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by taeric 583 days ago
Took me a second to realize ETA was "edited to add." I was very confused on what an estimated time of arrival meant, here. :)

I'm surprised reading on a phone is common. Not at all something I would want to do. I'm assuming largely read only there?

Makes me curious if the CWEB idea of styling specifically for reading has extra merit in that flow?

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I've been reading books on phone since palm pilot and 160x160 screen.

I do not want to type / create on my phone though, certainly not code, or even sign up for stuff / submit / do applications on phone. Makes me a rarity though.

I've made edits to config files on the GitHub mobile app while on-call. Not something I like doing but I like having the option.
I have also done this on VTA (local train). It's very thrilling but not very high-bandwidth sort of thing. I haven't done it a lot. But I do read a fair amount of code on my phone, in blogs or whatever.
CWEB?
thanks!
I don’t know how “common” it is, but (like I said in my comment) the only reason I read code on my phone is that I am often on a bus or a subway. The comment about assuming I only read on my phone is bizarre: you are putting words in my mouth for reasons I do not understand. When it comes to books I like paper, and I usually read long PDFs on a tablet.
GP was not assuming you read only on the phone screen, but that you use phone just (only) for reading ("read-only") and not for editing.
Sibling post is correct. I meant that as a question on if you edit while on the phone.
“read-only” might have removed the ambiguity there
Agreed. I'll blame my phone. :)

In seriousness, apologies on the confusion.