I find that if I don't go on the site at least 3 times a day, I feel so behind in viewing and commenting on pix. And, maybe I'm going about this the wrong way but, when I view them, I go to the home page and check out the thumbnail and initial narrative (if any) and then click on the thumbnail to go to the actual post on someone's album. However, if I hit my back button, it takes me to the top of the home page again and I have to scroll through all the thumbnails I just looked through. Does anyone know of a better way to look though the posts and a way to go "back" from someone's album to the home page to the place where you left off?
I hope this makes sense...help if you can! Thanks.
yes right click ----> open in new window , then all you have to do after browsing/commenting is close the window and you are back where you left off :)
If you hold ctrl when you click a link, it will open the page in a new tab. You can make your comment and then close the tab. this way you don't lose your place. Hope this helps. @shutterbugger
yep, what they said...right click and open in a new tab. eventually, you'll have people that you just naturally check on every day, and you can browse your newsfeed with ease afterward. :)
Holding ctrl will open it in an open link, as will clicking on the link with the scrolly wheely thing on your mouse, the thing between the two buttons :)
I think I had heard this once a long time ago before I knew what it meant . Now that I know I am SOOO glad you asked, Debbie. It has been giving me fits and once agian the community has come to the rescue! Thanks everyone!
Yep--just open a zillion tabs and they are all there waiting for you---no waiting for loading, no going back and forth. It does save a lot of time! If you have a MAC, you have to hit the apple key (instead of control) and click on the thumbnail. Easy! :-) Chrome is the best, I have found, for this. It's so lightweight and loads quickly.
@shutterbugger@grammyn@lisjam1@pocketmouse -- Then I'm really glad I asked. I thought maybe I was the only one that didn't know. It sounds like it's just basic computer skills which, obviously, I didn't realize existed! Silly me. Glad to help those that needed to know,too.
If you ever get a real mouse (vs a laptop integrated one)....you can click the wheel on the link and that does the same thing as ctrl+click thanks to @eyebrows for that tip!
@debsphotos SO grateful you asked this question, I've been frustrated w/ this too but didn't consider there might be a solution. @webfoot@asrai thank you, thank you, thank you!
Dang, this is confusing. I am trying not to follow too many people. It makes it a lot easier but I miss so much and keep adding people. I love this site but can be time consuming. I will have to go back on what all that was said and figure out what I need to do. I see above about opening tabs and I do that all of the time so I do that and can go back and forth between different things. The easiest for me. Makes sense?
@debsphotos I've been wondering the same thing! Thanks to everyone for the tips...I'll be opening new windows from now on!
To follow from this, does anyone have a tip for doing this when you access the site through a mobile device though? I often check uploads when I'm out and about, but same thing, when I hit the back arrow on the browser (I have an iphone4 and use safari) it also takes me to the top of the page... any suggestions are greatly appreciated, other than the obvious one of waiting until I'm back at the computer ;)
oh, i feel so stupid for not ever asking this or thinking of how to do it myself; thank you SO much @debsphotos - I've had to keep the # I follow low enough to actually manage because I try to see their posts every day and it takes me just ages - this should help a lot.
1. Never use internet exploder, use Firefox (the long standing #1 independent browser) or Chrome (created by Google and steadily rising in popularity) as they're much smarter and will scroll back where you were anyway (if you give the site time to reload all its content, note) along with just being quicker in general and very non-shit, unlike internet explorer which is a pure and total heap of shit.
2. If you're being annoyed by some perceived inefficiency with some aspect of your computer, there's probably a solution out there already, and it's just a case of searching/asking in the right place, and knowing how to search for the answer.
@debsphotos I've had to stop doing it that way as I found it frustrating even though I am on Firefox or Safari ...I still end up getting lost .Now I click on 'friends' and work my way down the list. If I know the person has more than one album I try to click on the album thingy and see if they've uploaded anything in their new albums.
I don't think you can see everything everyone posts, I just do my best.
using the command or control key [or wheel] is faster than right clicking. i open 30 or 40 tabs at a time, with just one click each. i still get comments from people who have only looked at the thumbnail so maybe this discussion will change that. good question and thread. and further to @eyebrows comments, safari works well too, if you have a mac.
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@shutterbugger -- try it...it works!
@amz87 -- I don't know what Chrome is.
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@pocketmouse -- No mouse. I work on a laptop generally without one.
@mainebrighteyes @amz87 -- I use Internet Explorer.
@5unflow3r --No MAC. I'm an HP girl. :-)
@webfoot @asrai thank you, thank you, thank you!
To follow from this, does anyone have a tip for doing this when you access the site through a mobile device though? I often check uploads when I'm out and about, but same thing, when I hit the back arrow on the browser (I have an iphone4 and use safari) it also takes me to the top of the page... any suggestions are greatly appreciated, other than the obvious one of waiting until I'm back at the computer ;)
1. Never use internet exploder, use Firefox (the long standing #1 independent browser) or Chrome (created by Google and steadily rising in popularity) as they're much smarter and will scroll back where you were anyway (if you give the site time to reload all its content, note) along with just being quicker in general and very non-shit, unlike internet explorer which is a pure and total heap of shit.
2. If you're being annoyed by some perceived inefficiency with some aspect of your computer, there's probably a solution out there already, and it's just a case of searching/asking in the right place, and knowing how to search for the answer.
I don't think you can see everything everyone posts, I just do my best.