Check out the new XDA app! Let us know what you think [App rolling out now]

Hausemaster

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Overall performance is a bit better, is size is 5.2 mb or something, not sure what they added, but it described about fixing login issues....
 

mrrocketdog

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well , title says "tell us what you think".
firstly i'd like to say that i am not a developer. so i couldnt have done this. it is appreciated the time , effort , hours and knowledge that went into it.
but i think it was @lfom who said it best for me ; "it killed the mobile user experience". i can learn new ways to navigate to where i want to go. i can find most everything i look for. but the overall experience has , well diminished quite a bit for me personally. i know you all are working diligently to fix the things that are broke which is again highly appreciated. but i can get kinda the same experience with my mobile browser and launcher just by logging in and clicking on "save to home screen".
just my ¢.02 and do appreciate the effort.
all the best for xda and its members/families in the new year.
mrrocketdog , a.k.a. dave
 

lfom

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Wow! Totally opposite experience better on every item. Old XDA (either one) took 30 seconds to never to load, this one takes maybe 2 seconds. Mine looks like a well thought out app. You sure you have the right app? I'm on a 4a, not sure if that matters. Not rooted.
Yeah, it loads faster, as it is merely a web page wrapper, but the navigating/displaying the actual content is much worse. For instance, the Watched tab:

1. Tap on thread
2. See an useless preview of the first page
3. Tap View, wait FIRST page of the thread to load
4. Navigate to the last page
5. Scroll to find what is the newer post

The mobile view of the site simply sucks, sorry. XDA Labs or even the old Classic had a much more pleasant (and quicker) experience IMHO.
 
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lfom

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Still no way to jump to the newest unread post in a thread? 🤦‍♂️

Just bring xda labs back imo, or let it co exist
Indeed, it the worst thing in the new version, making it almost completely useless. Also, not warning anywhere what used to work (Labs) would be completely shut down without notice. Very bad move...
 

tcat007

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Still no way to jump to the newest unread post in a thread? 🤦‍♂️

Just bring xda labs back imo, or let it co exist
I just use the alert icon.
Yeah, it loads faster, as it is merely a web page wrapper, but the navigating/displaying the actual content is much worse. For instance, the Watched tab:

1. Tap on thread
2. See an useless preview of the first page
3. Tap View, wait FIRST page of the thread to load
4. Navigate to the last page
5. Scroll to find what is the newer post

The mobile view of the site simply sucks, sorry. XDA Labs or even the old Classic had a much more pleasant (and quicker) experience IMHO.
Yeah the Home and Watched forums are a pain. I only use the Alerts icon. Goes directly to last, or newest messages from threads you're watching.
 

topo01

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The new website is awful, and what's up with the ads? I posted earlier I guess they didn't like my opinion and removed it.
Compared to the new app which is broken in many usability aspects (see many posts above) the website is still relatively "OK" to use.
As everything is fairly new so I have hope it will all be fine eventually 🙂