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 <ann...@nyc.rr.com>
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 <knarftheria...@gmail.com> 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
<godd...@me.com> 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 <knarftheria...@gmail.com>
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.
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