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Poll: What device do you usually use to interact with Woot?
  • 38% - Laptop/notebook computer 2591
  • 44.9% - Desktop computer 3061
  • 6.4% - Tablet 437
  • 7.1% - Phone 487
  • 3.6% - I would love to use a mobile device, but the available options aren't very good 247
6823 votes

Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist? Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed. For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?

wmy64


quality posts: 0 Private Messages wmy64

What about Internet Capable Television? There's nothing like kicking back on the couch and fiddling with the UpDownLeftRight buttons to select each letter from the virtual keyboard on a 60" screen... Good Times!!!

KtCallista


quality posts: 31 Private Messages KtCallista

I tried you use woot on my phone once, it was miserable. Now I just don't take woot with me when I go portable.

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kaivalya


quality posts: 0 Private Messages kaivalya

All of the above!

BIGELLOW


quality posts: 8 Private Messages BIGELLOW
wmy64 wrote:What about Internet Capable Television? There's nothing like kicking back on the couch and fiddling with the UpDownLeftRight buttons to select each letter from the virtual keyboard on a 60" screen... Good Times!!!



How scary. I get to use my Internet Capable television using a full keyboard. I also have a remote-sized device that has a keyboard in it. Good times!

(Also, when the new woot items go live, the info pops up on my television. Not so good during a woot off, though. Too much of a distraction.)

sgtgreeneusmc


quality posts: 4 Private Messages sgtgreeneusmc
KtCallista wrote:I tried you use woot on my phone once, it was miserable. Now I just don't take woot with me when I go portable.



I have had some success using woot on my phone as long as I refresh the page every 12 seconds or so during the woot-offs (when I don't I always miss the Bunch of Change; still haven't gotten one.)

That being said, I can now use my Motorola lapdock to woot on the go. Its taken my game to a whole new level; ignoring family and friends is much more obvious, direct, and satisfying now that I'm not just zoning out of conversations to stare at the tiny screen of a phone every other breath. Now its like "BAM! you are boring me so bad I'm actually pulling out this laptop here at the table. That's right, that just happened. Pass the rolls."

dashblastr


quality posts: 0 Private Messages dashblastr

Use two different iOS apps (Wootstar and Wootwatch) but I do not buy from them. I log onto my computer to purchase because I do not trust mobile app security from a third party.

- DashBlastR -
Duke Nukem's nightmare!

pik


quality posts: 2 Private Messages pik

Exactly how high did you have to jump to clear that shark?

honeybadgerman


quality posts: 0 Private Messages honeybadgerman

I use one of the many dozens of tablets that I've been collecting from the site.

achyder


quality posts: 0 Private Messages achyder

Is it a fail or a win that I use all of the above, and a few others.

I'm hoping to get my hands on some google glasses so I can have my Woot fix 24/7

Put some pep in your step.

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andrewmiguelez


quality posts: 0 Private Messages andrewmiguelez

It's called responsive Web design, and you need it. Please just make your site work on mobile first and THEN add all this (ridiculously cramped) fluff as the screen size increases.

allykat26


quality posts: 2 Private Messages allykat26

I use all.... but I work 72 hrs minimum per week so my cell is sometimes all I can use... the new setup freezes my phone browser tho....

natedogg828


quality posts: 4 Private Messages natedogg828

I use Safari on my iPod touch and the new site just does not work well at all on it

100 Woots to date across all sites (now woot! says I am better than everyone) including 6 Bags of Crap...snagged a Baldness on Curly to secure my black square!

RobAtSGH


quality posts: 2 Private Messages RobAtSGH

Pretty evenly split between laptop and desktop.

mrtbshaw


quality posts: 3 Private Messages mrtbshaw

IPad. Takes a while to type out a lengthy post, so it severely limits how many quality posts I rack up...

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frizzlefryben


quality posts: 0 Private Messages frizzlefryben

I prefer to use my iPhone, until this woot! beta. Safari on my iPhone 4 grinds to a halt while on this beta.

ggbigfoot


quality posts: 0 Private Messages ggbigfoot

My laptop usually behaves like a desktop computer. It has two displays, even.

olperfesser


quality posts: 2 Private Messages olperfesser

I use the desktop most of the time - 23" monitor is best. But since I travel a lot, the laptop and even the iPhone come in handy.

dbrieck


quality posts: 0 Private Messages dbrieck

+1 for access on a phone.

It's hard to believe that you redesigned the site and didn't even consider mobile. Pretty pathetic. It's 2012 you know...

jjness


quality posts: 2 Private Messages jjness

The poll is disingenuous. It asks what we use, then has an option denoting not what we use, but what we'd like to use.

So to that end, I use a desktop, mostly at work, rarely at home after banker's hours. However, I would LOVE a web-app that has the responsiveness of a web browser so that anytime, anywhere, I may have as equal a chance at having my woot page crash on a Bouts of Consternation whether I'm at my desk or on the toilet!

phoenixgirrl


quality posts: 1 Private Messages phoenixgirrl

I actually access Woot with 4 devices - iPad, iPhone, MacBook, and desktop PC at work. So I need the website to work on all 4 devices.

richmondhokie


quality posts: 2 Private Messages richmondhokie

I used to use my phone to look at woot first thing in the AM - to determine if I will bother visiting with my laptop later in the day, but alas - the new format is SO HORRIBLE for smartphones, I wont bother - and likely wont remember or bother to once I get in - I will for woot-offs, but no other times.

grasshopperjonez


quality posts: 9 Private Messages grasshopperjonez

Before I got my android I had a junky little flip phone. Trying to browse woot! with its "mobile browser" was difficult at best, and purchasing something was not possible at all because of the secure sign in. (making a woot off salt in the wound..) I can't imagine trying to view the page now.

That said, I use my droid now. Viewing the new woot pages in standard browser works with a bit of finesse. I usually just check what is on with the WootWatcher app. (may be a bit broken for the moment with the new woot pages.)

Your friendly neighborhood GrassHopper

shunb


quality posts: 2 Private Messages shunb

I'm surprised that more people don't access the site through their smartphone. The Iphone app is okay, but it needs to be updated with Home.Woot.

bcurtiswx


quality posts: 0 Private Messages bcurtiswx

If they had "All of the above" I'd choose that.

sp4rt4n423


quality posts: 0 Private Messages sp4rt4n423

I used to use my phone, but since the redesign... its been hell.

opaulw


quality posts: 1 Private Messages opaulw

None of the above. have to go to library,

Woot count = 70+




Rebee


quality posts: 0 Private Messages Rebee

Hmmmm, desktops are work units! Lost productivity. Can't afford WOOT anymore.

coreyking


quality posts: 2 Private Messages coreyking

I use my iPhone while on the road and in school zones. Laptop at home and at the office.

jb3301


quality posts: 3 Private Messages jb3301

I wish there was a android app worthy enough of using. Too slow to hit I want one and get redirected to woot page. Woot needs to come out with an android app so I can use my phone or tablet.

novastarj


quality posts: 30 Private Messages novastarj

Sony Dash, of course!

...oh wait, since the update yesterday the Dash app no longer works

bluadept


quality posts: 0 Private Messages bluadept

Your last option did not fit the poll. I use a laptop to interact but would like to use my mobile device but the options are not very good. If you came up with a better Woot app I would use that.

OldMatador


quality posts: 12 Private Messages OldMatador

I would LOVE a mobile version of Woot that's officially licensed. It doesn't have to be an App, but something that looks nice on my iPhone. Sure, the new site looks great, but on a mobile display it looks cramped.

mattlscc


quality posts: 34 Private Messages mattlscc

I agree with the last option, but since I was only allowed to select one option, the laptop option was my best choice...

I do wish phones had better way to interact with woot.... Push notifications for wootoffs would be AMAZING!

stoopkitty


quality posts: 0 Private Messages stoopkitty

That's funny, I'm working on a Woot iPad app right now with push notifications. But I'm sure this poll means that Woot is too and by the time mine is out, they'll already have launched theirs.

If anyone has other requests for features, I'd love to hear them.

usanettom


quality posts: 10 Private Messages usanettom

It depends on where I am. At home I use either the desktop or the tablet, but at work it's the laptop. I picked laptop because normally the woot offs are when I'm at work.

Buysharp


quality posts: 1 Private Messages Buysharp

I think you'd get a more accurate reading if you'd let multiple answers be given. I access WOOT via my desktop during the week, my laptop and my phone on the weekends.

snodderly4


quality posts: 0 Private Messages snodderly4

It's the home page on my work computer (desktop). Gotta start the day right!

hailster


quality posts: 0 Private Messages hailster

I mainly use my phone to check Woot. I use the WootCheck app on my Droid Razr Maxx.

DaveInSoCal


quality posts: 15 Private Messages DaveInSoCal

I primarily view Woot on my phone (galaxy nexus) and tablet (Asus transformer).

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