Why don't I chat?
" 10:27am Around 35 per cent of users don't use chat because their screens aren't big enough, so that's moved to a tray at the bottom of the page. Cox says this might lead to more chatting from people with older PCs. "
I don't chat, on fb especially, because the UI in android SUCKS. If I hit the wrong key, the cursor/pointer jumps out of the box, and midstream of typing, obeys a command corresponding to the letter the cursor landed on.
Sometimes, crappy implementation, intrpretation, or execution of javascript or crappy javascript prevent/s pasting, and i sometimes have to turn of javascript, which sometimes aborts the logged-in session credentials, etc.
Years ago, there was one social site i was in, and if i did not get my message sent within a minute or two, even midstream in typing, the damned server side would disconnect me, and if i did not periodically copy my own text, i'd find the ui bombed and no way to go into the phone's memory to paste into a new logged-in-sesson. It was so stressful i became good at keeping up, but then just gave up.
It's shitty implementation, not just fb, but many sites. When I'm in fb, i feel fb wants to steer me to their own UI, not the browser I WANT to use. When I'm in firefox, it feels like google wants me to be in Chrome. When in forums, their admins force the use of javascript, and then use it as a crutch of security process.
So, it is just easier to read, grab a url, and walk away. It is really exasperating. All those brains and payrolls out there, and the experience sometimes just goes to shit because of politics and branding and rushed code.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
