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In another thread, there is a fair amount of debate going on about the use of the hand editing control for the forums. Someone suggested that plain text is superior since this can be consistently read on mobile devices, whereas the hand editor control doesn't work on a mobile device (at least it doesn't for me, using android).
Since I use my mobile most of the time to read the forums, I'm a strong advocate of using plain text. What do others think?
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Hand editor on mobile devices
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Posted 2012-January-19, 04:37
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Posted 2012-January-19, 04:46
I moved to posting hands and auctions in text/suit icons because the hand editor tool is often too cumbersome for what I want. If I want to show a complex auction + a hand or two it's great, but if I just want to post a quick "what do you bid with this" then it's far easier to just type "KQJxxx" etc instead of clicking on cards separately. It's also annoying when you try to scroll down with the keyboard and the focus is on the posted hand, so that window scrolls up instead.
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Posted 2012-January-19, 04:52
Galaxy S2 usually freezes. Galaxy Tab (10.1) never does. Maybe the mobile version could have a warning sign if a thread contains handviewer so we can stay clear of them?
Anyway for auctions I don't see the point of handviewer but for play problems it is much prettier.
Anyway for auctions I don't see the point of handviewer but for play problems it is much prettier.
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Posted 2012-January-19, 09:03
For play and defense problems the handviewer is nice to use. For a quick "what do you lead" or "what do you open or respond" text is best. For long drawn out auctions the viewer is OK but nothing works well and I don't have the patience for hands like this anyway.
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Posted 2012-January-19, 14:17
As the original instigator, I'll say that I also don't feel it's necessary for the quick "what do you bid with XXX" types of posts. But if you're posting 2 or more hands and a full auction, text just sucks. Columns in the bidding don't line up, so it's hard to tell who bid what. I know we did without diagrams for years, but we suffered, and diagrams were added to solve this problem.
I'm sorry that some devices have a hard time with them, but do we really have to cater to the lowest common denominator?
What about other bridge web sites, like BridgeWinners? Are the bidding diagrams a problem there as well, or is it unique to this site?
I'm sorry that some devices have a hard time with them, but do we really have to cater to the lowest common denominator?
What about other bridge web sites, like BridgeWinners? Are the bidding diagrams a problem there as well, or is it unique to this site?
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