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updated list of things you can do with a web browser - online edit of handbook/computing/basiclaptop.html

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@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Using the browser, you can logon to the Expo online system ("the website", also
<li>Create new Survex files - a template is provided - for new cave passages
<li>Edit the cave description and entrance description text for existing caves
<li>Create entirely new caves in the system by filling out online forms<br>&nbsp;
<li>Type up your logbook entry for any trip you do (surface or underground)
<li>Upload GPS tracks using a web form
<li>Upload photos of cave entrances and cavers doing mad things
<li>Photograph original survey notebook pages and upload them to a digital wallet
<li>Sketch rigging plans on paper, photograph them, and upload them to a digital wallet
<li>Upload many photograph images at once
<li>Upload a single photo and rename it as you do so
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<a href="/wallets/year/2022">Wallets(2022)</a> |
<a href="/expedition/2022">Expo(2022)</a> |
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<p>And using email to send the results to an expo nerd, you can:
<p>Also it is a good idea to:
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<li>Type up your logbook entry for any trip you do (surface or underground), but please use <a href="../logbooks.html">our standard format</a>
<li>Upload GPS tracks from your phone
<li>Send photos of cave entrances and cavers doing mad things
<li>Sketch rigging plans on paper, photograph them, and email them
<li>Regularly take photos of pages of '<a href="../bierbook.html">the bier book</a>' and 'the sesh book' and email them, to protect against accidental 'G&ouml;ssering'
<li>Regularly take photos of pages of '<a href="../bierbook.html">the bier book</a>' and 'the sesh book' and email them or upload them, to protect against accidental 'G&ouml;ssering'
<li>Regularly take photos of pages of '<a href="../logbooks.html">the handwritten expo logbook</a>', also to protect against accidental 'G&ouml;ssering' but also against permanent loss. We are missing several vital logbooks from past expos through carelessness.
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<p>and of course using your phone or laptop you can update entries on expo antics on public forums such as ukcaving.
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<p>We are actively working on increasing the number of expo activities that can be done with just a browser and no, or minimal, installed software.
<h3>Which laptop do you need?</h3>
<p>If you have not actively used troggle since 2018, you are probably not aware of <a href="#any">all the things</a> you can now do with just a
<p>If you have not actively used troggle since 2019, you are probably not aware of <a href="#any">all the things</a> you can now do with just a
browser. Many of these capabilities are not new, but they weren't documented and had been forgotten over the past 10+ years. Now <a
href="manual.html">these capabilities are documented</a>, though writing better documentation is an unending job, and we have a <a
href="manual.html">data maintenance manual</a>.