If I want to create a user-script that has configurable options (that is, configurable without editing the source), is there even an approach to that, or would that be grounds for making a proper extension?
If it makes you feel any better @hichris, I frequently use the full site version on my little phone. Fortunately, the system usually prompts me before my binding flags take effect. — Shog9 ♦1 min ago
@Shog9 How close have you been to... say nuking the whole site from your phone? ;)
Meh, our "malicious intent" guy seems set on a perfect black/white view on the issue. I'll leave it and get some sleep instead of replying. Have fun all. Cya
@Shog9 Hm; from what I'm reading, local storage is keyed on the current domain, so I couldn't really write a separate little local settings gui page. Is creating a gui in the current page a reasonable approach (e.g. adding a little button in the corner of the page or something)?
@hichris123 I'll ask our designer to keep the full-site-from-mobile use case in mind, but no promises that it'll be great...it's tangential to the meta thread, but I'm curious why you use the full site from a tablet rather than the mobile web version?
@bjb568 because we didn't do it early enough and now it's a nightmare of a project. we're inching towards it...jin spent weeks refactoring all of the shared CSS to get rid of like 4k lines of cruft. we have to take baby steps. trust me, i will be overjoyed when we can have a fully responsive site.
Thanks. No reason; I guess I was kinda hoping that there was some magical settings management thing that already existed in the browser, or in tampermonkey.
@Laura On a 7 inch tablet, a design in mind for 4-5 inch phones doesn't use space the best. And I use mobile chat... and because SO gives me the full version automatically (maybe it detects screen size? however it does this, I like it).
@JasonC Okay, well... uh... someone in my family is still using a Droid 2 Global. :P Moto X is a ton better. Is Razr Maxx HD before Google's takeover? That's probably why. Moto was bloated before that... and now they're a lot better.
In any case I'm over it. One more "Google maps has stopped responding" in the middle of nowhere, or > 5 minutes to become usable after coming out of airplane mode, or grinding to a halt every time there's a weak signal, and I'm going to start murdering people.
@Shog9 Yep. Though I do love Verizon for their cell service. No dropped calls, amazing service in my house & even in school. :P Their prices though... are a different story.
@hichris123 Network: good. Prices: bad. Hardware: bad. Customer Service: bad. Ability to use the network without using their hardware or dealing with their customer service: bad.
@bjb568 That's different. Android has most of the core apps unbundled, meaning whenever there's an update to those apps, everyone can download it. No OS update needed. Also, Google Play Services rolls out every 6 weeks.
I still remember walking into a Verizon shop years ago after being really happy with the service on my work phone... Waiting in line for 10 minutes before finally a customer service rep walks up to me and... Asks me for my name, so they can put me in a queue.
@Shog9 "Hardware: bad" eh. It has pretty much the same phones as the rest... the only exception is that they're slow for OS upgrades, but they've been getting better (IIRC the Moto X on Verizon was the first to get KitKat last year, maybe this year too).
I spent the next 10-15 minutes reading the literature before deciding I probably wasn't gonna get a deal and definitely wasn't getting any service, and walking out.
I just spent a few days on site at the border crossing in Tijuana, that big telecom company in Mexico likes to snipe people in the US from across the border and snag roaming fees.
@hichris123 "pretty much" being the key phrase there. Just like how the appliances sold at Walmart are "pretty much" the same as the ones sold everywhere else, just with a few random features omitted and of course a different model number.
@hichris123 yeah, I'm through with buying phones through a provider. If I can't buy it and use it where I want to, then I'm just buying myself handcuffs.
Actually, if any of you happen to drive into the US at Tijuana, check out the light installation on the border crossing. If it looks cool think of me, if not blame the electricians.
Hey speak of the devil, 35 seconds pocket -> responsiveness, just missed another call.
Huh. I wonder what would happen if I just didn't get a smart phone.
@JasonC which doesn't help if I don't want one of Verizon's phones.
Y'know what'd be great? If I could have a little flip-phone that did nothing but make phone calls and - when necessary - act as a wifi hotspot for a separate device with a nice screen that let me browse the net and run apps.
@hichris123 No, 4.1.2. They never release updates. Dunno if that's a Motorola thing or a Verizon thing. Every phone I've owned stopped being updated within 4 months of buying it.
@JasonC for some reason I don't like phones that open on the side... I don't know, I expect them to perform at least like a laptop just to get disillusioned
Sure, or I could just get, say, an iPhone, which at least somewhat manages poorly behaved apps well.
Even if the Razr and/or version 4.1.2 is "old", there wasn't an excuse when it was new for behaving like it does, and certainly no excuse after 2-4 years in the wild.
Plus a whole slew of things that make me unhappy with Google's UI choices on their apps; even if the hardware, OS, and service were flawless, I'd still be irritated with half of the software.
The Droid 2, I remember, I had to literally charge it on ice, because there was some firmware bug (Motorola's fault) that would burn CPU while charging, overheat the phone, and leave you with 1% battery after a full night. The workaround when that happened was to go to the battery settings page, look at it, then close it.
the Galaxy Nexus had a fair number of issues as well, IIRC - particularly shameful since the whole selling point of Nexus phones was that they were Google-controlled.
Needed: Intern to explain to users why they deserved the revenge down-votes they received.
I remember, the first Droid, the original run, the slideout keyboard had individual cut keys glued on to the pcb. They all fell off. After the first few weeks of that they changed the design to use a one-piece keyboard. That was kinda funny.
It was actually a half decent phone though. It went down hill when they replaced the aluminum case with plastic.
