| ADMIN 🚨 We'll be running an upgrade Thursday evening. PWA update for Android and iOS + a few things ...

[TerryP]

iOS 16.4 finally introduced push notifications for iOS devices. To use this you'll need to install the site as a PWA (use the Add to Home Screen feature in Safari.) It's controlled, here, through "Preferences" found in your user profile.

The PWA (progressive web app) will also be enhanced with additional gesture based or UI controls, including pull down to refresh and a floating back button.

A few security upgrades, some UI changes ... basically a lot of stuff under the hood as we move from XFv2.2.12 to 2.2.13.

We may see some downtime, but it shouldn't be too long.

The down side ...

Our server host, software company, et. al. all work on BST time. So, it looks like we'll be starting this sometime after 7 ET on Thursday ...

'preciate your patience folks!

T

 

[SnakeDoc]

Our server host, software company, et. al. all work on BST time.

They sound like some awesome blokes.

 

[TerryP]

They sound like some awesome blokes.

Some I've been working with since...geez, 20 years almost.

 

[rick4bama]

This is just for our phones?

 

[TerryP]

This is just for our phones?

You can use a PWA on a Chromebook, tablet, any number of devices that run on an Android platform.

iOS is a different animal. The PWA hasn't been available on that platform. The same would apply with their iPad, I'd certainly assume. I don't use Apple products so I'll have to do some research or ask Lance to run through the process.

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For what it's worth ... if you didn't know.

A PWA is essentially the same thing as an app. One big difference is the amount of space used.

Progressive web apps (PWAs) | MDN

A progressive web app (PWA) is an app that's built using web platform technologies, but that provides a user experience like that of a platform-specific app.

developer.mozilla.org

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Is the site loading really slow for anyone else, or just me? Been going in since last night. Once it loads, it's fine.... but takes it sometimes 30 seconds or more to open up.

 

[TerryP]

Is the site loading really slow for anyone else, or just me? Been going in since last night. Once it loads, it's fine.... but takes it sometimes 30 seconds or more to open up.

Not for me. I'll look into response times. Thanks.

Are you on the app or running through your browser?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Hasn’t been an issue on my phone which I’m on now, just the laptop. I figure it’s just on my end, but it’s only our site doing it for some reason. Once it loads though, it’s perfectly fine/fast. And it doesn’t do it every time.

 

[TerryP]

Hasn’t been an issue on my phone which I’m on now, just the laptop. I figure it’s just on my end, but it’s only our site doing it for some reason. Once it loads though, it’s perfectly fine/fast. And it doesn’t do it every time.

It's on your end. We're getting page load times of less than 5000ms.