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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. It used to be when you hit preview it loaded the rest of the thread, so you could see if someone else hit post before you did. Gone. It will cause a lot of confusion in the word game as the posters won't know if they are posting in sequence anymore ... |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. Also useful in the "count to Thread" I wonder if these as " side effects" of other changes and not changes in themselves. |
Juha Send message Joined: 7 Mar 04 Posts: 388 Credit: 1,857,738 RAC: 0 |
The way the preference was implemented previously, if you hadn't visited the forums in a week and a particular post had 100 new entries, even if you had the "display only X" set to 35, you would still have to wait for the entire page to load because it would still show all 100 new posts. I actually liked that feature. Every now and then some thread in Number Crunching would grow over night with more new posts than I had set the display only X setting. Clicking the Show all posts or whatever it is called forgets which ones I had not read previously so that was inconvenient if I did want to read all the new posts. With this change, people on slow mobile connections can at least change the number to something meaningful and only have to load X many posts per page without having to wait forever. There is easy workaround for that. Just open a new tab for each thread you want to read. Threads will then load nicely in background. I'm doing that right now even though my Internet connection is far from slow. |
Juha Send message Joined: 7 Mar 04 Posts: 388 Credit: 1,857,738 RAC: 0 |
Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. There was a race condition before and there is nothing you can do about in except asking mods to lock the thread while you prepare your post. Even with the old version two people could have written reply and checked if there were any new posts and then hit the Post reply button at the same time. edit: It would be nice if it jumped to the last page / first new post after posting to thread. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. Well thread You'll just have to eyeball it and if someone gets that number before You do, just get another, that's all I can think of right now, as that's how the peanut roasts out here. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Also now forums very very slow!! |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Looks like DA is working on implementing page numbers at the top and bottom of the thread. At least over at beta currently. Sounds like DA is branching out into Web Design... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Looks like DA is working on implementing page numbers at the top and bottom of the thread. At least over at beta currently. I'm seeing it here, too, on some of the longer threads. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. The user setting for this has been there for a long time. BOINC WIKI |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
Looks like DA is working on implementing page numbers at the top and bottom of the thread. At least over at beta currently. But it is not taking you to the new posts yet, even when you just posted to the thread it takes you to the first page again. [Edit] And marks your own post as new in thread. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
I don't like this at all. Nothing was broken before. I like to see the original OPs post and just read the posts I haven't looked at before. This doesn't help us Mods one bit. Has someone alerted Mr DA to this thread? Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
Oh my, oh my, that was not an improvement. Until it's changed back to the old style, I've set my community prefs to "1000 Display this many messages per page". That's what the cool guys are doing, so I hear? -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I don't like this at all. Nothing was broken before. I like to see the original OPs post and just read the posts I haven't looked at before. I feel the same way Uli, yawn, sorry tired from being baked in a can, er mobile home. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I don't like this at all. Nothing was broken before. I like to see the original OPs post and just read the posts I haven't looked at before. Feel free to PM him. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=432107 Or on BOINC http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/show_user.php?userid=138 I leave it as an exercise to find his e-mail addy on the staff page. |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
I did the same fix Stene Arne did, I upped my "show x posts" to 750, problems solved. I'm curious, if they are really trying to make the forums more mobile friendly, why not add tapatalk forum access like myself and several others have mentioned (in my short time here it's been mentioned 3 times that I've noticed). Using an existing forum application that exists on iOS and Android, seems like a better solution. I hate loading this forum on my phone, regardless of how many posts show, that's hardly the issue. #resist |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
I don't like this at all. Nothing was broken before. I like to see the original OPs post and just read the posts I haven't looked at before. Gary he makes changes. Does he read our input? That was my question. As long as I don't see him posting here, I take the answer as NO. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Thanks arkayn Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
On a separate note, I think the forums are responding MUCH MUCH faster than they were a few days ago....? -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
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