Using an Android smartphone for Admin tasks in the Concrete CMS
I often work as an Admin in the Concrete CMS. I wondered if I could do those Admin tasks with an Android smartphone. I ran some tests. Here are my discoveries.
CONTENTS
TEST DEVICE
Samsung Galaxy A13
This is the cheapest Samsung smartphone I’ve found. I bought it brand new at Best Buy for $140.
The operating system and all apps were updated to current.
MY THREE TESTS
I selected three tasks that represent work I often do as an Admin in the Concrete CMS:
TEST 1
Go to a front-end page. Use the [+] button in the toolbar to drag in a new block. Drag it to a location that is not at the top of the page.
TEST 2
Go to a front-end page. Move an existing block.
TEST 3
Go to the sitemap. Move a page.
I selected those three tasks because in my testing, I found they could not be done on my iPhone 12 Pro Max.
And also because every iPad I’ve tested for a decade almost always failed at all three tasks.
CHROME
TEST 1: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to a front-end page.
Step 2. Use the [+] button in the toolbar to drag in a new Block.
Step 3. Drag the new Block to a location that is not at the top of the page.
FINDINGS
Success!
TEST 2: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to a front-end page.
Step 2. Move an existing block.
FINDINGS
Success!
TEST 3: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to the sitemap.
Step 2. Move a page.
FINDINGS
Success!
ANALYSIS
Using the default Chrome browser on this cheapest Android device, I easily did Admin work in the Concrete CMS, work that is impossible on my big-dollar iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Clearly, this $140 Android smartphone is a much better work computer for me than my $1,200 iPhone 12 Pro Max!
WOW!
FIREFOX
TEST 1: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to a front-end page.
Step 2. Use the [+] button in the toolbar to drag in a new Block.
Step 3. Drag the new Block to a location that is not at the top of the page.
FINDINGS
Success!
TEST 2: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to a front-end page.
Step 2. Move an existing block.
FINDINGS
Success!
TEST 3: SUCCESS
THE TEST
Step 1. In the Concrete CMS, go to the sitemap.
Step 2. Move a page.
FINDINGS
Success!
ANALYSIS
Using the Firefox browser on this cheapest Android device, I easily did Admin work in the Concrete CMS, work that is impossible on my big-dollar iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Clearly, this $140 Android smartphone is a much better work computer for me than my $1,200 iPhone 12 Pro Max!
WOW!
NOTES
1. Concerning the smartphone, the operating system and all apps were update to current.
2. Concerning the Concrete CMS, it was version 8.5.2.
Originally published on August 9, 2022
Last updated on March 30, 2023
TOPICS: Android, Browsers, CMS, Concrete, Devices,