Does anyone know why we don’t have a proper Waypoint app? I know there was that failed Halo Channel project but that’s not what I mean. It’d be great to just have the full website accessible in an in-app environment - so you could check updates, post on the forums, etc - all from mobile. Anyone know anything about this? It had to have been brought up by now.
I’d love one, it’d be way more convenient.
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> I’d love one, it’d be way more convenient.
Same here. I’ve been advocating this idea for a while now.
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> Same here. I’ve been advocating this idea for a while now.
Right, like I it would be nice to access my profile and forum posts from my phone, having to login on desktop every time you want to do that is very prohibitive.
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> > > I’d love one, it’d be way more convenient.
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> Right, like I it would be nice to access my profile and forum posts from my phone, having to login on desktop every time you want to do that is very prohibitive.
Yeah exactly, push notifications would be so much better than having to navigate through a website.
A lot of people advocate for this but I really don’t see the point.
I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but why not just use the website on your phone?! It works perfect, there are no annoying scaling issues that apps always have, I can use any browser, the auto log in works fine, I can access all my stats, game history and even REQ packs if I feel like it. There is zero functionality an app provides that a site cannot except for notifications. A Waypoint app isn’t going to fix problems from this website, it’ll only take the sites problems and put them in an app.
And the app would have to manually scale to different devices, probably won’t release on tablets, needs constant updating to remain relevant to app stores, needs to be developed for at least two separate systems, would require constant internet connection anyway (and consequently won’t be much faster than the site, if at all), and it ultimately would use similar navigation to the website as it would serve literally the exact same purpose. It makes no sense to me.
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> A lot of people advocate for this but I really don’t see the point.
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> I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but why not just use the website on your phone?! It works perfect, there are no annoying scaling issues that apps always have, I can use any browser, the auto log in works fine, I can access all my stats, game history and even REQ packs if I feel like it. There is zero functionality an app provides that a site cannot except for notifications. A Waypoint app isn’t going to fix problems from this website, it’ll only take the sites problems and put them in an app.
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> And the app would have to manually scale to different devices, probably won’t release on tablets, needs constant updating to remain relevant to app stores, needs to be developed for at least two separate systems, would require constant internet connection anyway (and consequently won’t be much faster than the site, if at all), and it ultimately would use similar navigation to the website as it would serve literally the exact same purpose. It makes no sense to me.
But man, for an organization as big as 343i it’s just standard practice at this point to have an app version of your domain. I mean just from a corporate standpoint there’s really no reason they haven’t developed this yet. As for using your phone, it’s just annoying more than anything else. It’s great that you’re happy using mobile browser but all I’m saying is that they could probably increase (and potentially expand) the mass community participation by making available standard industry outlets like a darn simple app. Ya know?
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> > A lot of people advocate for this but I really don’t see the point.
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> > I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but why not just use the website on your phone?! It works perfect, there are no annoying scaling issues that apps always have, I can use any browser, the auto log in works fine, I can access all my stats, game history and even REQ packs if I feel like it. There is zero functionality an app provides that a site cannot except for notifications. A Waypoint app isn’t going to fix problems from this website, it’ll only take the sites problems and put them in an app.
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> > And the app would have to manually scale to different devices, probably won’t release on tablets, needs constant updating to remain relevant to app stores, needs to be developed for at least two separate systems, would require constant internet connection anyway (and consequently won’t be much faster than the site, if at all), and it ultimately would use similar navigation to the website as it would serve literally the exact same purpose. It makes no sense to me.
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> But man, for an organization as big as 343i it’s just standard practice at this point to have an app version of your domain. I mean just from a corporate standpoint there’s really no reason they haven’t developed this yet. As for using your phone, it’s just annoying more than anything else. It’s great that you’re happy using mobile browser but all I’m saying is that they could probably increase (and potentially expand) the mass community participation by making available standard industry outlets like a darn simple app. Ya know?
I really don’t know.
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I would definitely prefer to have an app. I know the mobile website is pretty user friendly but mobile internet browser is a tad trash and frankly apps are almost always better because they can be especially tailored.
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> A lot of people advocate for this but I really don’t see the point.
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> I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but why not just use the website on your phone?! It works perfect, there are no annoying scaling issues that apps always have, I can use any browser, the auto log in works fine, I can access all my stats, game history and even REQ packs if I feel like it. There is zero functionality an app provides that a site cannot except for notifications. A Waypoint app isn’t going to fix problems from this website, it’ll only take the sites problems and put them in an app.
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> And the app would have to manually scale to different devices, probably won’t release on tablets, needs constant updating to remain relevant to app stores, needs to be developed for at least two separate systems, would require constant internet connection anyway (and consequently won’t be much faster than the site, if at all), and it ultimately would use similar navigation to the website as it would serve literally the exact same purpose. It makes no sense to me.
I do completely agree on your points that a Halo Waypoint app is completely unnecessary. If I remember correctly, even a large portion of the standard web browsers has the functionality to send website specific popup notifications to use user.
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> Does anyone know why we don’t have a proper Waypoint app? I know there was that failed Halo Channel project but that’s not what I mean. It’d be great to just have the full website accessible in an in-app environment - so you could check updates, post on the forums, etc - all from mobile. Anyone know anything about this? It had to have been brought up by now.
No clue I do miss the old one from the reach days on 360
A Waypoint app would be awesome! But, why not use the website on your phone instead?
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> A Waypoint app would be awesome! But, why not use the website on your phone instead?
I do 99% of the time I’m browsing the forums, but having the addition of things such as push notifications or swiping between threads (like Reddit) would make it a lot easier/seamless.
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> A Waypoint app would be awesome! But, why not use the website on your phone instead?
Festiv I won’t be offended if you want to disagree with me.
Commenting to support! I’d love a layout adapted to phone and would love notifications for news, messages and followed posts etc so I don’t have to go in and check all the time.
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> Commenting to support! I’d love a layout adapted to phone and would love notifications for news, messages and followed posts etc so I don’t have to go in and check all the time.
This is exactly what pushed me to start this thread. I get involved in a convo on the forums, and then have to monitor my desktop for notifications no matter what else it is that I’m doing.
To sound off on a few of the other comments I’ve seen floating around, I could use mobile browser to access Waypoint and to be fair 343i has adapted their site to be mobile-friendly (just checked), but still it just seems like a clunky way to visit. Bungie had a really nice app if I recall.
It is probable, but not feasible
There isn’t any Halowaypoint app for the Stores, but there is Halo channel apps but it isn’t update to many years
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> There isn’t any Halowaypoint app for the Stores, but there is Halo channel apps but it isn’t update to many years
Yea, halo channel is pretty weak. I would much prefer a waypoint app.
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> There isn’t any Halowaypoint app for the Stores, but there is Halo channel apps but it isn’t update to many years
Yeah 343i has definitely abandoned that app as it’s not supported anymore. It should really just be sunset and removed from the app store. I couldn’t even log in when I downloaded it due to some sort of bug. It’s pretty obvious there’s a massive gap in the overall product portfolio here.