WSO Mobile App is HERE (iOS and Android)

so lonely in here... I thought we'd have at least a few people clamoring for the mobile app ;-)

Functionalities to download threads for offline read and pre post stuff until connected the next time. I'd love to read WSO on my tube ride every morning!

WSO you may get more interest posting this to Off Topic instead of the IB forum and/or pinning to the front page.

1. Really just have to hit ground balls here. It should be easy to find topics, navigate to different forums, reply, give SB/MS.

Thinking outside the box, you could integrate the city-specific meet-up communities to be outside of Whatsapp and on their own forum/sub-forum. You could also have a "Class of [Year]" or job/titled community so that e.g. prospective Analysts of a certain year could discuss recruiting timelines and stay connected. You could also have a Certified-only community. Just spitballing from time spent on other forums. Depends on what behaviors you want to encourage or discourage.

A mobile app is a great idea! I think that the app should focus on ease of posting, commenting and voting(similar to Reddit). If we made it easier to communicate quickly, I think we can get more participation from users. Also, an "Events Near Me" tab that filters events based on my current location would be sweet. Finally, similar to what another user commented, we should have a "groups" function, so different analyst classes or anything/anyone can organize and communicate easier. Thanks for taking the initiative, any WSO app would be awesome!

I’d love a iPhone app. It’d be easier than having to navigate and login from the webiste every time (I browse in Incognito mode on my phone). Hopefully it’d have a simple UI. Please make one!

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For some reason didn't see this post until now...yes mobile app would be a great idea and a lot of users have mentioned wanting one they just might not have seen this thread like me.

Having the option to use dark mode would be awesome

Hey guys...just an update here. App developers are hard at work and we are getting closer to being able to release a beta version of the WSO app. I'm hopeful by end of this month, but there is still a lot of testing to be done to make sure user authentication/commenting/voting, etc and that the API (hooks into live site) is working properly.

Stay tuned! Patrick

Definitely would like to see a strong search option, and maybe including a "keyword" option in order for the users to be able to narrow down the search results. Excited to see the app!

Offline reading will be crucial..... Many people in this forum commute to work being able to read on the train would be amazing.

Googling “App for WSO” brought me here.

Something that would be amazing to see in an app for this environment would be a cool “instant” response like feature for AMA’s. I’ve been seeing a couple of AMA’s on Instagram and Instagram’s Questions feature is extremely efficient for AMA’s.

Food for thought!

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just dropping this in here: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/wso-mobile-app-in-play-store-and…

iOS coming any day now!

Plz make it auto update , on mac i have to manually refresh the page to see if there are any updates to my post , comments or getting monkey shit thrown at me.

Also please provide push notifications, i would love to look at my lock screen and see if my post was replied to.

All the other things mentioned above would be great as well :)

looking forward to the app

Love the idea of an app. When should we expect an iOS release?

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Similar to the function of Facebook messenger or LinkedIn messenger. WSO app should have a strong messaging function to make users messaging easy.

Downloaded iOS and it works! Just a note however my details on the profile section is incorrect. Might want to look into that

App looks nice. I downloaded it. I have one suggestion: would be better if the font size can be reduced so that the topic titles are easily readable in one go. Right now, I have to click on each.

I just download the app too, it looks really good. :)

The new app needs a search bar. And, ever since your latest update, I can’t comment or post on my work computer anymore.

I've been looking at developing an app and I really admire the speed and features you have. I know it isn't easy. The banana loading icon is an especially nice touch.

I give the app an 8/10 easily. I would probably use it daily if I didn't have firefox.

Random thoughts;

• Dark mode would be nice to have.

• When viewing a single thread the top toolbar with the arrow seems unnecessary. Apple and Android have a back key or gesture already. Can probably improve load speed by getting rid.

• Why not turn the wso logo on the top banner into a button to let us navigate to the default page just like the main site? Gets rid of the home icon on the bottom banner for space.

• I think you might want to put in a DPI slider to accommodate different viewing preferences because I imagine people will drive you nuts with complaints once more people start using it.

• In the topic list view there is a large amount of screen real estate used on all of the toolbars; there is one up top for the menu and header, one below that for thread sorting, and one at the very bottom for posting and navigation. The login prompt is also large. Almost 25% of the screen is from these items but some of their buttons have the same functions. I have a weird aversion to static ui elements remaining on screen so I run my phone in "immersive mode". I can only imagine how much additional real estate is being lost for users with a navigation bar and status bar on their screen at all times too.

• Nested comment replies are a bit confusing to navigate because unlike on desktop the left-hand indicator running alongside each nested comment is difficult to see. On the main site each nested comment already has individual background cards and you successfully improved on this in the app by giving all nested comments one background card with their parent comment. It could be even better though. You could try giving those lines bright alternating colors instead of the grey they have now. Actually, the main site could benefit from that too because when one comment has multiple nested comments it gets cluttered fast.

(Side note: I still miss the old WSO site layout that had linear comment replies in chronological order.)

• On Android the hamburger menu lags sometimes. I don't know if it is a problem with the area of the button or what. I usually have to tap it twice for it to load. I think the tap is registered because I can hear the sound effect.

• Some threads won't load and I can't figure out why. For instance; "Goldman Sachs Salt Lake City IBD is being dissolved" won't load at all. I thought it was because of the number of comments but larger threads open fine. I'll update if I figure it out.

• Scrolling to the bottom of the trending tab triggers a 404 error randomly.

• Switching between topics is seamless on my device. Almost faster than desktop. I like it. Scrolling speed is killer in large threads though. Maybe add a default comment display number?

Keep it up guys!

Whenever someone writes an acronym (like PE, IB, VP, etc), text automatically breaks to the next line (see example below) which is quite annoying, especially if it's a long post with a lot of these. Not critical, I know, but I assume easily fixable and would make a difference

UPDATE OCT 2019: Latest release includes search!

coming soon = social login w Facebook/Google and LinkedIn

Stay tuned!

Social Login now live as well!

Sorry about the delay on UI improvements...a lot of the app has been rewritten to hopefully improve performance/stability, so that is delay in last month

hey hey, noticed that if a WSO bot provides links to relevant content/threads, the app can't handle opening the link and you have to re-login online and then the browser loses your place.

same thing happens for the WSO dictionary hyperlinks.

just sharing!