next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------2AF667E9D6A640F9559ED570
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I'm neutral about the picture adding change, but I REALLY approve of the
upgrade to the app. I don't carry a data plan for my cell phone or
tablet, and it used to be very frustrating having to log in somewhere
where I had a wi-fi connection, to be able to use the app offline. Now I
can start a list, wherever I am - ebird offers me some strange locations
(BC locations when I'm here in NS, e.g.) but I can set the location when
I'm ready to send the list to ebird as Kevin noted.
Don Codling
On 10/26/2019 6:02 PM, Diane LeBlanc wrote:
> 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
> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I never thought about the App. Good point. Virtually unusable
> here on the 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 eBirders 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
>> <mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree with Richard, for app users it’s not a big deal as
>> uploading 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=550986>
>> for Windows 10
>>
>> *From: *Richard Stern <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>
>> *Sent: *October 26, 2019 8:08 AM
>> *To: *NatureNS <mailto: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, questions answered etc.
>>
>> Richard Stern
>> sent from my Android device
>>
>> On Sat., Oct. 26, 2019, 4:12 a.m. NancyDowd,
>> <nancypdowd@gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I guess I'm behind on E-bird entries by three months. I do not
>> like the 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 complete 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
>>
--------------2AF667E9D6A640F9559ED570
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
I'm neutral about the picture adding change, but I REALLY approve of
the upgrade to the app. I don't carry a data plan for my cell phone
or tablet, and it used to be very frustrating having to log in
somewhere where I had a wi-fi connection, to be able to use the app
offline. Now I can start a list, wherever I am - ebird offers me
some strange locations (BC locations when I'm here in NS, e.g.) but
I can set the location when I'm ready to send the list to ebird as
Kevin noted.<br>
<br>
Don Codling<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/26/2019 6:02 PM, Diane LeBlanc
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CACw2d-Fm_cJBK43mrWUW_usDGCgc4KqpJUB2yg8o=HjdMRQ+QA@mail.gmail.com">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div dir="ltr">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!</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:33
PM nancy dowd <<a href="mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">I never thought about the App. Good point.
Virtually unusable here on the 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 comp