Screen size when looking at or posting on a thread here

[Cadman-iac]

I have a problem/question for anyone here.
I've noticed when I go to make a post here,  that sometimes the screen will show up with a narrow column, which is great, I can see it just fine.

  But at other times the screen is showing up really wide  and I will have to shrink it down to be able to see it all, or keep shifting the screen from side to side.

And if I turn the phone sideways,  then the posting screen is so narrow I can't see it.

Is there a setting  I'm not seeing  on my account set up here, or is this a problem with my phone?

Because it will happen randomly,  and I thought perhaps it had something to do with the type of equipment that the previous poster was using. If someone has used a computer versus someone who has used a phone maybe.  If they had used a computer then that sets the format for the next post?
I have no idea, I'm lost here.

I'm a newbie to this phone business so I'm still learning this stuff.

My thanks to anyone who can set me straight here.

Rick

[chrisntam]

I think it's because someone posted a link (really long one) or a really large picture (not sized right) in that thread. 

Very bothersome for sure!

chris.

[cadillacmike68]

I use a 25" monitor. No issues here.

[Cadman-iac]

I haven't had a computer since 2007.
I'm using a new phone and the screen size leaves a lot to be desired.

But your post on this thread seems to be the same size as my original one. I don't have a problem right now.

But who knows what the next one will show up like.

I just thought it might be a setting I over looked when I signed up here.

[Cadman-iac]

I think it's because someone posted a link (really long one) or a really large picture (not sized right) in that thread. 

Very bothersome for sure!

chris.

So I'm not the only one that has had this problem then?


EDIT:
I just posted on a different thread and noticed it had several pictures in it  that were very large.  The screen size was off like I was asking about on here,  so  I think you're right about that.
Too bad that there isn't anything that can done to make it easier to see on a phone.

Thanks for the answers.
Rick

[cadillacmike68]

I haven't had a computer since 2007.
I'm using a new phone and the screen size leaves a lot to be desired.

But your post on this thread seems to be the same size as my original one. I don't have a problem right now.

But who knows what the next one will show up like.

I just thought it might be a setting I over looked when I signed up here.

Screen size and the awful typing on a phone are why I do almost all my reading, research and conversing via the computer.

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

This platform unfortunately doesn't have an auto-resizing program resulting in having to scroll L>R to read posts when a large image is posted in a given page. It's not just photos either- long links have the same effect.

When I've asked if anything could be done I was told it would require a different forum platform which would be more costly.

[Cadman-iac]

Screen size and the awful typing on a phone are why I do almost all my reading, research and conversing via the computer.

Yeah, I don't have much choice,  I'm not going to buy a computer when almost all the stuff you can do on a computer you can do on a phone.
I'm not rich, and either one was
going to cost a fortune, and the phone was in this day and age, a necessity, so that's what I'm stuck with.

This platform unfortunately doesn't have an auto-resizing program resulting in having to scroll L>R to read posts when a large image is posted in a given page. It's not just photos either- long links have the same effect.

When I've asked if anything could be done I was told it would require a different forum platform which would be more costly.

But I've made several very long posts on here and have not had that happen,  until someone else has posted afterwards and I'm guessing they used a computer instead of a phone.
It's no biggie,  just annoying,  and I wondered if maybe there was something I could do on my end to compensate for it.
I'll learn to live with it. What choice do I have,  right?

Rick

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

But I've made several very long posts on here and have not had that happen,  until someone else has posted afterwards and I'm guessing they used a computer instead of a phone.

Lengthy posts will not do it.

Only when a long link or a large image is pasted directly in the post. Uploaded images using the attachment feature will not.

[Cadman-iac]

Lengthy posts will not do it.

Only when a long link or a large image is pasted directly in the post. Uploaded images using the attachment feature will not.

Thanks Eric.
That explains that . Now I just need to get a magnifying glass to read those posts.