Just got back from business in France. My hotel had a dodgy wifi connection so I could not put my laptop online. What better excuse to test online dating via the mobile? In my case, the device in question was a Blackberry 8700 which is an excellent browser for web sites. I tried my two main sites first. Datingdirect was, I can report, excellent. There was not one single thing I could do on a PC that did not work just as well on the Blackberry. In fact I even managed to exchange some messages with one woman.
Match was more shaky. I got lots of javascript errors if I tried to look at anyone's profile. Match advertise a mobile based service, though there appears to be a fee for signing up to use it. Perhaps that is why their main site does not work well in mobiles.
Truth is, the time is rapidly approaching when part of the judgement of quality of any internet site, not just dating sites, will be how well it handles multiple devices. PC-only browsing is becoming a thing of the past, if it is not already so. In this respect, I have to give a firm edge to dating direct.
I'm getting ready to join some more sites and will carry out this same evaluation of them. Stay tuned....
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