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. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
