On Wed, Aug 12, 2015, at 08:14 AM, Knarf wrote: > Bottom line: I'll whine if I feel like it!
I'm with you! Whine on!! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > LOL > > cheers, > > frank > > On 11 August, 2015 5:02:11 PM EDT, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >I don't participate in this general overweening cynicism and paranoia > > > >Facebook sucks big time anyway. I don't give them any information I > >don't have to, and hate it that all you who only communicate using it > >forces me to have an account there to communicate with you. > > > >The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or > >information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or > >acquire from use. > > > >Flickr's "crappy little app" is in most ways better implemented than > >their browser pages, and presents photos much more speedily and with > >higher quality than most browsers, regardless of platform. It presents > >a cleaner, nicer viewing experience. > > > >I can think of many more annoying internet things to bitch about than > >the Flickr app, which happens to work very well, costs nothing, etc. > > > >Godfrey > > > > > >> On Aug 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> > >> I'm with you guyson this. Facebook keeps wanting me to give them my > >phone number (slightly diff, but related) tellin gme that will be > >safer. > >> huh? I think not. > >> > >> On the otherhand, I'd like it if everyone who was viewing photos > >online would skip doing that on their phones and wait until they got to > >their desktops or laptops or at least an 8 x 10" screen on IPAD or the > >equivalent. > >> > >> ann > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 8/11/2015 3:11 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > >>>> On 11 Aug 2015, at 11:17, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> The issue is I didn't want to download their app. I don't care if > >it's "free". I want to click on a link and look at a photo on my > >browser without having to join, register and be a part of something. > >>>> > >>>> I think it's despicable behaviour on their part. Perhaps I'm alone > >in my thinking; wouldn't be the first time. > >>> You are not alone. [1] > >>> > >>> There is a plague of sites trying to get me to download their > >f_cking crappy little apps. It's completely stupid and entirely > >contrary to what the www is about and they can all just f_ck right off > >as far as I'm concerned. > >>> > >>> Incidentally, I see the same fuzzy-image behaviour from F_ckr as you > >do, although it does sometimes resolve itself, eventually, if I have > >the patience to wait. That's with Safari on an iPad. > >>> > >>> [1] one of my favourite book titles is a collection of readers' > >letters to the Daily Telegraph, called "Am I alone in thinking...?". > >>> > >>> B > >>> > >>>> BTW, nothing is "free". > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> frank > >>>> > >>>>> On 11 August, 2015 1:49:22 AM EDT, Godfrey DiGiorgi > ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> I don't know what the issue is, frank. On iOS, the website works > >fine > >>>>> in Safari, but their (free) app works even better. ??? It doesn't > >try > >>>>> to sell me anything, it just makes it nicer to view photos there. > >>>>> > >>>>> Godfrey > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 10, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Knarf <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I haven't commented on any Flickr images for a while because > >they're > >>>>> all horribly fuzzy on my Android. When I'm on a computer they're > >fine, > >>>>> but unviewable on my 'droid. I think I whined about it on this > >list at > >>>>> least once. > >>>>>> Every time I looked, Flickr asked me if I wanted to download > >their > >>>>> app. I declined because, well, I just don't freaking want their > >app. > >>>>>> However I really wanted to get a good look at Darren's cloud > >piccie > >>>>> so I relented and downloaded the Flickr app tonight. Guess what: > >>>>>> Beautiful, clear photos on my phone. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sleazy buggers. I almost feel like uninstalling it just because > >of > >>>>> their creepy marketing scheme. Almost. > >>>>>> I won't, but only so I can view those PDMLers who use it to show > >>>>> their fine work. But I view it on Flickr under protest against all > >>>>> that's evil about capitalism. > >>>>>> Thanks for listening. Rant over. Have a lovely evening. > >>>> -- > >>>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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