swipe from the very left edge. Ah, so it is. Maybe it's my phone's case but I can only get it to work reliably when I'm using two hands, but if I'm already committing two hands to the task of going back to bookmarks then it's just easier to use the <Back button in the top left corner that I can't reach with my right thumb. edit: Playing around with it a little more confirms this new implementation of swipe-to-go-back is really lovely. I don't think it's the dev's fault because the same issue persists in the Gmail app, but maybe it can be adjusted to allow a larger "trigger zone?" When holding the phone in my right hand it takes at least 3 swipes to hit the spot that will trigger a back swipe. I can get it to go every time if I hold the phone in my left hand and stab the side of the screen with my right hand's pointer finger and swipe over, but it's easier just to tap <Back at that point. WienerDog fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 17:13
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WienerDog posted:Ah, so it is. Maybe it's my phone's case but I can only get it to work reliably when I'm using two hands, but if I'm already committing two hands to the task of going back to bookmarks then it's just easier to use the <Back button in the top left corner that I can't reach with my right thumb. There looks like there was an update made for swiping just now located in the most recent post in its thread.
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Mar 20, 2014 19:10
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ThermoPhysical posted:There looks like there was an update made for swiping just now located in the most recent post in its thread. I thought this was its thread?  e: Oh, there's a link in that same post I read earlier. Sorry for making GBS threads up this thread. 
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Mar 21, 2014 00:42
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Totally forgot to post this here too:Sereri posted:Started on the navigation drawer stuff I mentioned a while ago. Sereri posted:The full-fledged version is going into the beta tomorrow unless there are major bugs. And since someone had a major bug I'd rather post it here before sending it out for beta.
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Mar 22, 2014 15:21
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So we've got two competing SA apps going now?
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Mar 22, 2014 17:37
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I appreciate a new fresh start. One thing missing from Something is adjustable font size. Default is very tiny on Nexus 10.
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Mar 22, 2014 18:04
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Vykk.Draygo posted:So we've got two competing SA apps going now? Sereri started work on the update while Something was in early development. It's not even really competing, Something is still in development and even beyond that Awful is still required to fit specific needs, especially for anyone on 2.x devices.
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Mar 22, 2014 19:02
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Vykk.Draygo posted:So we've got two competing SA apps going now? Free market, bitches!
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Mar 22, 2014 19:19
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As long as Something doesn't have the bug that causes Awful to randomly drop huge black boxes on the thread display I'm game.
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Mar 25, 2014 16:22
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I don't remember seeing Awful update today, but after having used it earlier today without issue I woke up my tablet and all Awful will display is this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0f9xpb25qlmxx2/14%20-%201.png I can access the settings and stuff, but it crashes if I press the little frog. Tried clearing cache and data, log out and in, and reinstall to no avail. I was in the Google group, but leaving doesn't give me a version earlier than 3.0.8. Hp Touchpad with CyanogenMod 4.2.2 Any ideas? Stormangel fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 17:31
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Stormangel posted:I don't remember seeing Awful update today, but after having used it earlier today without issue I woke up my tablet and all Awful will display is this: Guess I should've tested that one fix on a tablet too. Uploaded the fix to Play, quick fix Sereri fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 18:04
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Sereri posted:Quickest fix in the West (or wherever you are) Has anyone told you that you're awesome lately? Because you are.
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Mar 25, 2014 18:11
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Sereri posted:Guess I should've tested that one fix on a tablet too. Uploaded the fix to Play, quick fix here I just went out and downloaded the this update (the previous one that I got this morning just crashed) and I get what the other person gets. Just that fancy screen but I can't get to anything else. Well, I can get to settings and to PMs, but not bookmarks or the forums. Motorola Xoom stock Android 4.1.2. Edit: another update to Awful and now it's back to normal. Thanks! Aleph Null fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 19:12
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e: nevermind, loving work wifi
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Mar 25, 2014 20:25
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On a Nexus 7 in landscape if I read a thread, go back to the thread/bookmark list and there is a new reply to the thread you read, if you touch the thread it will just slide you back over to the thread view and then if you refresh (both pull to refresh and the refresh button) Awful will stop working. I've done it 3 times today.
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Mar 26, 2014 19:07
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I just noticed that Awful's new slide-in-menu-and-tappable-frog-icon functionality disappears when you bring up the Private Messages screen.
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Mar 27, 2014 00:43
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Suzuran posted:As long as Something doesn't have the bug that causes Awful to randomly drop huge black boxes on the thread display I'm game. This happens every time I leave the app running and open something else on my phone, then go back to it.
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Mar 27, 2014 15:37
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The new app is great, compliments! It's already faster, more stable and very easy to use. Right now the only thing I miss from the old app is the fullscreen mode.
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Mar 28, 2014 01:38
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I experienced a few crashes today with the new version - specifically when replying to a PM. Sorry this is vague, but it happened. Does the app send logs when it crashes? Happened about ~11am Pacific today if so.
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Mar 28, 2014 02:54
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hotsauce posted:I experienced a few crashes today with the new version - specifically when replying to a PM. Sorry this is vague, but it happened. I'm seeing your crashes but the stack trace shows its not Awful itself. Looks like the spell checker is crashing for some reason. Is this happening in other apps too? Hangouts or whatever messaging app maybe?
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Mar 28, 2014 08:53
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I've been getting a bunch of crashes with the new version as well. I haven't really paid any attention as to when it crashes so I'll keep a lookout. I've sent some reports though.
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Mar 28, 2014 13:16
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spankmeister posted:I've been getting a bunch of crashes with the new version as well. I haven't really paid any attention as to when it crashes so I'll keep a lookout. I've sent some reports though. Sorry, I totally missed those crash reports for some reason. Fix for the crashes is uploaded to GP, apk Sereri fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Mar 28, 2014 13:41
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Sereri posted:Sorry, I totally missed those crash reports for some reason. Grabbed it from the GP. Many thanks for the quick fix, we'll see how it goes.
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Mar 28, 2014 16:35
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Running the latest G+ beta I haven't had any crashes yet. I did find a bug, as the unbookmark button from the drop down in the thread view doesn't seem to do anything at all.
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Mar 29, 2014 09:09
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Just adding my thing onto the pile: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3621827&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post427784665 The app really hates Korean and Japanese script, sadly.
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Love Stole the Day posted:Just adding my thing onto the pile: This should be fixed in the next update.
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