It's not slow to download the information, but it's difficult to read it all. What I mean is that it takes e great deal of time and is difficult to use PunBB on a small 3G phone screen. It's hard to explain, but it's if you make your window one an a half inch wide and two inches long, and only use your keyboard, you get the picture pretty good.
My idea is that the original layout for computers remains as it is, the changes would only affect an alternative way to visit a forum, a way created for mobile phones and pocket computers, even more minimalistic.
Here is a small list of things that I believe would make it easier to use punBB on a 3G-version for mobile phones:
- The description of the forum can be removed, only the titles remains.
- A fix so that the text in the area where information about newest registered user, users online and statistic are shown are NOT shown vertical which creates a extremely long page to scroll down.
- When you have enter one of the categorise in the forum the header is not necessary any more, if you want to reach it, you can go back to the first page.
- The members name and avatar is the only essential information needed. If you want to see e-mail address or any other information you can look in the members profile.
- Make the threads title not shown vertical before the text of every post.
- A total make over of the layout when writing a message or creating a thread.
It's a rather blur picture, but look at the marked scroller (is that the right word?), it's is a looong way to the end of the page. And that is a picture of viewing this, for now, pretty short thread. With no mouse, only a shift button it's difficult.
Edit: Clarification.
hej!