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I don't get the "I'm on my phone, I can't do such and such" complaints.

Busaiku

Busaiku

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Oct 25, 2017
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Pretty sure all the major functions on Era are available in mobile (I actually haven't ever used Era on a computer, so I don't actually know).

You can edit, insert images,
whimsicott.png
,
embed videos,
,
embed tweets,

and so on.

But a lot of times, people seem to imply you can't do these things.
I dunno, is there stuff you can do on computers that you can't on phones?
 
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I'm not going to waste time editing a picture on mobile.

If I used a tablet, maybe. But I don't.
 
DSP

DSP

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Oct 25, 2017
5,120
it's the code word for "I'm lazy and dont give a fuck right now". when else people are on their phones browsing message boards?
 
Walter White Walker

Walter White Walker

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Oct 27, 2017
21,545
I don't do anything outside of typing words when I'm on mobile Era. You might be able to do other things but they're too hard from what I gather, I don't know how, and don't care to learn.
 
Nazo

Nazo

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,830
It's always been an excuse for low effort posting. Don't let anyone fool you.
 
DiipuSurotu

DiipuSurotu

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Oct 25, 2017
53,148
It's the same as people complaining that people are posting pictures without a name or an explanation, even though you can just reverse image search the picture to find the name
 
Stopdoor

Stopdoor

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Oct 25, 2017
5,778
Toronto
milad said:
it's the code word for "I'm lazy and dont give a fuck right now". when else people are on their phones browsing message boards?
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Tbh I don't understand weirdos who make threads on mobile. If you're gonna make a thread, it takes like an hour of serious crafting time on a desktop and keyboard, right? Right??
 
Jasconius

Jasconius

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Oct 25, 2017
159
Albuquerque, NM
The problem is, if you are used to using a computer, trying to do any of that stuff on your phone instead is super annoying and time consuming. Especially since you're probably not used to doing it because if you're near a computer you just use that!

Heck I don't even text on my phone sometimes if I'm at my computer, I just load up google voice because it's so much faster to type on a keyboard!
 
weemadarthur

weemadarthur

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Oct 25, 2017
10,599
On discord, some options don't display on mobile mode, only on the desktop interface.
Which is where i usually laze out of things.
 
Kapryov

Kapryov

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Oct 27, 2017
10,138
Australia
Hell no.
Sorry, I know it can be done, but when you know it's easier and faster on a desktop then why bother?

I already dislike writing replies on my phone (which I'm doing now) as it takes much longer for me than typing with a real keyboard. So long, in fact, that I'm sure multiple people will have already said the same thing before I hit the reply button...
 

corasaur

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Oct 26, 2017
3,988
For me the times I've said that, i meant "I would rather do that with the power of typing and a mouse instead of poking at a touch screen."
 
Darknight

Darknight

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
Member
Oct 25, 2017
22,836
Why is it hard to understand that doing things on a phone is tedious and takes longer in comparison to doing it on a computer?
 
Rosebud

Rosebud

Two Pieces
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Apr 16, 2018
43,583
To me everything is easier/faster on PC. I hate to browse for pics/links on mobile.
 
Eros

Eros

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Oct 27, 2017
9,663
Posting on phone is way more tedious even if the same stuff is possible.

Anybody ever make a video game OT on phone?
 
Isilia

Isilia

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Mar 11, 2019
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Copying/Pasting on mobile is just annoying for me.

I can never get the pointer where I want it, either.
 
DJ88

DJ88

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Oct 26, 2017
822
Don't know what you all are talking about. Doing all those things on the phone is super easy.

Not annoying/tedious/time consuming at all.
 

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Just posting a regular post on this forum while on mobile is more difficult than on the computer, since this place has that weird thing when someone posts something while you are making your post and it bumps the screen.
 

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Plus, Era Mobile here is still garbage to use, even with everything disabled it still runs like shit. Only website that runs like complete ass here, I have to use another browser just to post.

Don't know what the hell people did in the backend because on Chrome I can barely post since everything runs with a second or more of delay. Only here, everywhere else is fine.
 
julia crawford

julia crawford

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Oct 27, 2017
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I don't know how to upload a photo from my phone into some hosting service.

Also I use my phone almost exclusively for Era, often I can't reference articles and other stuff that are in my desktop's browser history/bookmarks.

That's basically it. Also I write very slowly on mobile.
 
Kapryov

Kapryov

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Oct 27, 2017
10,138
Australia
I'm fucking finally back on the desktop.

Going from a tiny ass phone - where simply selecting, copying, and pasting text is a fiddly chore - to a desktop with multiple monitors... they're incomparable.
I browse Era on my phone when away from my desktops (I have one at work too) but it's a shitty workaround just to follow and communicate with the community when I otherwise wouldn't be able to. I'm not going to mess with saving and uploading images on my phone to post, when I can much much more easily drag and drop them on another machine. It's not difficult to understand.
 
Reinhard

Reinhard

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Oct 27, 2017
6,603
The phone is a horrible choice for doing most things compared to the ease it can be done on a computer or laptop. Word processors and presentation software like PowerPoint are annoying to use on a phone and super limited compared to the desktop versions. Yeah, I'm going to format my Thesis, use Endnote, etc on a phone.... Not. Plus, photo editing is so much easier on a desktop for batch processing and doing more than just auto adjustments. Typing text messages or typing a reply on a message board like I'm doing now on a phone is no big deal, but most other things it is very inefficient compared to the real thing on a desktop.
 

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turns out typing and formatting posts on a 5-6" capacitive touch screen is a pain in the ass compared to a computer or laptop with a keyboard, track pad/mouse, and a larger screen

I know, I know, crazy right?
 
shaneo632

shaneo632

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Oct 29, 2017
29,008
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When you're used to working on a high spec desktop PC with an SSD using a phone that's 4 generations old just seems painfully clunky.
 
saenima

saenima

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Oct 25, 2017
11,892
Well i can't embed most pics and gifs on mobile for example. I've tried everything suggested. Nothing works.
 
RedSwirl

RedSwirl

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Oct 25, 2017
10,058
Hopping back and forth between apps is cumbersome. It's one of the reasons iPads are never gonna be full-blown computers.
 
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