# A terrific app to access FUDiabetes!

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305>\
**Category:** Howto\
**Tags:** apps, discourse\
**Created:** [April 1, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305 "2017-04-01T07:43:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/1 "2017-04-01T07:43:01Z")

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Discourse now has an app to interact with our community, both on iOS and Android. I have been testing it over the past week: it is terrific!

It is fast, easy, with practically all the functionality of a computer – and it pushes notifications! Really awesome. I hardly ever checked the community with my phone when I had to use the phone browser - now I do it many times a day. I am sold.

Try it: look for _Discourse_ on either iOS or Android App stores 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/2 "2017-04-01T08:31:34Z")

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You just (soon) pushed this forum into the #1 spot with that breakthrough… seriously who has time to mess with a computer… and the other forums that use browser interface or tapatalk will be a decade behind us. Tapatalk works fine for contractors debating the electrical code but not for a “community”

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/3 "2017-04-01T09:13:37Z")

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Same. The discourse app is great!

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**Author:** ![drpepper68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@drpepper68](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drpepper68)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/4 "2017-04-04T12:25:20Z")

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Great app, nice find!

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/5 "2017-04-05T12:19:06Z")

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Very nice, thanks @michel !!!

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**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/6 "2017-04-07T04:54:34Z")

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I agree. I downloaded it and gave it a test drive. Love it too! 🤓

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/7 "2018-12-20T18:11:05Z")

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I use Discourse and am unable to “Quote” or use other editing on my iPhone. Am I doing something wrong or is that how the app works. I get notifications which is great but need to wait until I am at my computer to post.

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/8 "2018-12-20T18:19:50Z")

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You should just be able to highlight the portion of text you want to quote, then click the ‘Quote’ button.

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/9 "2018-12-20T18:26:07Z")

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> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> You should just be able to highlight the portion of text you want to quote, then click the ‘Quote’ button.

😊

Thank you! I think it was my phone being unresponsive.

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/10 "2018-12-20T18:26:46Z")

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Oh now I see it didn’t quote it on my phone like it does on computer

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/11 "2018-12-20T18:26:49Z")

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> [@Jattzl](#):
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> Thank you! I think it was my phone being unresponsive.

Hmm, for some reason your quoted text didn’t format correctly. It should look like this.

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/12 "2018-12-20T18:28:52Z")

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Yes! I can’t figure it out and wondered if others had this happen. I have an iPhone X

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/13 "2018-12-20T18:29:32Z")

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Oh there it goes it was delayed. Weird

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/14 "2018-12-20T18:30:18Z")

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> [@Jattzl](#):
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> Yes! I can’t figure it out and wondered if others had this happen. I have an iPhone X

This quote is being done on my iPhone as a test.

 ![unnamed](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/b/b1f58c72d082cd8a941a53eca893b79c85f5a41f.png)

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/15 "2018-12-20T18:30:49Z")

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Easy: I just edited your post to show you.

You cannot have a new part of your post on the same line as your “return quote”.

I just inserted a return before your 😊

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/16 "2018-12-20T18:33:08Z")

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> [@Michel](#):
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> You cannot have a new part of your post on the same line as your “return quote”.

Test

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**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/17 "2018-12-20T18:35:55Z")

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Got it! Thank you @Michel

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**Author:** ![70sSurvivor53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/278dde/32.png) [@70sSurvivor53](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/70sSurvivor53)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/18 "2026-09-06T22:30:49Z")

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Not clear how this helps. Open to learning. Primarily eager to get into supportive, learning relationships with people living with diabetes.

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-terrific-app-to-access-fudiabetes/305/19 "2026-09-06T22:52:46Z")

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Welcome @70sSurvivor53! Head over to the intro thread and introduce yourself to the community! That’s a great place to start. This community is all about listening and helping one another in the shared journey of diabetes.

> [@Welcome, introduce yourself here!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145/2):
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> My wife, my two sons and I live in rural Wisconsin, about halfway between Milwaukee and Madison. My older son goes to college in CA. My younger son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the spring of 2016. His diagnosis has made a big change to all of our lives. We want to make sure that he can never see it as a limit. We have found that the best information we have obtained on how to manage his condition is not from his endocrinologist or his CDE, but from other diabetics. What we have learne…
