Os, I can't find the thread where you asked for feedback on the mobile theme, so I've made a new home for it.
I merged them.
I've been using the mobile theme as well as the regular theme on my phone for a couple weeks now. The mobile theme is really helpful in some areas, but could also be improved if you're up for it.
I'm definitely up for it. That's why I needed feedback from people who are using it regularly. The more, the merrier. Having a good mobile theme is going to be more and more important as mobile devices improve.
The Good:
* Thread layout is great. I like having the avatars, and the info is laid out much better now so it's easy to scroll through. Nice job on that.
* Resized images are great. I noticed on the normal theme the images get cut off on the right if they are too big, so having them fit on the mobile theme is great. I've only noticed once or twice when putting an image in square dimensions made it messed up. I remember you mentioning something about that, and it may be more difficult than it's worth to try resizing them dynamically, especially since it's so infrequently a problem.
Dynamic resizing with accurate proportions would require additional javascript, which is going to slow down page load times. Probably better not to worry about it for now.
* Top and bottom links are great, very useful.
I thought they would be. I'm planning on having them on all themes, not just the mobile theme.
Requests:
* One of the biggest annoyances is the lack of the "Info box" on all pages. As far as I can tell it only shows up at the bottom of the board index. I'd love to see a smaller version at the top of ALL pages, maybe without the recent posts section. Basically what I want is to be able to get to unread posts and replies to my posts from anywhere. Usually I get to the site from a link in a topic notification email, so I go straight to a post and then have to get to the index to see new stuff.
That is accessible from the drop menu in the main menu bar. At the moment it is using the same menu layout as our site default theme, but I'm going to change that to something more logical (same as Mystic Multi theme, basically).
This brings up something I have been wondering about. With a mobile you have to make onscreen selections with your fingertips, right? Are all the spacings adequate for selecting one link without hitting others? I can easily increase spacings or rearrange content if they are not.
* I'd like to have a theme changer on the mobile theme so I can switch back to normal if I want. If there is already one, or some trick for switching out of mobile theme, I haven't figured it out
At the moment you can only do that via your profile, but I can easily add a link to the info centre on the main index page.
One last request that isn't theme-related: Can new topic notification emails include the author like post reply emails do? As I mentioned I usually check emails first before logging on and it's nice to know who wrote what
Shouldn't be that difficult. I'll look into it.
Topic: Omega Mobile theme: questions and/or problems.