asianodyssey wrote:As a layman in terms of computer coding I am confused as to why the owners of PBase can't adapt the site to become mobile friendly. i.e. with a swipeable interface, and where the images snap to (i.e. can fill) the resolution of whatever device they are being viewed on. Or at least offer a choice of viewing options in that context. Is that such a technical challenge? Can someone explain that? Those would address the principal grievances of many.
I don't think it is a question of how technically difficult it would be, but more a case of do the owners really care about the site? The almost total silence from them over the past few years suggests they do not.
Without knowing how the current Pbase code was created, it's not really possible to know how difficult it would be to make it 'mobile friendly'. If the code consists of tailored, commercial or open-source software packages, there may be additional software packages that could be added to provide the functionality, but I suspect even that would not be a trivial task. However, if the software has been hand crafted, in-house and was designed before smart phones were even a thing, then that would a totally different story and may not even be possible, without a major rewrite. The owners would have to estimate whether the new functionality would attract enough members to make the effort financially viable.