Technology

[white_hart]

I had pretty much given up using my seven and a half year old iPad; it hasn't had a software upgrade in over three years and even though I only really use it for web browsing and email it had got really slow and I kept defaulting to using my phone instead. I charged it up again a few days ago, though, as I thought I would try using it to browse Yuletide when not using my laptop rather than trying to read fic on a tiny phone screen, and I discovered that actually, it seems to work perfectly well for everything apart from Twitter and Facebook. Maybe it's just trying to make a point?

Comments

[cmcmck]

Are those two any great loss, I wonder? :o)

[white_hart]

As they are the only way I have of keeping in touch with quite a lot of people, sadly yes, though spending less time on them and more on other sites is no bad thing.

[cmcmck]

I must admit I've never used them.

It used to be LJ and DW and now just DW. I joined here on an invite code when they first set up and even then, LJ were already giving problems.

[slemslempike]

Maybe, being 7 and a half years old, it is nostalgic for older days of fandom.

[white_hart]

Along with its owner, really. Though even when I got it LJ had started to decline.

[sally_maria]

If you don't mind me being literal, I wouldn't be surprised if it's just the sheer "heaviness" of FB and Twitter that are the problem - FB in particular is ridiculous. Older websites, or ones that don't expect all their users to be using the latest tech, are a much better bet.

[aunty_marion]

I'd be inclined to agree. My 7" Samsung tablet used to go almost overdrawn on memory when I was running FB; I was having to delete (and then re-install) FB every time any other app needed to be updated! So I gave up and moved to looking at FB using the built-in browser, which works well. I don't find Twitter too bad on it, so I've left that where it is.

[white_hart]

I don’t use the apps for either, only the browser, but it makes sense that the sites are too cluttered up with ads and images and video and goodness knows what so they make the browser grind to a halt.

[lokifan]

Definitely!!