XenForo 2.2 and beyond

[Dubbed Navigator]

It shouldn't be. If your terms of use state that your forum takes ownership of posted content you simply need to ask the member to identify the PII they want removing.

Exactly what my TaC state, although I dd alter them when GDPR came in to this effect.
Its dead easy on XF, it even gives you the option upon account deletion.

 

[Creaky]

Another HYS today about the new Progressive web app

XF 2.2 - Progressive web app

Mobile first. We hear it again and again, and with over half of all web traffic coming from mobile devices, it's more important than ever to provide your mobile visitors with a great experience. Of course, XenForo 2 is built on a fully responsive design that gracefully adapts to any display...

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[DaveL]

Looking forward to the PWA.
Certainly coming out with some good updates in the HYS.

 

[deslocotoco]

Another HYS today about the new Progressive web app

XF 2.2 - Progressive web app

Mobile first. We hear it again and again, and with over half of all web traffic coming from mobile devices, it's more important than ever to provide your mobile visitors with a great experience. Of course, XenForo 2 is built on a fully responsive design that gracefully adapts to any display...

xenforo.com

Very nice addition. Truly great improvement over the actual responsible theme.

As admins, we should make amendments to tell the users to “install” the app.

But I think the best option is to properly give the admins the option to go for App Store/Google, providing the package and all the stuff. Sounds more professional for any brand than just a shortcut.

Well, i can work with PWA. I hope my users can too.

 

[DaveL]

Very nice addition. Truly great improvement over the actual responsible theme.

As admins, we should make amendments to tell the users to “install” the app.

But I think the best option is to properly give the admins the option to go for App Store/Google, providing the package and all the stuff. Sounds more professional for any brand than just a shortcut.

Well, i can work with PWA. I hope my users can too.

From what i've read, people are moving away from the stores and more towards PWA.

 

[zappaDPJ]

This one is a big step in the right direction.

 

[Karll]

From what i've read, people are moving away from the stores and more towards PWA.

That's presumably the reason why Apple doesn't want to support it, then!

 

[User2684]

Very nice addition. Truly great improvement over the actual responsible theme.

As admins, we should make amendments to tell the users to “install” the app.

But I think the best option is to properly give the admins the option to go for App Store/Google, providing the package and all the stuff. Sounds more professional for any brand than just a shortcut.

Well, i can work with PWA. I hope my users can too.

is there additional work to have this PWA once we upgrade the forum ?

 

[DaveL]

That's presumably the reason why Apple doesn't want to support it, then!

Yup, wouldn't surprise me! Those 30%'s add up -Along with developer account fees etc.....

If I was a retailer and someone has come to my webiste, much easier to say "hey, click here to add a shortcut to your homescreen, and here's a 10% discount if you do", then getting them to navigate the app store to download the full app.

 

[User37935]

My growing excitement was dashed by the fact it won't work on iOS. Trying to remain optimistic, at least things will be in place if Apple decide to embrace it. I have to be honest, all I actually want is to be able to push notifications to the device (which the Pushover add-on Chris D wrote does on XF1.x but at last time of asking wasn't going to be updated for XF 2.x). I know you can do browser notifications on 2.x but that again is not on iOS.

 

[DaveL]

My growing excitement was dashed by the fact it won't work on iOS. Trying to remain optimistic, at least things will be in place if Apple decide to embrace it. I have to be honest, all I actually want is to be able to push notifications to the device (which the Pushover add-on Chris D wrote does on XF1.x but at last time of asking wasn't going to be updated for XF 2.x). I know you can do browser notifications on 2.x but that again is not on iOS.

Hopefully forum members will see how restrictive Apple is.

 

[User37935]

Yeah, but you can't penalise or alienate your members for being Apple users. And I'm typing this on a Macbook!

I think responsive web + push notifications (even if via a third party app) is a brilliant combination but apparently I am a minority.

 

[User37935]

BTW nice to see HYS posts back again Chris D thanks for this, it's exciting as always to see what's being developed.

 

[DaveL]

Yeah, but you can't penalise or alienate your members for being Apple users. And I'm typing this on a Macbook!

I think responsive web + push notifications (even if via a third party app) is a brilliant combination but apparently I am a minority.

You're not though, Apple is by not following the standards.
I have no issue making my members aware of this.

 

[DigNap15]

Re members being able to delete their own accounts.
As you may know I am really against this.
Just recently I have had 2 members pm me that they realy enjoy my site, but becasue of some trolls and things going on in their lives, they decied to leave, but found that they could not.
Then they came back to my forum, and found that it helped them get through their problems, and they said they were glad they did not leave.
So its a big NO from me

 

[Kintaro]

My growing excitement was dashed by the fact it won't work on iOS. Trying to remain optimistic, at least things will be in place if Apple decide to embrace it. I have to be honest, all I actually want is to be able to push notifications to the device (which the Pushover add-on Chris D wrote does on XF1.x but at last time of asking wasn't going to be updated for XF 2.x). I know you can do browser notifications on 2.x but that again is not on iOS.

There’s an addon that send forum notifications to telegram:

Unmaintained - [Telegram] Notifications

Adds the ability receive notifications from forum to Telegram. P.S.: Notifications cannot be delivered to Telegram if default forum alert is disabled. For supporting all available alert types (include alerts from custom addons), this addon...

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[DigNap15]

Hopefully forum members will see how restrictive Apple is.

Hopefully Apple users will see how restrictive Apple is, and realise how much they are ripping them off.

 

[User2684]

There’s an addon that send forum notifications to telegram:

Unmaintained - [Telegram] Notifications

Adds the ability receive notifications from forum to Telegram. P.S.: Notifications cannot be delivered to Telegram if default forum alert is disabled. For supporting all available alert types (include alerts from custom addons), this addon...

xenforo.com

This addon is what I’m using, it’s pretty good.

 

[sbjsbj]

If PWA worked for iOS, I think this news would be worth 5x more than it is now.

Native Apps have the problems of not integrating 3rd party stuff, so having PWA is really a huge step. If only it worked for iOS...

I would say in average 60% of visitors are mobile users and half of it are iOS users, so in total 30% of the userbase can't use this which is sad.

 

[deslocotoco]

From what i've read, people are moving away from the stores and more towards PWA.

Well, that's a nice information.

Can you share with us?

I always thought that people always seek for 'apps stores' when they want to download something for their smartphones.