iFanboy Mobile Has Arrived On Your Phone
73 Posted on Jun 10, 2009 in articles by Ron Richards |
One of the most requested things from you, the iFanbase, has been the ability to access iFanboy from your mobile phone of choice. We definitely agreed with you and have been hard at work over the past few months on a mobile version of the site. We're pleased to announce today that the wait is over! http://m.ifanboy.com has arrived!
So power up your iPhone, G1, or whatever phone you use and check it out. On m.ifanboy.com you can log in to your account, pull comics for your pull list, review your pull list (handy for taking it to the store on Wednesdays), read articles and comment on them, and you can even watch or listen to the iFanboy podcasts! It truly is pocket-sized iFanboy!
A big thanks to our guy behind the scenes, Dave Wiese, who worked to create this version of the site that is optimized for mobile phones. This is the first stab at mobile for iFanboy, and I know a lot of you would like to see a native iPhone app, as well as other features. So would we! We're going to keep working on those, but right now we're pretty stoked to have m.ifanboy.com and hope you are too. Please keep your feedback coming to us either in the comments below or by emailing contact@ifanboy.com and let us know what you think of the mobile version of the site.
Comments
New Comic Day is a great day to make this announcement. "Here! Here's your pull list. Go nuts."
Posted by Jimski on 06/10/09 at 11:50 AMJust in time for me to get a 3GS, after I finish up a few apps and get a handle on iphone dev maybe I can pitch in with an actual iphone app
Posted by gobo on 06/10/09 at 11:51 AMOMG finally...thank you.
Posted by RMC on 06/10/09 at 11:56 AMAwesome! Well done, guys. Keep up the good work.
Posted by tuborg99 on 06/10/09 at 11:57 AMNice job guys, I usually have the site pulled up on the phone but this makes it so much easier. My show of appreciation is finally became an offical member today after months of saying "I will do it when I get home" or "next pay period". Basically I'm saying I'm slack.
Posted by Jediaxle on 06/10/09 at 12:00 PMThis is really cool, I can even pull this up on my ipod touch before leaving and have my pull list when I get there. Thanks for all your hard work, I think this might just make up for the death of the minis.
Posted by thisisegan on 06/10/09 at 12:06 PMNOYCE!
Posted by WilliamKScurryJr on 06/10/09 at 12:08 PMlooks sexay!
Posted by RATabora on 06/10/09 at 12:13 PMGreat job to the web developer! Thanks for all of your had work, guys!
Posted by xebix on 06/10/09 at 12:14 PMAwesome. Ifanboy, don't leave home without it.
Posted by hbkhumanity on 06/10/09 at 12:14 PMSingle greatest thing you guys have done since the new redesign. Myself and my frustration and trying to login on my iPhone thank you for this.
Seriously trying to login so I could have my pull list with me when I went to the store was so hard. I'd constantly hit the logo and refresh the homepage instead of hit the login button. Excellent job and kudos to your code monkeys.
Posted by SmokMnky on 06/10/09 at 12:27 PMYes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and my day has been made
Posted by RoiVampire on 06/10/09 at 12:29 PMOh crud now I HAVE to get an Iphone 3GS
Posted by Vuk on 06/10/09 at 12:35 PMI'm Writing this on my iPhone and the site looks great!
Posted by CharlieBlix on 06/10/09 at 12:48 PMI am commenting from the bus!
(Now where is my flying car?)
BTW, site even looks great on a Blackberry for us "business types."
Posted by capfsu on 06/10/09 at 12:53 PMA little over a week untill the new iPhone, this makes it all the more worthwhile! I can't wait!
Posted by AlphaFlightFan on 06/10/09 at 01:04 PMperfect timing! just got my iphone!
Posted by Tiocore on 06/10/09 at 01:12 PMWill this support rotarty phones?
Posted by BettyWhite on 06/10/09 at 01:23 PMNice! I previously had my pull list bookmarked.
Posted by s1lentslayer on 06/10/09 at 01:32 PMThis here is some great work. One of the most functional website for cell phone.
there should be an option for some larger text though.
Again nice job.
iFanboy is so great that it's already on the 3GS
Posted by Heroville on 06/10/09 at 01:43 PMomg look at how small and cute they are on my iPhone! So when I say I have Ron in my pants, that would be technically correct?
Posted by cromulent on 06/10/09 at 02:25 PMAmazing guys. Just one thing, its a bit too easy to hit the wrong star when rating the comics in your pull list.
Posted by Joppe on 06/10/09 at 02:43 PMIs it not working for anyone else? On my computer and my BlackBerry Storm the link just has to top header saying "home" and nothing else.
Posted by ButchCassidy on 06/10/09 at 03:33 PM@ButchCassidy I'm having the same problem on my Blackberry Bold, might be that theyre just working out the kinks at the moment.
Posted by Tex on 06/10/09 at 03:36 PMThanks Tex... at least it's not just me :)
Posted by ButchCassidy on 06/10/09 at 03:46 PMMind=blown
Posted by marandalee on 06/10/09 at 03:50 PMTotally awesome! iFanboy in my pocket! Life is officially now awesome.
Posted by NeoApocalypse on 06/10/09 at 03:51 PMBlackberry folks - admittedly we haven't done full testing on Blackberries, rather on iPhones and G1s, (mainly because none of us have or use a Blackberry).
That said, we'll see what we can do about getting our hands on one and see where the kinks are and how we can work them out...thanks for your patience
Posted by ron on 06/10/09 at 03:57 PM
This just made my day. A+ guys.
Posted by DunDun on 06/10/09 at 04:10 PMCreepy.
Posted by Mangaman on 06/10/09 at 04:41 PM@ButchCassidy - You'd think I could do better for a fellow Canadian company, I'll take a look. Thanks for the heads-up.
Posted by dave on 06/10/09 at 04:55 PMI was seriously talking to a friend of mine and planning out creating an iFanboy app last night. CRAZY.
Posted by ecthelion on 06/10/09 at 05:15 PMiFanboy: Kickin' ass every single day. Congrats guys. This is very, very dope.
I'm going to go tool around with this on my iPod. Now, if only I could get my hands on one of those new fangled iPhones!
Posted by Neb on 06/10/09 at 05:17 PMFuggin sweet!
Posted by Grandturk on 06/10/09 at 05:23 PMWow, I watched the full video podcast on my phone. Wacky
Posted by Gabe on 06/10/09 at 05:27 PMThis is fantastic. Don't have an iphone or blackberry but is I did I would totally use this. Well done guys!
Posted by Animalvader1 on 06/10/09 at 06:02 PMHoly being able to post from my G1 Batman! Only been about 6 months of waiting. :P. The site looks great good job Dave! One of the fastest sites on my phone.
Posted by jstump on 06/10/09 at 06:37 PMyou guys continue to impress me, stamping firmly "Best comicbook site on the planet!!!!" Spreading the ifanboy word just got a little more easy!!
Posted by Joshua on 06/10/09 at 07:04 PMNot to be a dick or anything but please, for the love of God, shut up about the iPhone already. Really, just ... ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
Okay, so I AM being a dick about it. There's dozens of good smartphones out there. You don't hear me going OMG!!!! Now I NEEEEED an shiny new "the S is for 'speed'" iPhone!
There's enough Apple fanboy behavior out there. The web is filthy with it. Please don't bring it here. This place is for Geoff Johns fanboys or Jimmy Cheung fanboys or Adam Warren fanboys (okay, that's probably just me. Sorry, Adam). Just leave the Apple BJs at the door.
mandatory positive ending to otherwise unpleasant post:
Gosh, that Unwritten book was real nice. I'm on board, Mr. Carey. :)
Posted by RobAbsten on 06/10/09 at 08:43 PMSweet!! Totally made my day when I got to the comic shop, opened my pull list and saw the moblie site. iFanboy just made my iPhone that much better. Thank you!
Posted by AtomEve on 06/10/09 at 09:07 PMno more emailing my pull list to have it at my LCS (Midtown Comics, NYC)
Posted by clay on 06/10/09 at 09:25 PM@ButchCassidy/@Tex - Can you please try it again on your Storm and Bold? I think I've fixed the problem but I don't have a way to test it to make sure.
Posted by dave on 06/10/09 at 09:26 PMThat is awesome. This will make it much easier. I had been using iFanboy on my Blackberry but I had to go about it by having an RSS reader (like Viigo) and then subscribing to the feed. Not perfect but it got me by.
But this solves all the problems. :)
Posted by MaddieDaddy on 06/10/09 at 09:51 PMThis is perfect. Clean, easy, and simple. You've given me something I didn't know I needed, but now can't live without. Ta!
Posted by jamesschneider on 06/10/09 at 10:32 PMwhat's a iphone?
Posted by edward on 06/10/09 at 10:53 PMAwesome!! This is exactly what I was looking for.
Posted by Dez on 06/11/09 at 12:01 AMStill kinda creepy...
Now I know my posts can be read by anyone everywhere...
Posted by Mangaman on 06/11/09 at 04:16 AMAwesome. I usually have my iFanboy pull-list open on my iPhone when I buy comics, so this is cool for me :) Being able to POST from the phone will be very awesome. Great work, internet boffins!
Posted by WadeWilson on 06/11/09 at 05:07 AM@dave The home screen certainly appears to be fixed on the Blackberry along with articles/ podcasts etc. The only problems I am now experiencing are to do with the Pull List, and This Weeks Comics sections. They appear like this: http://bit.ly/5f2HJ
Posted by Tex on 06/11/09 at 06:28 AMThis makes a big difference. Thank you.
Posted by ericwilder on 06/11/09 at 07:15 AMI'm laying in bed typing this on my iPod. It may be the most lazy and awesome thing I've ever done.
Posted by Neb on 06/11/09 at 07:30 AMAwesome! This totally made my day. (I'm writing this from my iPod, btw!)
Posted by cylonpete on 06/11/09 at 07:43 AM@Tex - Thanks for the screenshot, that's a big help. I'll dig into it.
Posted by dave on 06/11/09 at 09:34 AMI haven't read any of the comments above above so, forgive me if others have already mentioned this: If you are using ifanboy mobile and you can afford it- Become an ifanboy member! I mean, what these guys are doing is amazingly fantastic. Let's support them anyway we can.
Posted by Camden on 06/11/09 at 10:30 AMThis is awesome! I'll add my 2 cents - if I wasn't already a member this would DEFINITELY put me over the top!
Posted by NJBaritone on 06/11/09 at 10:41 AMThere's a problem with it: the mobile version seems to be the default for me, but only in Epiphany 2.14.3 (using "gecko-1.8" backend). I'm using it under linux - Debian - the stable version, 4 upgraded to 5 but I'm not sure if it upgraded smoothly, kernel 2.6.18-6-686 , i686.
My guess is that it does that because it thinks my browser is a phone - because of some website-visitors info-collection service, I deleted my User Agent, and it changed it to "Default Browser 0" it seems. I did that to distinguish my visits from the logs, because the built in ways to do that in that service aren't very good.
Posted by chlop on 06/11/09 at 11:45 AM@chlop - if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there's a link to the Standard View of the site, which will send you to the regular site, bypassing the mobile default
Posted by ron on 06/11/09 at 12:05 PMGreat appearance! Thanks guys! (oh, and sent from my iPhone.)
Posted by Othello24 on 06/11/09 at 12:18 PM@ron - Thanks. I saw that, but doing that every time my browser crashes or I clean my cookies is annoying. I don't know if it does that every time I close my browser and open it again and if it does it when I restart as well - didn't get the chance to check.
Posted by chlop on 06/11/09 at 12:20 PMMe loves me some iPhone!!
Posted by Corelli on 06/11/09 at 03:11 PM@chlop - Could you please send me your User Agent string and I'll investigate.
Posted by dave on 06/11/09 at 03:57 PM@dave is this enough? : http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr353/shnameless/useragent2.jpg
Posted by chlop on 06/11/09 at 06:37 PM@chlop - Perfect, thanks.
Posted by dave on 06/11/09 at 09:27 PM0.o
Posted by rayclark on 06/11/09 at 10:40 PMdamn, another mobile site that doesn't work on my Samsung :(
Posted by janna on 06/12/09 at 02:47 AMSo sad. I logged on on my storm and it looks beutiful. However, tried to post and the submit button didn't work. So sad. I will though continue to love being able to look at my books on my phone!
Posted by astyak on 06/12/09 at 10:51 PMGreat work on making the site more mobile accessible. I love the website, but every time I've tried to load the site on my blackberry in the past, it's never loaded properly. I just tried again to use the mobile site, but the web page still won't load. Just wanted to give you guys an update from the Blackberry crew. Thank again for all the content.
Posted by WonderManFan on 06/14/09 at 03:28 AMThe site looks so hot on my iphone!
Posted by WonderAli on 06/19/09 at 08:12 PMI am having problems logging in on my iphone. Is there something I'm not doing right.
Posted by blaque on 07/14/09 at 05:20 PM


Awesome, this is fantastic news. Now I can easily just pull up my pull list while in the shop and not worry about remembering it, or printing it out and carrying it with me. This is something I've been wanting for a while :)
I'll be giving it a test drive later today (or tomorrow, whenever I have time) when I go to my comic shop. On first look though, it looks nice. Really slick and easy to read/navigate. Good job, guys!
Posted by Brian on 06/10/09 at 11:40 AM