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Granted the only other Google app I use is Maps, but even then I don't see blatant ads like in Gmail. At least not any that stick out to me, I just may be glossing over them since they don't stick out as much as in the Gmail app.
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Flipperwaldt posted:It totally does! Thanks, the thumbnail gets cropped to 3:4 I guess, so no more imgbb
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BisterdDave posted:Granted the only other Google app I use is Maps, but even then I don't see blatant ads like in Gmail. At least not any that stick out to me, I just may be glossing over them since they don't stick out as much as in the Gmail app. Maps is the only Google app I can think of where the ads are prominent and obvious aside from search. Because I disable GMail's categories and keep my inbox empty I've never known there were ads there but it certainly isn't surprising.
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Ola posted:Thanks, the thumbnail gets cropped to 3:4 I guess, so no more imgbb Just use bbcode full link and then change the img tags to timg if the pic is big, that picture you quoted is still hosted on imgbb after all
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Blue Train posted:Just use bbcode full link and then change the img tags to timg if the pic is big, that picture you quoted is still hosted on imgbb after all Oh sure, it's just their upload interface doesn't supply the direct link, I just phone posted one of their choices. Instead you have to spend time digging it out, copy image url etc, which is annoying and others might not require.
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Jul 30, 2018 00:08
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Imgur is easy enough.
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LastInLine posted:Maps is the only Google app I can think of where the ads are prominent and obvious aside from search. YouTube, if you don't have Red. And the Play Store.
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Moey posted:Imgur is easy enough. Do you use an app with them? The old app I used to use no longer works and I have a hell of a time getting the website to work on mobile.
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Uthor posted:Do you use an app with them? The old app I used to use no longer works and I have a hell of a time getting the website to work on mobile. Yeah, the mobile website made me cave and get the app.
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Uthor posted:Do you use an app with them? The old app I used to use no longer works and I have a hell of a time getting the website to work on mobile. The official Imgur app works just fine and I've been using it for ages.
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CLAM DOWN posted:The official Imgur app works just fine and I've been using it for ages. K. I don't remember what its issue was like five years ago, so I'll try it again.
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Uthor posted:Do you use an app with them? The old app I used to use no longer works and I have a hell of a time getting the website to work on mobile. You can go to imgur.com/upload on mobile  Still a pain in the rear end to get the links tho
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Jul 30, 2018 01:29
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Use the official imgur app. After it uploads tap "view", it will change to the direct image instead of an over view page. Long press the picture and choose "share direct link". Using the share button before you tap the green view button will give you the over view url and not the direct link.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:12
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Awful app has embedded imgur now that's very easy to use [bb] > insert imgur
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Blue Train posted:You can go to imgur.com/upload on mobile Upload Image, long press on resulting image, open in new tab, grab direct link from new tab. Same process I use on desktop. Not difficult at all.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:32
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https://postimages.org/ does what I want. Upload file, copy direct link. Thumbnail check:  E: haha their image landing page sucks, but at least it's just one click to get the direct link for timg.
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Dude just use Imgur.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Dude just use Imgur. I know what imgur is,
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Ola posted:E: haha their image landing page sucks, but at least it's just one click to get the direct link for timg. TIMG is useless if your thumbnail is also a link back to the image host.
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You could remove the url bit and have it work but at that point it's becoming more work
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Vykk.Draygo posted:TIMG is useless if your thumbnail is also a link back to the image host. Sigh, I'm being grilled by a panel in an image host hearing. I swear it's a misunderstanding, internet senator. *fiddles with microphone* I said "at least it's just one click to get the direct link for timg", meaning that it's just one click to get the full, direct link once you've uploaded from mobile, using a mobile browser instead of a dedicated app, on the post images dot org internet service. This is then pasted into the Awful app with [bb] -> Insert image, check thumbnail. The old school variant with a linked thumbnail was just for testing. It uses less bandwidth but you have to open the pic in a different app, so it's better to use timg. We have the bandwidth to spare. All of this to replace Imgur, which I find annoying to use on mobile, particularly as they're getting more aggressive about dragging your views onto their ads. Any further questions?
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Yes let's discuss your ineptitude for another page or so
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Ola posted:Sigh, I'm being grilled by a panel in an image host hearing. I swear it's a misunderstanding, internet senator. *fiddles with microphone* I said "at least it's just one click to get the direct link for timg", meaning that it's just one click to get the full, direct link once you've uploaded from mobile, using a mobile browser instead of a dedicated app, on the post images dot org internet service. This is then pasted into the Awful app with [bb] -> Insert image, check thumbnail. I agree with most of what you've said here but if you're using the app anyway you can just do bb->insert imgur and it will upload it and insert the link with tags and is much faster than using any image host through the browser, and you don't have to deal with imgurs garbo website or app
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Yeah seriously use the Awful app's embedded imgur feature, it's everything you need.
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Oh right, yes well *sweats, whispers with lawyer* I believe I was not informed at the time that the Awful Imgur implementation included uploading as well. *internet sentator pulls handle, trap door opens*
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Ola posted:Oh right, yes well *sweats, whispers with lawyer* I believe I was not informed at the time that the Awful Imgur implementation included uploading as well. Why do you post like this, wtf Someone mentioned the Awful apps upload feature way up the page. Everyone should thank baka kaba for his great work on it.
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thanks baka kaba
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Skarsnik posted:thanks baka kaba 
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Thermopyle posted:I was going to just make the same reply, but now I'm trying to think of any of their other apps that just have a blatant advertisement somewhere... a few months ago Waze showed me the most egregious ad I've ever seen on a cell phone. I had the navigation going while I was driving, and I glanced down at the screen when I was stopped at a stop light. the app overlaid an ad for a restaurant "on your way" and i believe it did this because it could tell I was stopped and was probably looking at the app. i don't know for sure that that's why it showed it, and I've never seen another one. but it was really scary: those electronic billboards are really distracting to me and a phone ad like that is something I'm worried could misfire and get a driver to accidentally look down while driving during a critical moment  (n.b. waze has been owned by Google for a while now)
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Lutha Mahtin posted:a few months ago Waze showed me the most egregious ad I've ever seen on a cell phone. I had the navigation going while I was driving, and I glanced down at the screen when I was stopped at a stop light. the app overlaid an ad for a restaurant "on your way" and i believe it did this because it could tell I was stopped and was probably looking at the app. i don't know for sure that that's why it showed it, and I've never seen another one. but it was really scary: those electronic billboards are really distracting to me and a phone ad like that is something I'm worried could misfire and get a driver to accidentally look down while driving during a critical moment It's been a long time since I used waze but I swear it played a video ad at me once when I opened it
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I haven't used Waze in many months but I'm pretty sure I recall it showing me ads at every stop.
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Looks like it, last one is the stop sign ads    
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My friend is setting up an SFTP for us to share files, what's a good app to interact with that?
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always be closing posted:My friend is setting up an SFTP for us to share files, what's a good app to interact with that? Solid Explorer.
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Solid Explorer is very good and worth the money. I'm glad to know I should never use Waze, apparently.
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I've enjoyed using Waze for over 3 years now. Maps works fine too but Waze adds a neat social element to it.
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Waze is so heavily used where I live that the real time updates on traffic conditions and hazards by other drivers makes it more useful than Google Maps.
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google maps has used Waze data for several years now. in my own experience, waze is still more aggressive in routing you through rat-runner paths in residential neighborhoods. but other than that i haven't felt much difference. both apps seem to produce vaguely similar paths in terms of miles and minutes 
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Lutha Mahtin posted:google maps has used Waze data for several years now. in my own experience, waze is still more aggressive in routing you through rat-runner paths in residential neighborhoods. but other than that i haven't felt much difference. both apps seem to produce vaguely similar paths in terms of miles and minutes Google Maps uses Waze's traffic speed data, but it doesn't seem to parse anything related to traffic incidents. I had a situation recently where two roads were closed. Google Maps and Waze were each aware of one closure, but they weren't the same one. So, Google Maps was trying to route me over one closure while Waze was trying to route me over the other.
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