On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 10:38:48AM +0100, Phil Thane wrote:
On 03/10/2020 09:26, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 09:18:29AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 08:46, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? [...]
Everthing else is on the laptop.
Each to their own, obviously, but these days I increasingly ask myself if I need the laptop; there isn't anything I can't do on the phone, and plenty I often can't do on the laptop for the simple reason it's not with me at the time I want to do it. (Much like the best camera is usually the one you have with you, I find the same with laptop functions.)
Yes, I can understand that. However when I see other members of my family (all younger than me) struggling to reply to E-Mail on their phones or trying to buy things on line I realise why (for me) the laptop is so much faster and easier.
It's the 'unix philosphy' use small dedicated 'things' each good at what they do. :-) I have a digital camera which is pocketable but is *way* better than even the best smartphone camera and it's a fraction of the price (proper viewfinder, 30:1 zoom, etc.).
There's also the online banking app which works on the phone to generate a code to login on the PC.
Works perfectly on a feature phone like mine, it's just an SMS message.
On 03/10/2020 11:51, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 10:38:48AM +0100, Phil Thane wrote:
On 03/10/2020 09:26, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 09:18:29AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 08:46, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? [...]
Everthing else is on the laptop.
Each to their own, obviously, but these days I increasingly ask myself if I need the laptop; there isn't anything I can't do on the phone, and plenty I often can't do on the laptop for the simple reason it's not with me at the time I want to do it. (Much like the best camera is usually the one you have with you, I find the same with laptop functions.)
Yes, I can understand that. However when I see other members of my family (all younger than me) struggling to reply to E-Mail on their phones or trying to buy things on line I realise why (for me) the laptop is so much faster and easier.
It's the 'unix philosphy' use small dedicated 'things' each good at what they do. :-) I have a digital camera which is pocketable but is *way* better than even the best smartphone camera and it's a fraction of the price (proper viewfinder, 30:1 zoom, etc.).
There's also the online banking app which works on the phone to generate a code to login on the PC.
Works perfectly on a feature phone like mine, it's just an SMS message.
Umm, no. Some banks which use a hardware token to generate a two factor authentication code now also support an app running on a smart-phone to do the same thing.
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 11:54:20AM +0100, Huge wrote:
On 03/10/2020 11:51, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 10:38:48AM +0100, Phil Thane wrote:
On 03/10/2020 09:26, Chris Green wrote:
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 09:18:29AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 08:46, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? [...]
Everthing else is on the laptop.
Each to their own, obviously, but these days I increasingly ask myself if I need the laptop; there isn't anything I can't do on the phone, and plenty I often can't do on the laptop for the simple reason it's not with me at the time I want to do it. (Much like the best camera is usually the one you have with you, I find the same with laptop functions.)
Yes, I can understand that. However when I see other members of my family (all younger than me) struggling to reply to E-Mail on their phones or trying to buy things on line I realise why (for me) the laptop is so much faster and easier.
It's the 'unix philosphy' use small dedicated 'things' each good at what they do. :-) I have a digital camera which is pocketable but is *way* better than even the best smartphone camera and it's a fraction of the price (proper viewfinder, 30:1 zoom, etc.).
There's also the online banking app which works on the phone to generate a code to login on the PC.
Works perfectly on a feature phone like mine, it's just an SMS message.
Umm, no. Some banks which use a hardware token to generate a two factor authentication code now also support an app running on a smart-phone to do the same thing.
Well it hasn't been forced on me yet.
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