Dolphin App for iOS Preview of v.1.6
First, you would notice that it's not "OO" app anymore. We decided to stop confusing the hell out of you, so our iOS app is now called "Dolphin".
Dolphin 1.6 for iOS
Major focus is on making Dolphin mobile app look more like the website version - similar styling, updated icons, rounded corners, compact layout, less clutter...
This update is not only about the looks, though...
Dolphin iOS App is Now Universal
This is big news! We have added the iPad-compatibile part and now Dolphin App is universal - so it works on any iOS device natively - iPod, iPhone and iPad. It's also retina-friendly. The iPad part is a full big-screen version, which provides surprisingly pleasant interaction experience...
Very soon you will be able to have your own iPad app and offer it to your site(s) members, extend it, add modules from Unity and re-design it to suit your brand (provided you have a Prime license, of course).
We have also added rotation support to all app pages...
Naturally, we made some settings and graphics adaptations to suit higher resolution of the iPad, too.
New Modules! Articles and Blogs.
Steadily and surely we're adding more and more modules to the default app set. This time you get Articles and Blogs. Must be great news for content-oriented sites, because Internet browsing is quickly shifting from desktop to mobile - people read their favourite blogs sitting on the couch with iPad, or while waiting in line for iPhone 5 (I know, I know - the world's gone crazy %) ).
Have a look...
We're gradually improving existing modules and will continue adding new ones.
Remember, though - default package of modules in Dolphin for iOS is just the beginning. You can add new modules, since Dolphin Mobile has built-in support for additional 3rd-party add-ons that communicate with your Dolphin-based website modules. Possibilities are endless. Apple development tools allow fairly simple way to quickly modify the look and rebrand your app, and with some development skills, using our APIs, one can create a powerful mobile system that your site members would rave about!
PLUG: You need a Mobile License to be able to re-brand, modify Dolphin Mobile apps (both iOS an Android) and submit them to Stores as your own. Mobie License only comes with Prime .
Stay tuned - more cool stuff is coming!
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
With any luck very soon we will intensify see more
Will it be possible to easily set the articles as first screen when launching the app ? Will this require lots of code editing on xCode ?
Thanks.
To display articles just after the launch you need some small modifications, I believe that it doesn't require heavy modifications for this, but we can't provide instructions here, it is better to hire someone to do this for you if you don't know how to do this.
Kinda agree with Zarcon on some points, re social interaction on mobile...
Does the new app include Groups, Events?
And last but not least... I know lots of people are not huge fans of Orca... but...
Forum integration on mobile app would be massive.
Will there be any major changes to Groups module for 7.1?
Just need to know as I use some modifications on Groups central to a site Im building.
If major changes are being made, It would be helpful to know as I may well hold off the site build until 7.1...
Hope you can answer, sorry in 'wrong' section but 7.1 related!
Thanks
Can you be more specific what won't be available? I have invested quite a lot of hours getting several modules working on the current mobile app and have quite a large task making my wall mod work on mobile coming up, if the new app is going to break this, I have to decide if I want to pursue that project.
I'm not that big on the new facebooks style, and REALLY like how my 7.0.9 looks and runs so I am not sure if I want to update see more
All this info is already updated in the documentation:
http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/DolModMobile
But it still can be changed a little until the official release.
What about version 7? or 6? When can we expect you to officially 'complete' one of your projects?
So, will the apps for Android or iOS work WITH other cell phones, and if so, which app works best?
Maybe this question will help me to understand.
Is there a cell app for my Samsung Windows phone??
Thanks for hangin in with me on this Nathan
I have a huge family and only two of them have iphones, and no androids. So is the answer to accessing my site via cell phone is to build a second website which is cell friendly. Is this what others who use dolphin do?
By the way, am I addressing something here that has been discussed thoroughly elsewhere? I read everything I could find on this subject with not luck.so this discussion is helping me!
Depends on how many custom mods you have on your site...
Your position is, per se, very interesting however... perhaps we're a bit detached, but it almost feels like you're talking from another time... when Michael Jackson was still alive and kicking. No offence, just mocking around :)
We'd be happy to develop for other platforms, see more
check in is very important for social mobile
Anyway, in my circle of trust, maybe 20 of us, only two iphones, and everyone but my wife surfs the net with their phones. So from my perspective your 90 percent figure seems high.
So, as I mentioned before, maybe the answer is to either set up a separate mobile site for all those who can't afford an Iphone/Android or look into the WAP mod mentioned above.
My target audience is 18-25 year olds and so many of them surf the see more
while still an update its showing some nice improvements.
Hopefully will be released VERY soon though as Ive got 2 major site builds that should be launching this month but have kinda put them on hold due to uncertainty with current modules and custom work Ive been doing on them...
Please hurry and release :-)
what about the update to the dolphin admin side?