Do you think you still need an internet connection at home to work on a forum or website?

[froggyboy604]

I think if a user are very poor, and don't have internet at home, or the user is homeless, there are some public places like the library, internet cafe, public school/college, and some places which let users use the internet and computer for free, or a small hourly fee like a few dollars per hour at an internet cafe. Users can technically work on a forum or website on a public internet connection.

It is possible to run a forum from a smartphone or tablet with a wi-fi or cellular connection, but it will be very inconvenient and expensive if you use a cellular data plan. I once read a post on ForumPromotions where a user had to use their Android tablet to work on their forum because their computer broke.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Do what you got to do, but you need internet if you want anything online done.

 

[lb]

I once read a post on ForumPromotions where a user had to use their Android tablet to work on their forum because their computer broke.

What's so bad about that? One of my staff members doesn't own a computer or laptop and does everything online from her smartphone and tablet.

 

[Lienx]

What's so bad about that? One of my staff members doesn't own a computer or laptop and does everything online from her smartphone and tablet.

I mean it can be done, but I feel like using a tablet for forum design, etc would be such a huge hassle messing with the CSS and HTML codings, etc.. As for designing the website/forum you can easily do that offline. You would just need internet of course to upload it all, but testing it can be done at home easily using Apache etc.

 

[froggyboy604]

What's so bad about that? One of my staff members doesn't own a computer or laptop and does everything online from her smartphone and tablet.

I think eye strain and tired eyes could be a problem when staring at a smaller screen for an hour or more when moderating or administrating a forum.

Some forum software needs you to read small text, check checkboxs, and use drop down menu which can be hard to see on a smaller screen unless you zoom in to the forum page. But, when you zoom-in, you see less of the text on the page.

 

[Gamerz Reef]

I tried it once on my Tab 7 and never again. If you did to get some thing done in a time frame you will need a computer and internet to get it done.

 

[froggyboy604]

I tried it once on my Tab 7 and never again. If you did to get some thing done in a time frame you will need a computer and internet to get it done.

I also tried doing forum related task on a tablet, and it was not a good experience because of the screen size, and on-screen keyboard which is slower to type on than a regular keyboard with buttons, and shortcut keys like CTRL+V/Paste.

I think if you are a moderator or administrator on a very active forum with many active members, it would be hard to enforce the rules by deleting spam or troll post, do maintenance work like backup a database for the forum, and other forum related tasks in a timely manner.

 

[Claraviolet]

Yup because the AMF guys are pretty ruthless when it comes to work. They want the technical issues to be fixed just like that. It gets tiring after sometime ;_;