Discussion Format
May I suggest a return to the old (standard) format for the discussion group. The new format for not give the same amount of information while browsing the index.
The coloured box format does not suit my mobile phone (Android11)
(My screen shot is just over 500kb so I can't v upload it.)
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I’m afraid I don’t understand, Cushie. May I suggest you download a resizing app so you can post the pic. We can then see exactly what the issue is.
This one is quite good and is free.
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maybe the club could get their act together so pictures don't need to be resized to the ridiculously small 500mb .... the cheapest/simplest cameras & phones take photos in Gb's Every other forum I use allows pictures to be posted here that are hosted elsewhere.
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I agree.
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Well the original screen shot was 530kB so here is my attempt to reduce the file size: 297kB.
I'm guessing all mobiles will show this view ( in colour)
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There are 2 things you can try. Turning your phone sideways to landscape mode may fix it. Alternatively, select Desktop site to view in the preferred format.
I don’t think this is a CT thing but something that happens on phones.
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PS. My iPad does the same thing but it’s sorted by viewing in landscape mode.
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I agree, the Desktop version is much easier to use. I hope you’re sorted without having to resort to a CRT monitor attached to a steam driven processor unit.👍🏻
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I hardly ever browse forums on my phone. Always use the laptop.
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Thanks Cyberyacht, my laptop, a bit like me, is clocking on a bit, the phone is so handy for just catching up on chatter. I did once get into real trouble doing a financial transfer on the phone due to the small keyboard by adding an extra '0' to a sum to be transferred, so that's when I pull the laptop out of 'sleep'.
Best wishes to all.
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The trouble with laptops is that they take up so much space and aren’t always convenient to carry around. I use my phone and Pad all the time for forums and browsing. I’d not want to be bothered with the lappy when away in the MH either👍🏻
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Nor me! Looking at a forum on a phone I find a bit frustrating. I do have a tablet in the lounge at home but much prefer to use my PC at home for looking at forums. When away in the motorhome I have a smallish Windows laptop, I also find this useful for writing blogs and site reports in Word. What I do use my phone for much more whilst away is banking and news and weather.
David
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Me too!
I cannot get on with a phone at all for doing all but the simplest of tasks. I must say I think it is quite wrong to think of desktop computers as belonging to a bye gone age as some of the posts so far in this thread seem to be suggesting. Like DK I use my phone for news and weather and a few other sites where I am not by my desktop and for the most part these are sites for gathering information. If I have to type I will always use my desktop unless absolutely unavoidable - such as answering a text or responding to an urgent email when out and about. Unlike DK I don't use my phone for online banking. I once bought an item from Amazon on my phone. But always I prefer to do such things on the desk top.
In my van I used to have a laptop, but I have even dumped that and I now have an ultra small form factor PC. Mind you, I need a computer for work, even when away - unless just for a short time. My set up would probably be overkill for most, but I love it and it works like a dream. I have two 22" monitors on a stand which clamps to my dinette table. These swivel out of the way for eating. I use a wireless keyboard and mouse which I can tuck away into a corner somewhere when not in use. I can work just as well in the van as at home. I would not be without it now.
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.....I use my phone almost exclusively these days. I tend to reserve the laptop just for music software, midi connection, and for 'Office' documents. If it's just updating these (lists, spreadsheets etc, which happens a lot,) I tend to update them on the phone. My phone automatically synchronises with Google Drive, which, in turn syncs with my laptop, so if I change something on my phone, it automatically updates the document on my laptop and vice versa..... I do love to get everything in sync... 😃😃
I think use of phone v laptop could depend on the functionality of individual phones. I use a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, which can do many things a laptop can. I also use the phone for resizing photos for CT....
David
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Good to see that DSB👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻. The world is getting easier to connect with, those who engage with the future will get the most from their lives as you are proving🙂
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My OH would agree with you totally about using a desktop Graydjames. He gets really stressed trying to use an iPad for ANYTHING, let alone his phone!! He can use iPad for news and information but always his laptop for anything more than that.
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No phone signal here at all so the only mobile we have is an old unsmart Nokia which lives in the car with Green Flag as the only thing in its memory.. Monthly cost zero but 35p a minute if I ever need to call them. We did have a laptop but it went to laptop heaven years ago. RIP. So it’s long live the I pad.
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Well done interesting comments there seems to be something suitable for everyone.
I don't mind the 6' diagonal mobile screen , I do find the keyboard works extremely well using 'swipe' rather than typing.
Predictive text which originally started off at 90% accuracy has now degraded to less than 50% recently. (As I've just found editing this lot).
Nevertheless I do like that speed and the portability. Best wishes 👍
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A six foot screen doesn't sound very portable to me.
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I have an iPhone (not too large, it's a phone...) and an iPad. It's nice that they sync together...90%+ of my photos are taken on the phone but are immediately shared, as are notes and updates to any contact data.
a tablet is easy to use for smaller batches of typing like a forum or even notes which may then become the text for a longer email/letter to someone.
whilst the phone is, by design, smaller...it's effectively a 2nd iPad that makes calls....but even then, the iPad can also receive calls when sync'd to a phone.
for those struggling with small phone keyboards or large fingers, text can easily be created by using the 'voice' icon and then just saying your message.
ok, there might inevitably be a bit of 'correcting' to do but it's far, far quicker than struggling on a small keyboard.
I do still have a prehistoric desktop, but, apart from a couple of spreadsheets and an extra hard drive for all my pre-iPhone photos, it doesn't do a lot...
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I use - in order of size -
Desktop (with large monitor) - all business stuff on it. Any changes backed up to external disk every 20 minutes. And manually copied to laptop once a week.
Laptop - 17" screen. Used as backup for business and as television, film watching in caravan.
iPad - just for fun. Used for social media and nothing too serious. Plus copies of emails.
iPhone - making calls, texting and WhatsApp etc. And as a camera. Photos copied iCloud. Then manually downloaded to Desktop etc.
Kindle - just reading! It's an original non-touch screen.
Everybody has different priorities and needs different things. There's no right or wrong.
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It took me years to realise you can even scroll these pains to get to the sub topics.
I use my phone for forums a lot. It works very well for keeping up to date, and posting the occasional short message. Navigation here on CT is terrible on a phone and not much better on a laptop. The UKcampsite forum and Practical Caravan forum take different approaches, both of which work FAR better than CT.
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Ah, well, now you know the ways to work around it 👍
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I think I spend more time on the smallest device, my phone, which I just think of as a mini computer, TV and radio and a brilliant invention. I like Android systems. I think some of us who've been on CT a long time have got adept at finding our way round it on a variety of devices...but for the uninitiated it's a challenge.
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Indeed... My phone is one of the Samsung Note series so it comes with stylus. After saying that, I don't seem to use the stylus as much these days.... My fingers are also very large (to do with a growth hormone problem), but I seem to manage OK on the phone. Personally, I find the screen size OK.... but the Note 20 Ultra does have quite a large screen....
David
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I could afford the stylus, but honestly, £119 for magnifyers like these to peer at a phone screen? Forget it.
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