[nNJ]

I agree with you on the bandwidth point, however, there are 3 major factors that make the panel difficult or completely inaccessible to mobile devices.

1, - The size of the admin panel would not display very nicely on smalls screens, like that of the sidekick or blackberry. When the panel is scaled down to resolutions as small as 320 x 240. This is especially true of mobile browsers that do not support left/right scrolling.

2, - The navigation menu on the left side of the screen would be difficult to load on some mobile browsers. A text version would work much better, with sub categories indented.

3, - The admin panel's setup is inaccessible on most mobile browsers. I believe its called iFrames, (but I'm not sure). If you notice, when you click on a link in the admin panel, the url does not change, rather the frame changes, on the same URL. This is why when you refresh the page, you are taken back to the

(Please correct me if I'm wrong on point 3)

There is also a large amount of data/features that aren't essential, such as the administrator Notes and the stats displayed under the "Welcome to the vBulletin Admin Control Panel" box.

The admin Panel IS low bandwidth, but it is far from mobile friendly. I assume from the lack of replies to this thread that there hasn't been anything like this developed. It would be nice to have, (although it isn't essential) but I'm very surprised more attention hasn't been spent on this subject, especially due to the seemingly large interest in a "mobile friendly" version of the forums.

As I type this, I'm seeing myself move away for the initial purpose of the thread, and move towards a rant/suggestion of a new feature/plugin.

I'm not sure how much work creating a mobile admin panel would entail, but for the cost of the software, I don't see why there shouldn't be a feature like this.