Posted on 16/12/2021 17:38
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.)
Posted on 18/12/2021 11:12 by cyberyachtI hardly ever browse forums on my phone. Always use the laptop.
Posted on 18/12/2021 12:50
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
Posted on 18/12/2021 12:50 by DavidKlyneNor 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
Posted on 19/12/2021 14:57
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.
Posted on 18/12/2021 12:50 by DavidKlyneNor 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
Posted on 20/12/2021 10:41
.....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
Posted on 20/12/2021 10:41 by DSB.....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
Posted on 20/12/2021 10:41 by DSB.....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
Posted on 19/12/2021 14:57 by GraydjamesMe 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.
Posted on 20/12/2021 18:49
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.
Cushie
Motorhomer from Dorset