I have an iPad for general use, however Apple lock down the browsers and I am unable to use any of the plugins, such as Rooster which is claimed to improve the LingQ experience. So I’m debating getting a basic tablet.
Can I assume that both Android and Windows will allow me to install browser plugins? Does either OS give any advantages or are they both similar as far as browsing is concerned? Can I assume that I won’t need much RAM and disk space?
Are rhe Android and Windows LingQ apps similar? The iOS one is very flaky.
I’m looking at a basic tablet, such as this one:
Money is an issue,
It’ll only be for language learning, other stuff will be on my iPad as it integrates with my iPhone.
Unhelpfully, I think this comes down to personal preference and exactly how and where you work/study. For myself, I hugely prefer using a big screen for all work - the vastly increased screen real estate and the precision of using a good mouse win every time for me. And even cheap add-on speakers attached to a Windows PC will give better sound than those in most tablets.
I don’t use an Android tablet so cannot comment on that, but I’m definitely happier using LingQ on a Windows machine than on my iPad.
Compatibility with browser extensions? I don’t think that there are any guarantees these days whatever the platform because of security concerns and other compatibility issues. I have personally had few issues with installing extensions for Chrome on Windows, though I did notice recently that an old JSON parser extension has been disabled by Chrome because of alleged incompatibility.
I always use LinQ on Windows Chrome except for some exceptional cases. Android app does not work the same as windows’s one. It is much less customizable and has fewer features than the desktop one.