Do You Post on the Forum Using Your Smartphone?

SeaBreeze

SeaBreeze

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I don't plan on using my smartphone to post on the forum here, but today just for the heck of it, I replied to a couple of threads using my phone. I found it really hard to use the keyboard without pressing the wrong letters, etc., lots of correcting mistakes.

I found myself zooming the screen in and out and going from regular view to landscape just to read what I was writing. By the time I was done I found that I was bug-eyed from looking at that small screen, even though I had my readers on, and I had wasted a lot of time for a simple task. I can only type with one hand too, trying to use both just lead to more typos.

Does anyone use their smartphone to post on forums regularly? If so, what are your tricks to make it easy?
 

I use both, but I prefer the computer over the smartphone because my big fingers have trouble typing and not hitting other keys.
 
I don't Seabreeze, but if you think that you
might want to in the future try one of those
little pen like things that have a soft rubber
end that you poke the screen with, I think
that they call them a Stylus, like a needle
for a gramophone.

I have to type in landscape as the keys
are too small for my fingers in portrait.

Mike.
 
I do. Have since I started using a "smart" phone. This being my third. And mis-presses is something I've learned to live with. If you read a lot of postings you'll see quite a few. Gets me nuts sometimes, people seemingly don't care.

I have an Android phone, Pixel XL. If you look for it you might have the utility to make the keyboard larger or change it to another configuration. Also there is another utility that can customize the screen sensitivity to your touch.

I have found I need to tap with the side of my digit, usually 2nd finger, right hand, not straight on. The stylus is also a great idea. I don't use one cause I keep losing them.
 
I don't own a smartphone and find using touch screens awkward and slow. If I was still working, I'd likely have one but would only use it when an actual computer wasn't available.
 
I use it if I’m out but seldom at home unless internet is out. My iPad isn’t cellular.

Guess I’m used to it, don’t make anymore mistakes than I do on my iPad unless I’m in the car and daughter is driving.

I do put it sideways...a tad bigger that way and also you can use talk to text but sometimes that takes correcting also.
 
I do if I'm not in front of my computer. I use talk-to-text mostly though, so that makes it much easier. If I have to type something in it doesn't take too long, but that's because I text a lot so my fingers are used to texting with both hands on a small screen.
 
Thanks everyone for your replies, my smartphone is very new to me and I'm still just playing with it. I really don't plan to use it for anything but short calls like I did my Tracfone, may use the map feature or search engine if we're out traveling somewhere. Will stick to my desktop for posting on the forum for sure. :bashcomp:
 
SeaBreeze said:
Thanks everyone for your replies, my smartphone is very new to me and I'm still just playing with it. I really don't plan to use it for anything but short calls like I did my Tracfone, may use the map feature or search engine if we're out traveling somewhere. Will stick to my desktop for posting on the forum for sure. :bashcomp:
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That looks like a computer you’re hitting, SB. :)

Would you believe I have two desktop computers and haven’t even turned them on in 2-3 years....ever since I got my first IPad, that’s all I use.

I don’t even think they’d turn on, lol.
 
That's a long time CeeCee, but I bet they still work. I have my old computer in the basement, it has a free dial-up connection. I don't use it but I turn it on now and then to see if it's still cooperating with me. :) I kept it on dial-up for when my cable connection goes out and I have to get online for something. Yes, that's a computer I'm hitting, technophobe here. :p
 
I don't use my smartphone for anything except a rare photo and a rare gps. It's not smart enough. I don't even know why I have it.

No one I know will listen to a phone message. They call me back and ask what I wanted. Had they listened to the message, they'd know and wouldn't be bothering me.

Texting on this small phone just takes too long. So, I will type messages thru FB Messenger on my laptop keyboard; it's easier for me. This goes into their cellphones as a text message. They all know now, if I need a response to call me on my phone, I'm done texting back and forth... and, it seems like a step backward.
 
I only use my laptop or desktop for SF. Have a desktop with two giant screens. When it eventually dies I will replace it with a new desktop. I use a laptop when traveling and a tablet (not a Kindle) for reading ebooks.

RR, my smartphone types out what it thinks the caller said in a voice mail message. Such a great feature. It's not perfect at translating voice to text, but good enough to give me the gist - and I can do read it in just a few seconds. I rarely play voice mails unless I'll be hearing the voice of one of my adorable little grandchildren. :love_heart:
 
CeeCee said:
I use it if I’m out but seldom at home unless internet is out. My iPad isn’t cellular.
Guess I’m used to it, don’t make anymore mistakes than I do on my iPad unless I’m in the car and daughter is driving.
I do put it sideways...a tad bigger that way and also you can use talk to text but sometimes that takes correcting also.
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Even if your iPad is not cellular, you can use the hotspot on your phone as a cell connection for your iPad, CeeCee. That is what I do if I have the iPad along and need to go online and am not somewhere with free WiFi. There are so many places that have it free now, mostly I can use that.

As far as posting on the forum with my phone, I do not do that, and for all of the reasons that you mention, SeaBreeze.
However, I do always use my iPad, and don’t even have a computer anymore, haven’t used one for several years, and don’t miss it one bit.
I do use a Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad, and if i were only going to be using my phone (like Keesha does) then I would for sure be using an external keyboard for that, too. They are pretty cheap on Amazon, and they even have folding ones that you can carry along with you when you go somewhere.
At home, you can just set your screen up in landscape mode, and then use the keyboard, just like you had a teeny-weeny laptop.
Let me add, though, getting a tablet is a much better idea than trying to use a small phone for any kind of typing, or even reading.
There are a lot of cheaper tablets, so you do not have to spend a lot of money on one if you don’t want to.
 
I seldom have my iPad with me when I’m out....just my iPhone, Yvonne.

Only place it’s been an issue is at home when my internet would go out occasionally....then I would get on my iPhone in LTE mode.

Where is the hotspot on my phone? I’m assuming in settings somewhere...
 
CeeCee said:
I seldom have my iPad with me when I’m out....just my iPhone, Yvonne.
Only place it’s been an issue is at home when my internet would go out occasionally....then I would get on my iPhone in LTE mode.
Where is the hotspot on my phone? I’m assuming in settings somewhere...
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The hotspot is right near the top on your settings, right underneath cellular, and says personal hotspot. You need to set it up and choose a password, and then you can use it anywhere, or let someone else connect when you need to do that.
Just be sure to turn it off again after you are done using it !
 
Happyflowerlady said:
Even if your iPad is not cellular, you can use the hotspot on your phone as a cell connection for your iPad, CeeCee. That is what I do if I have the iPad along and need to go online and am not somewhere with free WiFi. There are so many places that have it free now, mostly I can use that.

As far as posting on the forum with my phone, I do not do that, and for all of the reasons that you mention, SeaBreeze.
However, I do always use my iPad, and don’t even have a computer anymore, haven’t used one for several years, and don’t miss it one bit.
I do use a Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad, and if i were only going to be using my phone (like Keesha does) then I would for sure be using an external keyboard for that, too. They are pretty cheap on Amazon, and they even have folding ones that you can carry along with you when you go somewhere.
At home, you can just set your screen up in landscape mode, and then use the keyboard, just like you had a teeny-weeny laptop.
Let me add, though, getting a tablet is a much better idea than trying to use a small phone for any kind of typing, or even reading.
There are a lot of cheaper tablets, so you do not have to spend a lot of money on one if you don’t want to.
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That’s some great info Happyflowerlady . I’m so behind in the techie department.
Would you happen to know why I can’t get my gps to work for me? I can’t get it to give me automatic directions like it used to
 

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