Hi Lori! 

How ironic! I just bought an iPad mini at the weekend. I don't know what to do with it yet one bit , but will this affect Gaga there? 

Noooooooo! i like to gander as i'm about/trying to snooze... or when i can't be bothered to turn pc on . 

Still I'm sure I'll get used to using it through the browser though.

It's a shame though.

Hi, Xochi! 

Well, you'll still be able to use Gaga via the browser, which is "mobile-friendly", so you should be OK>

Jen: I know, I'm sorry.

Try the regular website? I haven't used the app in ages....

OK, ta Lori. Early days either day! 

Xochi I have the iPad mini and can access this site to read the posts but I don't use it to write/reply to posts, I prefer my pc for that. I don't have an iPhone so personally won't be affected by the change but some will I imagine

I use it on my IPad YR ( it gets transferred from my IPhone) . I like the fact that as now , I can post from bed ...and TBH I find using the web version very fiddly on both my IPad and my phone

The reason I don't post from my iPad is that hubby also has one, although a different version, and he's often said that when he uses it to reply to friends he gets that prescriptive text thingy - I think that's the term lol, so I stick with PC for replying to posts on Forums and email.

Hi, Baz: 

I know. I thought of you first. 

What do you mean by "fiddly"?

Yeah, I know....

I'm sorry, Baz.

Thanks Yella. I did try and have a look at the website but it did look a bit fiddly and couldn't see how to reply to posts even if I wanted to. But I agree, its fine for catching up on things here until I can get back to my lappy. 

Lori, I'm curious to know what Apple is wanting out of you to maintain the app if you can tell us. They've been getting a pretty bad press over here since Steve Jobs died and the product innovation seems to have slowed to a crawl. I'm reading more about Samsung than Apple these days. 

Wash your mouth out Xochi !!

I know. But just asking, like.  

*hands Xochi a bar of soap*

I don't know that they are being unreasonable, but it would require us to spend more time and resources on the app than we have available.

Baz, I used to use the app a lot, when I first got my iPad. Then one day the app wasn't working properly and I visited GaGa using the safari browser on the iPad. Tbh, I now prefer to use the browser as I don't have to remember the smiley codes and I prefer the keyboard. Also, if you turn your iPad to a horizontal (east to west) position, rather than vertical (north to south), everything is much easier to read, as the font size and keyboard are bigger.

Thanks Yogi Turning it sideways certainly helps a bit ....don't know why I never thought of it before !  

Oh no! This is a conspiracy, it's all to stop me running so fast for the bus isn't it! Ebil, ebil is afoot, I tell you! I LOVE the app so I'll be very sad to see it go, but if the mobile version of the browser still exists, I'll still be able to easily post from my iPhone I never thought I'd say this, but stoopid apple!

Never mind Sweet ...we won't let them stop us queuing !! We will just have to have a sit in in the Bus shelter  

ello Xochi poo's   -   

I can throw my limited experience in here...    we have been having an app developed at work for our product (art investment market indexes)  (and before anyone even goes there, on the plural of index..  don't!   both are correct, but in the investment community they like indexes )....  

been with the developers for...   AGES!!!     we were getting there...   but every time we were almost there Apple would change something..  initially it was iStore fees that were prohibitive, but recently its been technical stuff..  sooo technical that it takes all three of us to read the email outlining the issues, cos at various stages one or more of us lose the will to breathe & pass out 

anyways...   we are thousands of pounds into this, as a small company it was a huge investment decision..      and the bills are still rolling in. 

at the eleventh hour we are now being asked to consider a complete change of direction and make the app a web based app, as opposed to a native app, as a way round some of the technical stuff Apple keep throwing at us. 

tis a bit of a nightmare really 

Mind you..    there is an element of the boss being cheap when choosing someone to develop the app for us...      peanuts & monkeys & all that 

re: Gaga app..  

I'll be sorry to see it go..    but its not a biggie for me..     I tend to only use the app for reading the forum when I am out & about...   I rarely post from the app, so its not gonna be a huge deal for me. 

the web version is great on the Samsung galaxy

so basically.. you all just need to bin those iphones and get a good one....  

if you hit clips and pics on the app... there's a random pic of a bloke called Zac no one knows who he is

The clips can be seen on mobile browsers and computers on this link:

https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/clips

To date only one photo has been uploaded there and that is by Zac Ray who has made just one posting "Hello".