Working on Bookxy from your phone, on limited data

Most contributors use a phone. The platform was designed around that from the start, not adapted to it afterwards, and a few habits make phone work considerably smoother.

The interface

Navigation sits in a bar at the bottom of the screen once you are signed in, within thumb reach. Task briefs, submission forms and wallet screens all scroll in a single column, and submit buttons stay pinned at the bottom of long forms so you never have to hunt for them after scrolling through a lengthy brief.

Data use

Text tasks use very little data. The heavy items are image, audio and video: both downloading a media brief and uploading your own file. If your bundle is tight, do media tasks on wifi and keep text and comparison tasks for mobile data. Compress nothing manually, though. Uploads are handled for you, and re-encoding a photo yourself can strip the detail the task maker needs.

Connection drops

Do not compose a long written answer in the browser field on an unstable connection. Write it in your notes app, then paste it in. This costs nothing and saves the occasional lost half hour.

Battery and time

Task work is easy to do in fifteen minute blocks. Long unbroken sessions produce worse accuracy, and accuracy is what determines whether the work is accepted at all. Short sessions with a clear head genuinely earn more.

Uploading documents and receipts

For identity documents, payout receipts and image tasks, take the photo first in your camera app, check it is sharp and complete, then upload the saved file. Shooting directly inside a browser upload dialog gives you no chance to review before it is sent.

Storage

Keep receipts and identity photos in an album until the associated request has been resolved. They are small, and having the original available makes any support conversation immediate rather than a reconstruction.