mgiurgeu Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Since about a few days ago, the "Play Bridge Now" link on bridgebaseonline.com page is not showing up on BlackBerry Playbook tablets anymore. Entering the URL (http://www.bridgebase.com/client/client.php?port=80) via copy/paste works, but I think a lot of players will be turned back by the missing link on the main page. I have a feeling that it is 'browser detection' issue. I have confirmed this on two devices, both with the latest software updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 We removed much of the clutter on the home page on mobile devices (and we're planning on further simplification in the next day or so). In my testing, Flash applications don't work on Android devices -- when I try it, it says I need Flash, and then when I follow the link to the Flash download page it says that the device is not supported. So I removed all the links to Flash apps. It sounds like you installed Flash before Adobe changed this policy. Although Rain says that she used to be able to load BBO on her Android phone, and now can't -- I assume a software update disabled it. There do seem to be third-party ways to install Flash. We felt that anyone clever enough to figure this out could also figure out the direct link to the BBO client ad bookmark it. But it's not worth wasting valuable screen space on tiny phone screens for a link that most can't use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgiurgeu Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Blackberry Playbook is NOT an Android device. It has built-in support for Flash and BBO has worked flawlessly ever since I first used it on Playbook, more than 2 years ago. There is no need to install Flash on these devices, so I urge you to restore the link for this browser. Please let me know if you need my help with testing, I'm an IT pro and would be more than happy to do so. One more thing, Blackberry Playbook is a 7" tablet (not smartphone) perfectly suitable to the flash version of BBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I just implemented the further simplification I mentioned. But I came up with a compromise: you can click on "Show the full version of this page" and it will revert to the PC version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 If you know what you are doing, you can manually install Flash on an Android device. It is no longer "supported" on Android by Adobe, so that the auto-install function provided by Adobe is crippled on Android. Speaking personally I do NOT know what I am doing, but even I managed to do this a while back. Don't ask me how I did it now. There are links if you know what to google. But I find that the dedicated BBO mobile app for android is more suitable anyway, so I gave up on that. Mainly because you would have to go through the same rigmarole each time you got wind of a Flash upgrade, which seems to happen pretty regularly. Forgive the thread drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 If you know what you are doing, you can manually install Flash on an Android device. It is no longer "supported" on Android by Adobe, so that the auto-install function provided by Adobe is crippled on Android.Yes, that's what I meant when I said that there are third-party ways to do it. And you can bookmark http://www.bridgebase.com/client/client.php to get to BBO without going through the homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgiurgeu Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 This works very well. Thanks a lot for addressing this issue so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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