bungpeng Posted November 6, 2003 Posted November 6, 2003 Is there any forum for Mobile application? If not, why not create one? Quote
Mehyar Posted November 6, 2003 Posted November 6, 2003 Good idea I have always been planning to learn mobile development Maybe if there are people who know here can share... Quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today
*Gurus* divil Posted November 6, 2003 *Gurus* Posted November 6, 2003 The sheer lack of questions on this topic make it very unlikely that a forum will be created devoted to it. Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
bungpeng Posted November 7, 2003 Author Posted November 7, 2003 I did search this forum for any articles related to "mobile", and I found that there is a question ask which forum should post for mobile, but he did not get response from others. Because currently I am development a mobile application, so I am looking for a forum which can discuss and share ideas about it.... Quote
*Experts* Volte Posted November 7, 2003 *Experts* Posted November 7, 2003 You can always use the General forum for things which don't fit into other forums. Quote
bungpeng Posted November 7, 2003 Author Posted November 7, 2003 The problem is if i am mobile developer, if I am looking for Mobile discussion forum, I won't go to "General" forum because the Mobile discussion are too little... Quote
*Experts* Volte Posted November 7, 2003 *Experts* Posted November 7, 2003 Well creating a Mobile Development board won't magically make mobile developers appear in there. You'll probably have just as much luck using General as another forum we create for it. Quote
bungpeng Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Definitely we need some time to attract mobile developer here. But I just curious since this is ".NET Forum", why no forum for mobile application? I thought if I use Microsoft .NET, then this website should included all the aspect of it. Quote
*Experts* Nerseus Posted November 10, 2003 *Experts* Posted November 10, 2003 Maybe you could post a sample question, one you think would go in the Mobile forum if we had one? I'd guess that 90% of the questions you'd have wouldn't be Mobile-specific. Plus, if you're interested in seeing replies to your own posts, you can always subscribe to the thread so you don't have to filter through all the posts in General. -Nerseus Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
bungpeng Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Thank you Nerseus! anyway I did post my questions but no reply. I am new in mobile application, so I have a lot of questions regarding mobile application, like something related with SQL CE, infrared transfer handling... these questions are all mobile related... Quote
*Gurus* divil Posted November 10, 2003 *Gurus* Posted November 10, 2003 There is no reply because there are hardly any mobile developers yet, and hence no dedicated forum to the topic :) Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
*Experts* Nerseus Posted November 10, 2003 *Experts* Posted November 10, 2003 bungpeng, I'd also check out the Microsoft forums (msnews.microsoft.com in your favorite news reader, even OutLook Express). As divil is saying, there really aren't that many mobile developers - finding help here, or on most public forums is going to be difficult. As far as Mobile-specific questions, I'd be surprised if anyone would be able to offer much help. I'm not discouraging your from asking, just trying to set your expectations to a reasonable level :) Now, if you're programming a mobile ASP.NET page and you need help with binding, for instance, then you're more likely to get a response since it *might* be the same code-based solution whether it's mobile or not. Just be sure and mention in your question that you're on the mobile platform in case there are any differences. -Nerseus Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
bungpeng Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 I agree with you Nerseus. The reason I suggest have a forum for mobile application is not only solve my personal problem. I know there are not much mobile developers out there, so this kind of forum can gather all these developers, and easy to shared ideas. I don't think forum is just a place to ask questions if we faced any difficulty. But to share ideas, to discuss, think about other people's problems, definitely it will also improve our skill It is ok if can't have a forum for it. I did found one in devbuzz.com, even there are not much people, but at least it is a start. Quote
Leaders Squirm Posted November 11, 2003 Leaders Posted November 11, 2003 Before this site came into existence, we had a 'mobile' forum (PalmOS and Embedded VB) over at the other site. It existed for about 2 years and in all that time accumulated 9 threads, only 3 of which were actually related to that kind of programming. Of course that was then and this is now, but until we start to see a significant number of Compact Framework questions, we are unlikely to create a forum for it. The same rules are applied to all new forum suggestions/requests - the interest needs to be there before the forum is created. Quote Search the forums | Still IRCing | Be nice
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