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m, also the new way the Android app on my phone works --000000000000ab6a370595d6970e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The app has a setting that allows you to turn off the location searching. On my iPhone its Settings--> eBird --> location --> never... that might help! On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:33 PM nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > I never thought about the App. Good point. Virtually unusable here on th= e > go, as it is designed for, due to lack of mobile service. Even offline > checklists continue to seek for a location until the battery dies. I only > use it when Inside the camp with satellite dish internet (none too good > either compared to proper WIFI). But the app would be the way most eBirde= rs > submit checklists now and, as you said, most likely what the data entry > changes are centreed around. > > Nancy D > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 26, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Kevin Lantz <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > =EF=BB=BF > > I agree with Richard, for app users it=E2=80=99s not a big deal as upload= ing > photos requires logging on with a different device and making the changes > after the checklist has been submitted. Perhaps they are catering to app > users or even nudging folks towards them because of the immediacy of data > submissions. > > As for the app itself, the latest changes make it easier to use, just one > click to start a checklist, no need to select a location as that can be > done as the checklist is submitted. > > > > Kevin Lantz > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> > *Sent: *October 26, 2019 8:08 AM > *To: *NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Subject: *Re: [NatureNS] Hate Changes To E-Bird > > > > I actually like the changes to eBird, and once I got used to them, also > the new way the Android app on my phone works. There is a great eBird > discussion group on Facebook, with all kinds of ideas and input, question= s > answered etc. > > Richard Stern > sent from my Android device > > > > On Sat., Oct. 26, 2019, 4:12 a.m. NancyDowd, <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote= : > > Agree. It is definitely much more awkward and slow to load photos and > audios as it takes multiple steps instead of just one. I suspect it has > something to do with the efficiency of processing by the ever-growing > database (or some other background big data crunching) that we end users = do > not quite understand. Maybe someone has more info on the whys for this > recent change? > > Nancy D > > > On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:48 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I guess I'm behind on E-bird entries by three months. I do not like th= e > changes that were made since I last logged in. The process for attaching > pictures especially. I found it convenient to be able to attach pictures > as I entered my data. It was fast and efficient. Now you have to comple= te > data entry and then go and put your pictures in place. Loading of the > pictures is far slower and clarity of the photo is lacking in comparison = to > what we had before. The system has been made bulky and awkward. > > > > James R. Hirtle > > LaHave > > > > --000000000000ab6a370595d6970e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">The app has a setting that allows you to turn off the loca= tion searching.=C2=A0 On my iPhone its Settings--> eBird --> location= --> never... that might help!</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:33 PM nancy dowd= <<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@g= mail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D= "margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;bor= der-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">I never= thought about the App.=C2=A0 Good point. Virtually unusable here on the go= , as it is designed for, due to lack of mobile service. Even offline checkl= ists continue to seek for a location until the battery dies. I only use it = when Inside the camp with satellite dish internet (none too good either com= pared to proper WIFI). But the app would be the way most eBirders submit ch= ecklists now and, as you said, most likely what the data entry changes are = centreed around.=C2=A0<div><div><br></div><div>Nancy D<br><br><div dir=3D"l= tr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">O= n Oct 26, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Kevin Lantz <<a href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sy= mpatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">klantz@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br>= </blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">I agree with Richard, for app = users it=E2=80=99s not a big deal as uploading photos requires logging on w= ith a different device and making the changes after the checklist has been = submitted. Perhaps they are catering to app users or even nudging folks tow= ards them because of the immediacy of data submissions. <u></u><u></u></spa= n></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">As for the app itself, th= e latest changes make it easier to use, just one click to start a checklist= , no need to select a location as that can be done as the checklist is subm= itted.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">= <u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">= Kevin Lantz</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p cla= ss=3D"MsoNormal">Sent from <a href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Link= Id=3D550986" target=3D"_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=3D"MsoNo= rmal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div style=3D"border-style:solid none none;bo= rder-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><= p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"border:none;padding:0cm"><b>From: </b><a hre= f=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Richard Stern</a><br>= <b>Sent: </b>October 26, 2019 8:08 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href