The MGoBlog HD App Has Been Discontinued
Please use the MGoBlog app instead.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
I've had trouble using the new version of the app. Many times I'll select a topic on the front page or the board and it will not load and the app will just close. I have better luck just going to my browser on my iPhone 7 and just going to mgoblog.com.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:11 PM ^
If the developer is willing to open source it or send me his code from the HD app, I'm happy to give a stab at updating it. I'm admittly very novice at iPhone coding but I've built a few apps and this one should be pretty straighforward to update!
January 31st, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
MGoBoycott!
January 31st, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^
I switched to the HD app long ago and have never looked back. The old app crashed a lot and sounds like it continues to do so.
To echo a previous poster, creating a mobile-friendly website would likely obviate the need for a separate mobile app.
January 31st, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
I posted above comment using the HD app, but went back a bit later and got a message that it is no longer supported. That sounds quite intentional, and if so, kind of sucks.
Add me to the list of people who would gladly contribute $ to MGoBlog for a high-quality app or a mobile-friendly site redesign.
Still kind of stunned by such a sudden, hard line move.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 5:18 PM ^
discontinued on the eve of signing day? Cumong mang.
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January 31st, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
Just reloaded the old mgoblog app. Must say, I haven't really missed the East German Cold War era look of the app.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
at least the app crashed before one of your shitty ads redirected me to the app store.
so, um, thanks. i guess.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:36 PM ^
Never used it.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
MGoBlog should partner up with the Hd app creator, sell the app for $.99 or $1.99 or whatever, and split the proceeds. Everybody would likely be happy, and it would probably raise as much, or more, revenue than the old app's advertisements did.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:55 PM ^
I have no trouble whatsoever with MGoBlog on my phone without an app. Everything that's valuable and viewable on my laptop is there on my phone too.
January 31st, 2017 at 5:59 PM ^
Personal preference I guess. I prefer using the app to using the browser on my phone. When it is something with as many stories, threads, comments, etc., it seems better suited for an app.
I don't have good luck with many webpages on my iPhone 5c "inherited" from my daughter when she upgraded her phone and I no longer had a phone from work.
January 31st, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^
Just downloaded it. It's interface may have scarred my retinas.
You do realize we would gladly pay a purchase fee for a good app, no?
Hell, I'm not even talking $1.99 -- you would get a steady stream of $4.99 or even $9.99 purchases if it were actually good.
Go Blue! .... sad day.
January 31st, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
I'm not upset that he doesn't want ad revenue being taken away by nonofficial apps. I'm upset that we don't even have the ability to pay for good versions of official products.
January 31st, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^
I'm not one who posts to websites much but I created a username just to weigh in on this topic. To amplify an earlier comment, it's mind-boggling to think that these guys could be so passionate and committed to the content and mission of the site and care so little for the user experience. The 'classic' mobile app is an affront to programming, user interface, the university, motherhood and all that is good and right in the world. It is literally unusable. That's not hyperbole. I mean 'literally' in the literal sense. The website is barely better. Crashes regularly and features a circa-2005-North-Korean-internet caliber interface. You seem to believe that the content and community is somehow separate from the overall product. It's not. And it's well past time you fixed it. To continue to ignore the problem is a big fat FU to your users, whether you realize it or not.
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January 31st, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
Could you guys PLEASE set up an Indiegogo campaign to revamp the website to be mobile friendly and also to update the official app to work properly? That would be amazing. I would donate lots of money to it!
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January 31st, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
haused.
or uppy.
January 31st, 2017 at 7:17 PM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 7:23 PM ^
I tried to post to this thread with the official app a few minutes ago and it didn't work. Had to come on the computer to post.
January 31st, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 7:23 PM ^
And I understand your motivation here. But like maizenbluedevil says, this was not thought through. The HD app is the format people want and expect. Get it back up and running, with ads if you need to. I'll be the first to pay for the add free HD version. I wish you had let people know ahead of time what was coming our way.
January 31st, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
And I understand your motivation here. But like maizenbluedevil says, this was not thought through. The HD app is the format people want and expect. Get it back up and running, with ads if you need to. I'll be the first to pay for the add free HD version. I wish you had let people know ahead of time what was coming our way.
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January 31st, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
I feel like we're about 3 months from brian shutting the site down and opening a flower shop in ypsi. no warning, just one day in April the site 404s and then we see an article in w/e the equivalent is to the old A2 observer about a new flower shop in ypsi
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