{"id":3396,"date":"2014-03-27T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2014-03-27T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:55:12","slug":"at-long-last-labourstart-is-now-ready-for-the-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=3396","title":{"rendered":"At long last, LabourStart is now ready for the smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iphone5\"<\/a>The last time I wrote about this was some six months ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time we were struggling to create a version of LabourStart that would work on phones — this after several failed attempts to create native versions for iPhones and Android phones and later even for Firefox OS.<\/p>\n

But today we have finally got a working version of LabourStart for the hundreds of millions of people who access it on smartphones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can see it by going into your web browser on your smartphone and going to http:\/\/www.labourstart.org<\/p>\n

That’s right — no change to the URL.<\/p>\n

It’s using a form of “responsive design” so that it detects whether you’re using a large desktop computer or a tiny smartphone, and renders the correct version.<\/p>\n

What you should see is something like what I’ve illustrated this article with, above.<\/p>\n

To get this to appear on your phone’s home screen, follow the instructions.<\/p>\n

On an iPhone or iPod Touch, tap on the ‘Add to home screen’ link in your browser.<\/p>\n

You should then see this icon appearing on your phone’s home screen:<\/p>\n

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The next step is to internationalize<\/strong><\/em> this, as for the moment it’s only working in English.<\/p>\n

We also need to test<\/strong><\/em> it on all kinds of phones.\u00a0 It seems to work fine on Apple and Windows devices, but it would be good to test on Android, Blackberry and Firefox phones too.<\/p>\n

We’ll also need to write up instructions<\/strong><\/em> to people on how to install it, as it’s not a native app you’d download from the iTunes Store or Google Play — it’s a web app, so it downloads differently.\u00a0 We may even want to do this as a short video.<\/p>\n

And we’ll want to tweak<\/strong><\/em> it even more, making it look less and less like a web page, more and more like a proper app.\u00a0 We may even want to break it up (it’s now a long scroll) into separate pages for news and campaigns.<\/p>\n

I look forward to reading your feedback and learning from your experiences before we introduce this to the wider world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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