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Mr.G
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Voting doesn't work on mobile

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Hi,

Voting doesn't work on mobile phone... Is there a way how to fix it? Is it known bug?

Thx
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It doesn't work on my tablets or phone. All Android.
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Try this:
1) Put the phone in landscape mode.
2) Press the vote button - the small pop-up for the vote will appear.
3) Press the Recommend button - nothing should happen.
4) Press the vote button - the pop-up should disappear.
5) Press the vote button again - the pop-up should reappear.
6) Cast your vote - it should work, maybe after a few seconds.

It works on my phone.

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Steven
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And yes, it's a known bug (for quite a while already, actually)

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Mr.G
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Steven wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:31 am
And yes, it's a known bug (for quite a while already, actually)
OK and is there a plan to fix it? Do you run Google analytics? Can you check what's the majority of users using (mobile or pc)?
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Steven
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Over the last 7 days

Devices
Desktop 50%
Mobile 45%
Tablet 5%

Browser usage
Chrome 54%
Safari 24%
Firefox 6%
Edge 4%

The fix is a todo, but not really high prio right now.
If anyone's willing to debug the JS, I'm happy to commit a provided patch.

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Steven wrote:
Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:41 am
Over the last 7 days

Devices
Desktop 50%
Mobile 45%
Tablet 5%

Browser usage
Chrome 54%
Safari 24%
Firefox 6%
Edge 4%

The fix is a todo, but not really high prio right now.
If anyone's willing to debug the JS, I'm happy to commit a provided patch.
I would like to help but I'm not skilled in js. However, if testing is required I'm in. Looking at the numbers it's 50:50 so half of the votes is missing...
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It is not 50-50. Voting works OK on iOS with Safari on an iPhone.
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Mr.G
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hollus wrote:
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:35 pm
It is not 50-50. Voting works OK on iOS with Safari on an iPhone.
Still is a lot, maybe Steven can check how many mobile users are using safari...
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Most used device category + browser
Device	Browser			Users (%)
desktop	Chrome			31.3
mobile	Chrome			20.9
mobile	Safari			15.3
desktop	Safari			6.3
desktop	Firefox			5.7
mobile	Safari (in-app)		4.2
desktop	Edge			3.9
tablet	Safari			2.4
mobile	Samsung Internet	2.1
desktop	Internet Explorer	2.0
So, 21-25% of users unable to vote

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bluechris
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Tapatalk is not catched from stats? The problem exists also in tapatalk

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Also on mobile brower people's reputation does not show up under their avatar

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bluechris wrote:
Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:53 pm
Tapatalk is not catched from stats? The problem exists also in tapatalk
We won't "fix" tapatalk. It's standard app.
Our voting system is f1t-only.

If you feel tapatalk is so much better than the site's mobile layout, then you'd better let us know what exactly you're missing, so maybe I can adapt the site a bit.

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Steven wrote:
bluechris wrote:
Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:53 pm
Tapatalk is not catched from stats? The problem exists also in tapatalk
We won't "fix" tapatalk. It's standard app.
Our voting system is f1t-only.

If you feel tapatalk is so much better than the site's mobile layout, then you'd better let us know what exactly you're missing, so maybe I can adapt the site a bit.
No you are right. I haven't saw anywhere the ability to vote in any site with tapatalk now that i searched for it.
If i want to vote i connect throw chrome.

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Maybe voting not working is for the better sometimes, so many downvotes have been quite childish lately or are being used when people run out of arguments - i bet a large number of them even go against the rules on voting

From the FAQ:
What should be rated?
[...]rate down posts that are abusive to others, and nothing but ranting or are simply factually incorrect.


I mean, look at this:

viewtopic.php?f=1&p=892973#p892973
He later posted a source for that claim, so it wasn't "factually incorrect"

viewtopic.php?f=12&p=894024#p894024
"rubbish" ... ah yea ... good reasoning.

viewtopic.php?p=894018#p894018
"we'll see" ... that should be a reply

The "no jokes allowed" rating i got for half jokingly suggesting an age restriction for F1 attendance was imho questionable as well, ironically a general practitioner in Germany suggested to continue hosting football matches with exactly that, an age restriction.

I bet if you'd check who's negatively rating whom you'd see a pattern where it's people who had an argument of some kind on this site resulting in votes which are symptoms of mad online™