Weird issue on Blackberry

[Invader3K]

I recently purchased a new Blackberry Tour smart-phone. The web browser seems pretty good. Normally, I can access BF.net on this device, and it looks and reads just fine. However, if I log-in, the web page turns to being almost unreadable. Every other post is very faint to the point where the text is almost invisible (the ones with the white background), and scroll bars appear under every post. Like I said, this is only if I'm logged into the site. Any ideas?

[1992casey]

The scrollbars could be appearing because content is too wide for your screen. What's your horizontal resolution? I think that about 600 horizontal pixels are necessary to display a "normal" board page without scrollbars the way things are currently set up.

 

I'm not sure what to tell you about color. Obviously, it's odd that black on white would be washed out. Is there some kind of adjustment in the phone itself? I bought a monitor a couple of years ago that had several brightness/contrast/color settings, and couple of them made this board look pretty odd.

 

I'm trying to figure out which web browser you might be using, but I'm not having any luck. Do you know what it is? Also, do you know if you have the option of downloading a different browser and trying that?

[1992casey]

I can't personally recommend anything, but I can suggest exploring Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, or Bolt as possible alternatives.

 

Opera Mini - Opera Mobile Features Comparison

 

Bolt Download Page

 

Here's an old Blackberry Forums discussion of the browsers.

 

Specifically regarding Opera, Diskono points out some issues with its desktop version and Yuku. I experience the same problems. I don't know of they transfer over to the Mobile and Mini versions or not. I can say that I'm certain that the issues are with Yuku rather than Opera.

 

At risk of getting technical, I wish Yuku would let us use "@media" in our skin. That would allow us to help those using mobile devices. There's no security reason why they shouldn't allow that. In the process of blocking "@import," which can cause issues, they blocked our ability to use everything starting with "@."

[Invader3K]

Thanks for the help, casey. I'm actually just using the default Blackberry browser (I have no idea if there is a technical name for it). Like you noted, the font color changes when I am logged in. I don't get why the site loads fine if I'm not logged in, but when I log in, it changes dramatically.

 

I can try downloading another browser and seeing if that helps as well. The options for Blackberry seem to be somewhat limited (no Firefox version currently).

[1992casey]

From what I can tell, the default browser in the Blackberry is simply referred to as the Blackberry browser. There isn't even uppercase.

 

It doesn't look that a version of Firefox Mobile for Blackberry is in the cards.

 

Firefox Mobile Supported Platforms

[Invader3K]

Just a sort of update. I've taken to using Opera Mini on my Blackberry, which is much better than the default browser. Loads much faster, webpages are more viewable, etc. The downside is that BF.net occasionally "crashes". The site will be loading just fine and then I get an "Oops" screen with a message at the top that says "internal server error." Wondering if anyone else uses this browser or has any advice? Thanks.

[1992casey]

Are you referring to the main site or the Yuku board?

[Invader3K]

The Yuku board.

[Invader3K]

Casey, not to nag, but did you possibly have any further insight into this issue? Thanks.

[1992casey]

I can't really add anything to this except to check out the different browsers that are available. Opera Mini seems to get good reviews, so that might be your best option right now.

[RightFieldCoder]

I'm posting this from my Blackberry Curve's browser. I have no problems with Yuku. I wish it was better optimized for my phone, but I can deal with the extra vertical scrolling.