So, RhodeIslandComedy.com is a pretty big hit and it's still very young. If you've looked at the site from your Android device or an iPhone/iPad browser, you'll (hopefully) notice that the theme holds up well. Sure, it's a bit small, but surely still usable. A lot of sites become unusable because of the way the layout appears. However, we're not settling there.
I personally am not interested in native applications. There are just too many devices, and too much maintenance involved. Then, (in the case of Apple) the App Store has to approve of your application. Instead, I'd rather go the direction of mobile-optimized web sites - particularly using the HTML5 features offered by the most popular devices (read "non-Windows phones".) I can get a website in the browser of an iPhone that looks and feels better than a native app, and the same goes for Android devices.
The mobile-optimized version of RhodeIslandComedy.com will obviously be a simplified version of the full site. My question though, is exactly what features folks would want? Right now, visitors can see upcoming events, and the locations at which those events are happening. I'm wondering if we could find not only the upcoming events, but the ones closest to your physical location. So if you're in Lincoln, it's going to give you the line-up of events happening for the next few nights at Catch a Rising Star in Twin River. Perhaps give folks the ability to post comments about shows as they happen. I don't know - they're just thoughts.
Anyone have any comments? Not that I think anyone is reading this stuff (I use this site more as a portfolio and outlet for my thoughts, rather than a blag that people are actually going to read.) Image may be NSFW.
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