@feditips
Right. I just downloaded Ivory and it refused my email/password. I vaguely remember having the same issue with another 'gate' thingie; now I'm just thoroughly fed up with everything.
Thanks again but I suspect all this really is not for me. That is, I enjoy the posting & interacting here but I should probably just give up understanding anything about it really.

I probably should never have moved beyond paper books; even the latest Kindle update made me so unhappy I stopped using it.