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Make that three more votes! I can't tell you how many times I've been standing in a bookstore trying to remember the name of the book a friend recommended or the order in the series...dang it. I've been talking to a few of my local brick and mortar bookstores about an Internet area for customers for this very thing, but having it on the phone...oh wow. That would be better. :-)
A Goodreads iPhone app would be spectacular, but I'd easily settle for just an iPhone version of the site or, yes, even a generic mobile version.I did notice there's now a fancy icon when you bookmark the site to the iPhone's home screen (I assume a byproduct of the new 2.0 look of the site).
I'll add in my vote as well. It'd be great to be able to scan in my books to get on my list, as well as scan books I see in a library or store to do some research into them later.
As someone who has a different type of web-capable phone, I hope that the priority is more on having a faster mobile version of the site than on serving people who use one specific brand of phone.I do think an iPhone app would be a great idea at some point. I just wanted to remind folks that there are a lot of people using other mobile devices, and we would love to use our Goodreads on the go as well.
As someone who just finally got internet access on his smartphone, I completely agree with Donna, a lighter mobile page would definitely be desirable. That would be of much broader and general use than a special GR application for specific devices (e.g., iPhone). As it is, GoodReads turns out to be a rather heavy website to try to read on a mobile device. On some pages and views you preload a tremendous amount of text (often hidden under Java) for quick loading. Hell, just the "home" page is filled with pages and pages of reviews and updates, all of which are fine when I'm on my desktop but they simply kill loading the page on a smartphone. The first thing to do is remove the entire (friends | top friends | groups | reviews | books) section from the home page if a mobile device is detected.
I was rather looking forward to being able to cross check my shelves and/or look up reviews if at the library or bookstore, but if my playing around tonight is at all representative, the site just isn't ready for that sort of use. You might look at how CNN.com or ESPN.com handle it, since they have light, quick-loading mobile versions of their sites that seemed to work pretty smoothly, despite all the bells-and-whistles normally found on their home pages.
A general mobile app is first on the list for mobile. I actually got a version up that does very little - but we plan to expand the functionality there greatly over the next month.
Adding another vote here for a mobile version of the site. iPhone app would be a plus, but mostly I just want to be able to easily see my to-buy list when I find myself in a used bookstore, and mark down that book a friend told me about over dinner.
I'd love a mobile app, but the cheapest Blackberry on the island is $499 and the cheapest contract per month for even my $59 Nokia (cheapest phone on the island) is $99 a month. So the longer there isn't a mobile app I am not tempted to buy a better phone.
This is not a very helpful comment, I'm aware. Still, what do you expect from Barbie? (A pink phone).
Darby- A basic mobile site that should make it easier for you to do that was just put up a couple of weeks ago.It's here:
http://www.goodreads.com/m
And here's the feedback thread so you can make suggestions:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1002...
Wow, that mobile site has really come along since I was last there. I'll check out the thread on it and offer a few suggestions of my own.
Adding on my vote to see a Goodreads app for the iPhone... that would come in SO handy! At least we have a mobile page until then. ^_^
