mark40511
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desktop or laptop
I hate using my smart phone to surf the net.
I hate using my smart phone to surf the net.
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durango159
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Desktop PC
I'm on a desktop PC. Even though I don't have a smart phone, I just can't imagine internet surfacing or trying to read all the text on a screen that small. I'd rather be at home in my own privacy reading the posts and being able to see and post pictures and do a full update.
The same for online banking and facebook. I don't see anything that major with any of those to be out in public checking credit cards, etc. I'd rather be in the privacy of my own home checking my finances and paying bills online rather than what I see some others doing where they check their bank statements on their smart phones in public. I think that's too dangerous with all the identity theft out there.
Just my 2 cents.
I'm on a desktop PC. Even though I don't have a smart phone, I just can't imagine internet surfacing or trying to read all the text on a screen that small. I'd rather be at home in my own privacy reading the posts and being able to see and post pictures and do a full update.
The same for online banking and facebook. I don't see anything that major with any of those to be out in public checking credit cards, etc. I'd rather be in the privacy of my own home checking my finances and paying bills online rather than what I see some others doing where they check their bank statements on their smart phones in public. I think that's too dangerous with all the identity theft out there.
Just my 2 cents.
nycwriter
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Desktop and iPhone
24-inch iMac and my iPhone 4s.
But it's really hard to read the tiny type n the iPhone.
24-inch iMac and my iPhone 4s.
But it's really hard to read the tiny type n the iPhone.
computer only
desktop computer only here (E-mails answered Friday night by 6.00 p.m. unless I like that person so much that I would answer earlier/more often).
Smartphone /mobile /tablet refuser.
(That bloody internet should leave me alone while I am out in the real world enjoying a train ride or such).
A simple tree is nicer, a simple coffee with someone is more refreshing to me than to know who is where and who is about to do/decide/go public with just now that very moment.
Btw. smartphones and tablets are not workable computers for me, they're just electronic udders of the big cows of corporations, wanting (pleading) us to suck on them.
A tool is a tool but not a so called "life style" (as some mistake it to be).
*shrugging*
desktop computer only here (E-mails answered Friday night by 6.00 p.m. unless I like that person so much that I would answer earlier/more often).
Smartphone /mobile /tablet refuser.
(That bloody internet should leave me alone while I am out in the real world enjoying a train ride or such).
A simple tree is nicer, a simple coffee with someone is more refreshing to me than to know who is where and who is about to do/decide/go public with just now that very moment.
Btw. smartphones and tablets are not workable computers for me, they're just electronic udders of the big cows of corporations, wanting (pleading) us to suck on them.
A tool is a tool but not a so called "life style" (as some mistake it to be).
*shrugging*
I read this recently in an article about police and searching smart phones. It stated that every text message, phone, call , download, website, even your location while you were doing those things is recorded and NEVER deleted from the phones internal memory and can be retrieved.
There is no delete button on a smart-phone, it's a "hide" button
There is no delete button on a smart-phone, it's a "hide" button
papasvacs
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Desktop or laptop.........
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I'm not smart enough to use a smart phone!</span>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Not much on all the smartphones. Iphones, tablets, etc. Rather just sit at my desk.</span>
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I'm not smart enough to use a smart phone!</span>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Not much on all the smartphones. Iphones, tablets, etc. Rather just sit at my desk.</span>
beko1987
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Justin, right click on the underlined word and it'll offer the correct one from the spell check. Failing that, bash it into Google quickly and it'll autocorrect.
Its how I get over dodgy words! Although on the nexus it auto corrects for me unless I've got it hopelessly wrong.
Its how I get over dodgy words! Although on the nexus it auto corrects for me unless I've got it hopelessly wrong.
portable
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Laptop. I almost recently bought a Smartphone, but I decided that another $30 for something I would use only marginally was not worth it to me.</span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">By the way, I loved this from Whirlpolf: "<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Btw. smartphones and tablets are not workable computers for me, they're just electronic udders of the big cows of corporations, wanting (pleading) us to suck on them."</span></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Yikes. While I do agree that spelling, grammar and syntax is not crucially inportant, I DO think it is polite to speak in complete sentences and knock off the abbreviation stuff. Unless you have a disability or condition, it is rude to expect others (old and cranky or not) to read cryptic messages that you banged out on your smartphone/tablet/laptop/desktop.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;"> </span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">By the way, I loved this from Whirlpolf: "<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Btw. smartphones and tablets are not workable computers for me, they're just electronic udders of the big cows of corporations, wanting (pleading) us to suck on them."</span></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Yikes. While I do agree that spelling, grammar and syntax is not crucially inportant, I DO think it is polite to speak in complete sentences and knock off the abbreviation stuff. Unless you have a disability or condition, it is rude to expect others (old and cranky or not) to read cryptic messages that you banged out on your smartphone/tablet/laptop/desktop.</span></span>
I just use my plain old
computer. I STILL have a landline! No "smart" anything.
computer. I STILL have a landline! No "smart" anything.
vacuumfreeeke
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I use my Windows laptop to write and post, but check and read from my Samsung Galaxy Relay smart phone... I'm on my Acer Iconia Tablet right now because I'm trying to get some use out of it since I paid three hundred dollars for the silly thing. I've had it since September and might have used it 6 times since then... I truly hate it and that was money I could have put toward an embroidery machine that I would love rather than this redundant piece of garbage....
Maybe I am in the minority, but I prefer longer responses rather than just a couple of lines of text... there's more content to engage with and it shows someone really cares enough to spend time writing a decent response.
Grammar and spelling issues really annoy me, but I do my best to keep my mouth shut because I am not the grammar police. I think the reason for many (not all) of the errors is that people don't know better or don't care... but a lot of things I see wrong, and not just on vacuum land, are things I learned in second grade. When people can't see your face or actually talk to you and are just reading text, they judge you by the way you write. Writing well is sadly becoming a lost art, in part due to the digital revolution. Of course nobody is perfect, but sometimes a little effort goes a long way with helping things be easier and more pleasant to read.
I do understand the limitations of different devices though... I'm on the tablet now and there is no way I am going to proofread and edit any post made from this device because it is too hard. Typing on my phone is easier than on this stupid tablet because the phone has a slide out keyboard... I bought a Bluetooth keyboard for the tablet but anntthng I tyyyp on itt lokks like this bcause it misses half the keys I strike and enters everything else twice.... I dream of smashing it or putting it in a blendtec!
I know it also makes a difference if someone knows how to type or not... people who hunt and peck don't write as long a response as people who know how to type and they generally have more errors as well. But we're straying from the topic now as this is about devices and not abilities
Maybe I am in the minority, but I prefer longer responses rather than just a couple of lines of text... there's more content to engage with and it shows someone really cares enough to spend time writing a decent response.
Grammar and spelling issues really annoy me, but I do my best to keep my mouth shut because I am not the grammar police. I think the reason for many (not all) of the errors is that people don't know better or don't care... but a lot of things I see wrong, and not just on vacuum land, are things I learned in second grade. When people can't see your face or actually talk to you and are just reading text, they judge you by the way you write. Writing well is sadly becoming a lost art, in part due to the digital revolution. Of course nobody is perfect, but sometimes a little effort goes a long way with helping things be easier and more pleasant to read.
I do understand the limitations of different devices though... I'm on the tablet now and there is no way I am going to proofread and edit any post made from this device because it is too hard. Typing on my phone is easier than on this stupid tablet because the phone has a slide out keyboard... I bought a Bluetooth keyboard for the tablet but anntthng I tyyyp on itt lokks like this bcause it misses half the keys I strike and enters everything else twice.... I dream of smashing it or putting it in a blendtec!
I know it also makes a difference if someone knows how to type or not... people who hunt and peck don't write as long a response as people who know how to type and they generally have more errors as well. But we're straying from the topic now as this is about devices and not abilities
The slide out keyboards on many new cellphones are USELESS to me-you need fingers like a Barby doll to type on those.Replaced the one with the keyboard to a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that has a better virtual keyboard and dialboard.The "buttons" are large enough for my large fingers to use.My old cellphone-LG Bantor-is waiting for the "Will It Mow?" test-want to get it with my JD tractor-maybe its mower blades can type on that tiny keyboard!
vacbear58
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Desktop and Smart Phone
I use a desktop computer mostly, especially when typing but I quite often use my Galaxy Note Smartphone for reading posts - if anything crops up that I want to respond to I generally leave it until I am at the desktop.
I find the Note to be quite good for reading, its physically quite large for a phone and when turned sideways it rotates the screen to landscape. It comes with a stylus which I ALWAYS use as even with the larger size, I find better than using fingers
I use a desktop computer mostly, especially when typing but I quite often use my Galaxy Note Smartphone for reading posts - if anything crops up that I want to respond to I generally leave it until I am at the desktop.
I find the Note to be quite good for reading, its physically quite large for a phone and when turned sideways it rotates the screen to landscape. It comes with a stylus which I ALWAYS use as even with the larger size, I find better than using fingers
Everyone makes some typo's and grammatical errors and that really isn't a huge issue with me because I make them myself.
What some members like me and many others have is an issue with twitter-like and texting type writing much the same as Bobby said above.
This is a premium website, not facebook, twitter or a blog and it only exists with the financial support of the paid membership. There's no comparison between this vacuum website and all those others and some of us we'd like to keep it that way by not having it down-graded as some even on the board would seem to find acceptable.
Excuses such as: I'm too busy, we have to embrace the children because they are our future members, my keyboards too tiny, I'm typing on the fly. Those are really just cop outs when you really think about it. In particular when it comes to children you would think you'd want them to know how to communicate properly in some places at least.. This should be one of them. Twitter and text away on the facebook vac sites. There's nothing wrong with the FB vac sites either, they're fun and I belong to them as well. Just sayin.
I also don't see that the memory of Terry has to resurrected in order to what could be construed as an attempt at supporting ones point of view on a somewhat contentious issue between membership. Terry was a super guy and his views on matters don't necessarily reflect those of others. They were HIS views. Emulate them if you wish but let him rest in peace.
What some members like me and many others have is an issue with twitter-like and texting type writing much the same as Bobby said above.
This is a premium website, not facebook, twitter or a blog and it only exists with the financial support of the paid membership. There's no comparison between this vacuum website and all those others and some of us we'd like to keep it that way by not having it down-graded as some even on the board would seem to find acceptable.
Excuses such as: I'm too busy, we have to embrace the children because they are our future members, my keyboards too tiny, I'm typing on the fly. Those are really just cop outs when you really think about it. In particular when it comes to children you would think you'd want them to know how to communicate properly in some places at least.. This should be one of them. Twitter and text away on the facebook vac sites. There's nothing wrong with the FB vac sites either, they're fun and I belong to them as well. Just sayin.
I also don't see that the memory of Terry has to resurrected in order to what could be construed as an attempt at supporting ones point of view on a somewhat contentious issue between membership. Terry was a super guy and his views on matters don't necessarily reflect those of others. They were HIS views. Emulate them if you wish but let him rest in peace.
myles_v
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I have been using my laptop for Vacuumland (I just joined this site yesterday), but I typically don't like using forums on my phone (I have an iPhone 4, I hardly ever use the web browser. I've been told before that I'm an old person at heart).
compactelectra
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Morgan
Terry would not have said that. He was a Masters-trained Education major from the University of Illinois. I knew him well.
[this post was last edited: 3/9/2013-23:01]
Terry would not have said that. He was a Masters-trained Education major from the University of Illinois. I knew him well.
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kirbyds80
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For me
When I have spare time at school I either use a 2009 20" 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, or a 2006 17" 1.83 GHz education iMac. When I'm on the move I use my iPhone 4S. At home it'll either be a Windows PC running XP, or a PowerBook G4 running Leopard. Yeah I wish I had an early generation MBP(MacBook Pro) with Snow Leopard.
-Jay
When I have spare time at school I either use a 2009 20" 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, or a 2006 17" 1.83 GHz education iMac. When I'm on the move I use my iPhone 4S. At home it'll either be a Windows PC running XP, or a PowerBook G4 running Leopard. Yeah I wish I had an early generation MBP(MacBook Pro) with Snow Leopard.
-Jay
szymonrules
New member
Thanks...
for the input guys! I didn't point this towards anyone specific, but as a general post. Also, myles_v, welcome to the club! I know, I'm a little late but better late than never!
for the input guys! I didn't point this towards anyone specific, but as a general post. Also, myles_v, welcome to the club! I know, I'm a little late but better late than never!
davetranter
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Access and 'content'
I access this and any other Internet site on my rather elderly desktop PC.
May I say a loud 'Hear, Hear!!!' to the authors of replies #13, 22, 23, 28, and 31??
I try to take a little care over my spelling and grammar, and admit that my punctuation is somewhat unconventional in the forums. This is because I attempt to make my typed input a little more 'speech-like', adding pauses and perhaps some 'intonation'. I hope that this makes my posts (if not easier to read) at least a bit less ambiguous.
I would be grateful for any feedback on this....
I wholeheartedly agree with Petek's (reply #31) comment about children (and adults) being able to communicate correctly (and/or effectively). I understand that (this side of the 'pond' anyway) it is usual for potential employers to find and read applicant's Facebook, etc. accounts, so it is wise to consider what is presented to the World on these sites, and HOW it is presented.
Sorry for making one of those 'long-winded' replies...
Dave T
(P.S. At risk of being extremely 'off-topic' and/or considered to be in bad taste, this reminds me of the old joke wherein one chap (correcting another's diction) says "Your grammar is rotten, but then, so is mine... She's been dead for ten years"
Enjoy
I access this and any other Internet site on my rather elderly desktop PC.
May I say a loud 'Hear, Hear!!!' to the authors of replies #13, 22, 23, 28, and 31??
I try to take a little care over my spelling and grammar, and admit that my punctuation is somewhat unconventional in the forums. This is because I attempt to make my typed input a little more 'speech-like', adding pauses and perhaps some 'intonation'. I hope that this makes my posts (if not easier to read) at least a bit less ambiguous.
I would be grateful for any feedback on this....
I wholeheartedly agree with Petek's (reply #31) comment about children (and adults) being able to communicate correctly (and/or effectively). I understand that (this side of the 'pond' anyway) it is usual for potential employers to find and read applicant's Facebook, etc. accounts, so it is wise to consider what is presented to the World on these sites, and HOW it is presented.
Sorry for making one of those 'long-winded' replies...
Dave T
(P.S. At risk of being extremely 'off-topic' and/or considered to be in bad taste, this reminds me of the old joke wherein one chap (correcting another's diction) says "Your grammar is rotten, but then, so is mine... She's been dead for ten years"
Enjoy
vacbear58
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All change
Dave
This thread pre-dates the recent changes that Robert has made, so hopefully many of the concerns that were voiced will now have been addressed
Al
Dave
This thread pre-dates the recent changes that Robert has made, so hopefully many of the concerns that were voiced will now have been addressed
Al
sebo_fan
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Home computer.
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