I Have a Suggestion for Similar Worlds
Make an app for IOS and Android so it is easier to use and access
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Nuno · Admin
Hello,
As for why we haven't built a native mobile app, please understand that:
1) If we make a native app, we will have to build one for Android and one for iPhone, at least. That will be THREE different apps/sites that we have to maintain and keep developing in parallel, while it's already hard to work on just the website.
[b]We are just two developers that work on our free-time, after our full-time jobs. Plus, we have to also reply to emails, messages, reports, etc...[/b]
2) Making a mobile app implies that we need to use other advertising/payment services (other than the ones we currently use for our website) and be stuck with all those terms/rules that Google and Apple require.
3) The mobile app will not necessarily be better than what we already provide to you, or have a better user interface, etc... We already provide a full mobile interface on Similar Worlds, and use every modern technologies that Browsers these days provide to make websites work better on mobile phones.
Please understand it's not as easy as you might think.
If you are experiencing usability issues, please try to give as much detail as you can about your usage issues, and we'll try our best to fix them as our priority.
Thank you,
Nuno
As for why we haven't built a native mobile app, please understand that:
1) If we make a native app, we will have to build one for Android and one for iPhone, at least. That will be THREE different apps/sites that we have to maintain and keep developing in parallel, while it's already hard to work on just the website.
[b]We are just two developers that work on our free-time, after our full-time jobs. Plus, we have to also reply to emails, messages, reports, etc...[/b]
2) Making a mobile app implies that we need to use other advertising/payment services (other than the ones we currently use for our website) and be stuck with all those terms/rules that Google and Apple require.
3) The mobile app will not necessarily be better than what we already provide to you, or have a better user interface, etc... We already provide a full mobile interface on Similar Worlds, and use every modern technologies that Browsers these days provide to make websites work better on mobile phones.
Please understand it's not as easy as you might think.
If you are experiencing usability issues, please try to give as much detail as you can about your usage issues, and we'll try our best to fix them as our priority.
Thank you,
Nuno
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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
I see they have good reasons, I kind of like the pc based site because it encourages longer dialogues that are difficult on a phone.
Reflection83 · 41-45, F
Yes that would be so good!