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SirViver: Oct 22, 2008

One thing I've been wondering, are the menu icons supposed to be this faint on a dark background?

Running on a SGS2 with stock 2.3.4.

# ? Jul 22, 2012 12:43

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# ? May 19, 2013 17:22

Vykk.Draygo: Jan 17, 2004; I say salesmen and women of the world unite!

On the topic of the menu, I noticed this morning that if you enter the app from the Bookmarks shortcut, the menu has a "Go to page" button instead of a Private Messages button. If you click over to the forums listing, then back to Bookmarks, the Private Messages button shows up. It confounded me for a good minute this morning when I was trying to get to my Private Messages.

# ? Jul 22, 2012 13:58

Vykk.Draygo: Jan 17, 2004; I say salesmen and women of the world unite!

Italics tags don't seem to be working on my rooted stock TF101. Not sure about other tags.

Bold Italics Underline ~~Strikeout~~

edit: neither is Bold. Also, as someone else mentioned, the page doesn't refresh to show my post when I make a post.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 02:01

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

I see all the formatting fine. Same device, but running CM9.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 03:10

falz: Jan 29, 2005; 01100110 01100001 01101100 01111010

Vykk.Draygo posted:

Italics tags don't seem to be working on my rooted stock TF101. Not sure about other tags.

Bold Italics Underline ~~Strikeout~~

edit: neither is Bold. Also, as someone else mentioned, the page doesn't refresh to show my post when I make a post.

Probably depends on theme. Using the YOSPOS theme, bold and italics don't work. Probably because that fixed font simply won't do bold or italics. If I switch to the default theme all four work. CM10 on Galaxy Nexus.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 13:13

spanky the dolphin: Sep 3, 2006; I am the world's first dolphin pilot.

I've got Roboto set as my font of choice and italics and bold aren't working either. I recall bold working a couple of releases back but I guess it discretely broke some time recently.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 16:38

LastInLine: Mar 15, 2006; Nothing quite like a man in a Cape

spanky the dolphin posted:

I've got Roboto set as my font of choice and italics and bold aren't working either. I recall bold working a couple of releases back but I guess it discretely broke some time recently.

Hmm, working fine for me on Roboto.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 16:46

Sereri: Sep 30, 2008; awwwrigami

spanky the dolphin posted:

I've got Roboto set as my font of choice and italics and bold aren't working either. I recall bold working a couple of releases back but I guess it discretely broke some time recently.

Yes that seems to be it. If I use Roboto via default then bold and italics works, if I set it specifically to Roboto and it uses the roboto.ttf that comes with awful it doesn't.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 16:48

LastInLine: Mar 15, 2006; Nothing quite like a man in a Cape

I just noticed if I'm in a forum with bookmarked threads, the star is unreliable. Some are starred, some aren't. Refreshing changes which are starred but I couldn't get all four threads to show stars no matter how many times I refreshed.

I like to think that if I can get all four to have stars I'll win something.

# ? Jul 23, 2012 19:35

iceslice: May 20, 2005

I've been using this app for a few days on my EVO LTE and its seriously awesome. Short of having a full keyboard, I could almost say its better browsing the forums on a phone then on my laptop. Thanks!

# ? Jul 23, 2012 23:38

powderific: May 13, 2004

I'm having consistent issues on my Nexus 7 with posting replies where the tablet will fail to fetch something, and then it'll show some other message that previously failed to post in the text box that comes up. Then I'll type something, hit post, and it'll have another error. Then I go back to the thread, hit reply, type it again, and it'll work. Usually I'm coming to the thread via my bookmarks.

# ? Jul 24, 2012 22:48

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; I'm an annoying drama queen fuckass with an online videogame grudge, but I still love Starfleet Dental

Is it me or has the battery usage on this app skyrocketed in the last month or two?

I used to be able to use it regularly (say 1-2 times an hour to check stuff) throughout the day at work and end my 14ish hour day at about 50% from 100% on an HTC Thunderbolt. Nowadays I'm lucky if I make it to 10 hours at 20% or so before having to hunt down a plug to charge it.

# ? Jul 25, 2012 00:59

LastInLine: Mar 15, 2006; Nothing quite like a man in a Cape

powderific posted:

I'm having consistent issues on my Nexus 7 with posting replies where the tablet will fail to fetch something, and then it'll show some other message that previously failed to post in the text box that comes up. Then I'll type something, hit post, and it'll have another error. Then I go back to the thread, hit reply, type it again, and it'll work. Usually I'm coming to the thread via my bookmarks.

I've had this same issue (actually had it posting my reply prior to this one).

# ? Jul 25, 2012 01:11

snowman: Aug 19, 2004; due it

I just wanted to let y'all know that this airhorn app is pretty much the best thing ever https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mMuYWlyaG9ybiJd

# ? Jul 25, 2012 04:26

LastInLine: Mar 15, 2006; Nothing quite like a man in a Cape

snowman posted:

I just wanted to let y'all know that this airhorn app is pretty much the best thing ever https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mMuYWlyaG9ybiJd

Yeah, this isn't the app thread.

# ? Jul 25, 2012 05:56

Sereri: Sep 30, 2008; awwwrigami

snowman posted:

I just wanted to let y'all know that this airhorn app is pretty much the best thing ever https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mMuYWlyaG9ybiJd

Hahaha I love all the permissions this lovely app 'needs'.

# ? Jul 25, 2012 10:51

falz: Jan 29, 2005; 01100110 01100001 01101100 01111010

LastInLine posted:

I've had this same issue (actually had it posting my reply prior to this one).

I too have gotten this for the last week or two from my Galaxy Nexus that has been ICS or JB during that time.

# ? Jul 25, 2012 12:17

Tunga: May 7, 2004

I too have issues with creating replies, sometimes I get previous replies (from entirely different threads) still in the message box, usually fixes itself if I swipe back to the thread and try to reply/quote again. Happens on GNex and N7, both stock rooted.

snowman posted:

I just wanted to let y'all know that this airhorn app is pretty much the best thing ever https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mMuYWlyaG9ybiJd

Awful Android app - Post your most awful android app

# ? Jul 25, 2012 13:42

SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000; "bestiality is still legal in many countries, including much of Europe"

Don't bother to change it it will just be back SJWtard. - "somethingawful dotcom BITCH!ahahahaha"

Fuzz posted:

Is it me or has the battery usage on this app skyrocketed in the last month or two?

I used to be able to use it regularly (say 1-2 times an hour to check stuff) throughout the day at work and end my 14ish hour day at about 50% from 100% on an HTC Thunderbolt. Nowadays I'm lucky if I make it to 10 hours at 20% or so before having to hunt down a plug to charge it.

Yep, me too.

# ? Jul 25, 2012 14:08

wattershed: Dec 27, 2002; Radio got his free iPod, did you get yours???

I get to be the rear end in a top hat who tells the devs that the current market version of the app doesn't work well on 4.1.1 on the newly-updated WiFi Xoom. I've cleared everything out, un/reinstalled, the usual stuff, and while I can get into any forum, I can't enter any threads. The click is just unresponsive, as is PTR.

# ? Jul 27, 2012 05:55

Salvador Dalvik: Jul 14, 2007

wattershed posted:

I get to be the rear end in a top hat who tells the devs that the current market version of the app doesn't work well on 4.1.1 on the newly-updated WiFi Xoom. I've cleared everything out, un/reinstalled, the usual stuff, and while I can get into any forum, I can't enter any threads. The click is just unresponsive, as is PTR.

The pull-to-refresh library was broken in JB, so I removed it from the phone layout as a stop-gap measure. Sereri found a fix for it, so it'll start working again for you soon, and we can bring it back for Galaxy Nexus users.

# ? Jul 27, 2012 07:10

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; I'm an annoying drama queen fuckass with an online videogame grudge, but I still love Starfleet Dental

Is there a way to get an older build, like from maybe March 2012? This battery life issue is getting ridiculous. I was writing a lengthy post that took me about 10 minutes to write, and in that time my battery went from 91 to 83 percent while I was watching. This was a solid 6 hours into my workday, and I was using it for other stuff that only burned 9%, so it's unlikely the 5 other things running in the background (thanks, ES task manager!) were the culprit. I'm going to install a battery monitor just to see how ridiculous this new build is.

Just writing this message dropped me to 79%. That's worse battery life than when I'm actually making a call.

# ? Jul 27, 2012 17:21

anthonypants: May 6, 2007

Fuzz posted:

Is there a way to get an older build, like from maybe March 2012? This battery life issue is getting ridiculous. I was writing a lengthy post that took me about 10 minutes to write, and in that time my battery went from 91 to 83 percent while I was watching. This was a solid 6 hours into my workday, and I was using it for other stuff that only burned 9%, so it's unlikely the 5 other things running in the background (thanks, ES task manager!) were the culprit. I'm going to install a battery monitor just to see how ridiculous this new build is.

Just writing this message dropped me to 79%. That's worse battery life than when I'm actually making a call.

Sereri posted this a page or two ago, maybe one of those apks help?

# ? Jul 27, 2012 17:33

Sereri: Sep 30, 2008; awwwrigami

anthonypants posted:

Sereri posted this a page or two ago, maybe one of those apks help?

Beta 21 is the current market version (and not in the folder because of that). Please try to use the newest version possible. Also be aware that those are basically market versions and therefore will update themselves if auto-update is enabled.

# ? Jul 27, 2012 17:39

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Here I post;
I can do no other.

Lutha Mahtin posted:

I'm also having issues on my 2.2 phone, an LG Optimus S. [...] (beta 21)

I don't know if you guys care about this, but in beta 20 the actionbar is kinda flaky for me also. It's hit or miss whether a tap on the icon or overflow-menu-thingy in the upper-right corner of the screen will register right away. When it doesn't, it sits for a while and eventually triggers, but interestingly I can sometimes force it to trigger more quickly by hitting the "menu" hard-key on my phone (i.e. tap the button, hit the hard key, voila the menu has appeared). Tapping multiple times while the bug is occurring is eventually processed as multiple taps, meaning the drop-down menu will pop open and close, or the "submit this post?" dialog will be spawned multiple times.

# ? Jul 27, 2012 18:29

TheRevolution1: Sep 21, 2011

Fuzz posted:

Is there a way to get an older build, like from maybe March 2012? This battery life issue is getting ridiculous. I was writing a lengthy post that took me about 10 minutes to write, and in that time my battery went from 91 to 83 percent while I was watching. This was a solid 6 hours into my workday, and I was using it for other stuff that only burned 9%, so it's unlikely the 5 other things running in the background (thanks, ES task manager!) were the culprit. I'm going to install a battery monitor just to see how ridiculous this new build is.

Just writing this message dropped me to 79%. That's worse battery life than when I'm actually making a call.

There is definitely a serious issue with the latest version. 10 minutes of browsing and the awful app becomes the #1 battery user, being the first app I've ever seen to surpass the screen in battery usage.

# ? Jul 28, 2012 00:04

Kolta: Apr 13, 2009; Can't post for 11 hours!

Has anyone tried the app on the motto xoom?

# ? Jul 28, 2012 00:53

wattershed: Dec 27, 2002; Radio got his free iPod, did you get yours???

Kolta posted:

Has anyone tried the app on the motto xoom?

Go up to my last post, and Geekner's response. About 8 up.

# ? Jul 28, 2012 01:24

Kolta: Apr 13, 2009; Can't post for 11 hours!

wattershed posted:

Go up to my last post, and Geekner's response. About 8 up.

Thanks. Using the app on my Optimus LTE. If I was on my PC I would normally search and read more before posting and would of caught it.

# ? Jul 28, 2012 02:01

illicitporpoises: May 16, 2006

Sorry if this was posted already. I get this black bar on the login screen, Jellybean, Galaxy S III.

# ? Jul 28, 2012 13:05

serewit: Jan 13, 2008; Revolutionary Posters Liberation Front
Est. 1883

TheRevolution1 posted:

There is definitely a serious issue with the latest version. 10 minutes of browsing and the awful app becomes the #1 battery user, being the first app I've ever seen to surpass the screen in battery usage.

I see really poor battery life as well on 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I went from about 95% to 80% charge over 15 minutes of usage of Awful b21.

# ? Jul 29, 2012 16:58

Loonytoad Quack: Aug 24, 2004; High on Shatner's Bassoon

serewit posted:

I see really poor battery life as well on 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I went from about 95% to 80% charge over 15 minutes of usage of Awful b21.

Yeah I've said before that it seems very heavy on the battery and was told it was animated gifs, but even turning avatars off doesn't seem to make much difference and the battery on my N7 gets really hot in Awful.

# ? Jul 29, 2012 17:24

brc64: Mar 21, 2008; I wear my sunglasses at night.

Here's a thing that happened to me earlier today (on the ~~Market~~ Play Store Betamax build):

I was at breakfast and going to reply to a thread. I couldn't get the little down arrow in the upper right corner to respond to give me the reply option, so I gave up and just quoted a post at the end of the thread (which was actually my own, although I doubt that matters).

That took me to the compose window, where I deleted the quoted text and started to type my reply. But a few sentences in, I needed to leave, so I just hit Home and went about my day. About 15 minutes later, I went back into Awful to try to finish my reply. It took me back to the compose screen, but instead of having what I had typed, it was just the original quoted text, and what I typed was gone.

I'm not sure if that's normal behavior or not. I think there's a drafts system in place, but is it automatic? Is there a way to get the app to save a draft if you're in the compose screen and the app gets taken out of the foreground?

# ? Jul 29, 2012 21:13

The Entire Universe: Jun 2, 2005; Fantastic.

brc64 posted:

Here's a thing that happened to me earlier today (on the ~~Market~~ Play Store Betamax build):

I was at breakfast and going to reply to a thread. I couldn't get the little down arrow in the upper right corner to respond to give me the reply option, so I gave up and just quoted a post at the end of the thread (which was actually my own, although I doubt that matters).

That took me to the compose window, where I deleted the quoted text and started to type my reply. But a few sentences in, I needed to leave, so I just hit Home and went about my day. About 15 minutes later, I went back into Awful to try to finish my reply. It took me back to the compose screen, but instead of having what I had typed, it was just the original quoted text, and what I typed was gone.

I'm not sure if that's normal behavior or not. I think there's a drafts system in place, but is it automatic? Is there a way to get the app to save a draft if you're in the compose screen and the app gets taken out of the foreground?

I have a similar issue where I get previously posted/quoted text regardless of thread.

# ? Jul 29, 2012 22:25

LastInLine: Mar 15, 2006; Nothing quite like a man in a Cape

The only time I've ever tried to use the draft feature it worked exactly that way. I quoted a post, wrote some stuff, left and came back and only the quoted text remained.

I never tried to use it again.

# ? Jul 29, 2012 23:20

WoG: Jul 13, 2004

LastInLine posted:

The only time I've ever tried to use the draft feature it worked exactly that way. I quoted a post, wrote some stuff, left and came back and only the quoted text remained.

I never tried to use it again.

I believe you have to hit the post button and 'save draft' for it to work. Leaving otherwise (or even just letting the screen turn off) will lose everything you've typed. (That bug's been mentioned before. Maybe fixing it will provide some auto-saving, though)

# ? Jul 30, 2012 02:57

SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000; "bestiality is still legal in many countries, including much of Europe"

Don't bother to change it it will just be back SJWtard. - "somethingawful dotcom BITCH!ahahahaha"

WoG posted:

I believe you have to hit the post button and 'save draft' for it to work. Leaving otherwise (or even just letting the screen turn off) will lose everything you've typed. (That bug's been mentioned before. Maybe fixing it will provide some auto-saving, though)

Must be a bug. I've only recently experienced having everything but the quoted post disappear on screen-off. It's annoying as hell.

# ? Jul 30, 2012 12:12

Salvador Dalvik: Jul 14, 2007

I'm going through the whole reply setup again. Merging the reply UI with the slider changed a lot of things and I didn't cover all the bases.

Good news for you dirty DPI hackers, I think we fixed the primary bug you've encountered. The font sizes are still off, but you can just set them lower. Also: tablet/phone layout option for those devices that are inbetween (nexus 7, kindle fire on ics, ect).

# ? Jul 30, 2012 14:27

Splizwarf: Jun 15, 2007; Watch me pull my dongle out of this tiny box

Is there a way to set the font size in PMs and I'm missing it due to retarded?

When I go to respond to a PM, the font is the right size down in the reply window but above it is the entire quoted thread in something like 22 point; looks weird and takes a while to scroll through. I'm on a stock AT&T SGS3.

# ? Jul 30, 2012 16:54

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# ? May 19, 2013 17:22

Jerk McJerkface: Jan 16, 2004; I think the government should socialize cell phones.They'd have a matrix of your income, social position, and job type, and then assign you a cell phone that is appropriate.

Geekner posted:

I'm going through the whole reply setup again. Merging the reply UI with the slider changed a lot of things and I didn't cover all the bases.

Good news for you dirty DPI hackers, I think we fixed the primary bug you've encountered. The font sizes are still off, but you can just set them lower. Also: tablet/phone layout option for those devices that are inbetween (nexus 7, kindle fire on ics, ect).

The only reason I did the DPI hack was to get the tablet layout in awful. If that isn't an issue now I'll go back to stock.

# ? Jul 31, 2012 01:52

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