If wishes were fishes...

[Stacey]

Wish this was in app form, too. Are there any plans for the future? Does anyone know?

 

[BarbaraUS]

I was recently wondering the same thing, Stacey. Wouldn't that be cool? I enjoy a few Discord writing groups and can pop in and out on my phone, same with Slack.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Discord bothers me. It keeps trying to access my camera when I'm not even using Discord.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Ha ha. I googled the If Wishes were Fishes app 'cos I hadn't heard of it then realised you meant Litopia as an app.
Hmm. I think it's fine the way it is.

 

[Stacey]

Oh no! @Hannah F I don't even know if the other app exists I love this site on my desktop. I just work off my phone a lot, too.

 

[Stacey]

It keeps trying to access my camera when I'm not even using Discord

So many apps do this, and it drives me crazy. I normally unplug my camera when I'm not using it, but my webcam isn't attached. For laptops with webcams, it would be a pain to constantly be opening Settings to allow/deny permissions of apps when you are/aren't using them.

 

[Dorm Ant]

Ha ha. I googled the If Wishes were Fishes app 'cos I hadn't heard of it then realised you meant Litopia as an app.
Hmm. I think it's fine the way it is.

Me too. Why on Earth would anyone want Litopia as an app? (Shudder).

 

[Stacey]

Why on Earth would anyone want Litopia as an app?

It would basically be the same, just designed better for mobile devices.

 

[BarbaraUS]

Discord bothers me. It keeps trying to access my camera when I'm not even using Discord.

I think there's a setting to fix that. If on your phone, you can remove permissions.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

I think there's a setting to fix that. If on your phone, you can remove permissions.

It's on my laptop.

 

[BarbaraUS]

Wish this was in app form, too. Are there any plans for the future? Does anyone know?

So - I have found a workaround for this @StaceyDale - As a computer person, I suspect you already know such things, but as a boomer I'm so proud of myself I am sharing anyway: 1) I opened and logged in on my phone, then 2) hit "Save (page) to Home Screen ... and 3) voila... a pseudo-Litopia app (i.e., ICON) appears right next to all my other home screen apps (Icon). No fuss, no muss, and no logging in again. It's Litopia-on-the-go

 

[Peyton Stafford]

There is actually a way for doing this without rewriting the entire website or building an app. Apps, like websites, have to be maintained, and I do not think anyone in the colony wants Agent Pete to expend energy on such a project.

When I look at Litopia on my tiny iPhone S screen, it looks fine. Or is this question simply how to save that view to the home screen?

 

[JohnBertel]

According to the homepage of Xenforo (whose platform powers this forum) they have made their application to work well on any platform.

And I must say, that I don't imagine an app would be all that different from running litopia in browser on your phone. It looks clean and obviously has a menu structure that suits a phone. Xenforo complain that there are few things they can't do, like notifications and badging.

I you want an icon on your homescreen that takes you to Litopia, it is easily done, but I'm sure I could make it sound complicated, so I suggest you search for something like: adding website to homescreen (add ios, android or whatever you are using)

 

[BarbaraUS]

Ahh - that's exactly what I describe above ---getting an icon on your home screen that takes you to Litopia.