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Re: QA comments ...

Richard MacCutchan1-Dec-22 6:49

Richard MacCutchan

1-Dec-22 6:49

I don't think there is a great deal that we can do beyond cleaning up when things get messy. Unfortunately there is no simple way to get people to do the right thing. Some people just ignore suggestions as to how they use the comments fields. Some people post Solutions as comments or questions. Some perhaps get it wrong due to difficulty with the English language - especially when we use certain idiomatic expressions. And since people tend not to read the "rules" there is no way of getting them educated before they start using the forum; just count the number of homework questions we see. So I guess bottom line is trying to set some guidance for us regulars, as to what we should do to keep things tidy.

Re: QA comments ...

Matthew Dennis13-Nov-22 4:08

Matthew Dennis

13-Nov-22 4:08

Richard,
I am very sorry, but in my attempt to reformat your comment, the formatter has deleted most of the content.
Could you re-enter it.

And yes, the pre tag seems to be broken for comments.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Re: QA comments ...

Richard MacCutchan13-Nov-22 5:29

Richard MacCutchan

13-Nov-22 5:29

Not to worry, if I had a pound for every time I've done something similar ...

I have rewritten it to the best of my recollection.

Front page Login on mobile isn’t working

Calin Negru7-Nov-22 1:39

Calin Negru

7-Nov-22 1:39

I’m using an iPhone. I did manage to log in with the login option available next to the reply button in the forums

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 0:57

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 0:57

I’m using it on my iPhone and iPad and aren’t seeing any issues. What are you seeing happen when you try to login?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Calin Negru7-Nov-22 2:06

Calin Negru

7-Nov-22 2:06

Nothing happens if I tap once or twice on the login button. I’m not used to browsing the web from a phone. It just came to my mind that I don’t have the latest OS and web browser updates, that could be one of the issues causing the problem

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:14

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 2:14

It shouldn't require the latest and greatest OS. It's fairly simple Javascript and CSS.

On your iPhone, are you using the built in Safari browser or a different browser?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Richard Deeming7-Nov-22 2:30

Richard Deeming

7-Nov-22 2:30

Aren't all browsers on iOS really Safari at heart? IIRC, Apple don't allow applications to use anything other than WebKit.

Web developers challenge Apple to allow other engines on iOS - 9to5Mac[^]

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:35

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 2:35

I hadn't checked recently and thought those days where over.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Front page Login on mobile

Calin Negru7-Nov-22 3:17

Calin Negru

7-Nov-22 3:17

I’m using the built in version.

Disappearing Question

BernardIE53174-Nov-22 13:09

BernardIE5317

4-Nov-22 13:09

I posted a C++ question yesterday. It disappeared. Kindly Advise. Thank You

modified 4-Nov-22 19:21pm.

Re: Disappearing Question

OriginalGriff4-Nov-22 19:16

OriginalGriff

4-Nov-22 19:16

Without more information, I don't think anyone could tell you what happened to it: it could have been deleted as spam, closed as "not a question", or just removed because teh gods were angry at the time.
It might even be that somebody hit the wrong button(s) ...

What was its content? Where was it posted? When? Give the hamsters some information to work with, please! Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Disappearing Question

Richard MacCutchan5-Nov-22 1:27

Richard MacCutchan

5-Nov-22 1:27

See OP's comment at How do i...how to resolve compile error re / template parameter shadowing[^].

BUG for years now

Eric Ouellet4-Nov-22 5:54

Eric Ouellet

4-Nov-22 5:54

I wonder why you don't fix the bug I have for years now.
I always have a notification about "We need your permission to email you (It's a CASL thing...)" for many years now. If I click on it, it says:

"Why aren't I getting newsletters anymore?
Because of the Canadian Government. Sorry.
It looks like you've already given us consent to send you emails. You're a saint."

I already asked multiples times to fix that bug but nothing happen.

Is there any programmers working on the website? Why don't you just fixit? It shouldn't be so hard, so why just fix it?

Eric Ouellet

Re: BUG for years now

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:27

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 2:27

Eric,

I've just gone through the process myself. I've reset the flag on my account, I log in, and I see this message when I view an article:

I click the "click here" button and I go to this page:

I check the checkbox and click "let's do this". I refresh, the message has gone.

I'm looking at your account and I see that you did this about 5 years ago. That message should not be being shown on your account.

I will email you directly and we can look at further options.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: BUG for years now

Eric Ouellet7-Nov-22 6:20

Eric Ouellet

7-Nov-22 6:20

You are right. Just to let you know... I just retry (2022-11-07 12:19 EST) and it is still there?

Eric Ouellet

Re: BUG for years now

Eric Ouellet7-Nov-22 7:29

Eric Ouellet

7-Nov-22 7:29

WOW !!!! Everything is fine now!!!
Thank you very much!!!!

Eric Ouellet

New forum?

englebart2-Nov-22 14:45

englebart

2-Nov-22 14:45

There are a lot of “senior” (gray haired) devs on here that have a lot of historic knowledge.

Maybe have a “Time Capsule” or History forum to capture some of these back stories.

It might work better as vignettes that could be added onto profiles.

Topics/teasers/prompts like:
First system you programmed?
Hardware/languages/tools/product delivered/pain points/etc

Repeat for second system, third system,

Linked in of out of date platforms?

Forum could possibly be platform centric where each original post could be one system. PDP-11, the Wang Guide, Apple Newton, C64, etc

Re: New forum?

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 1:02

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 1:02

You mean an OG forum?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: New forum?

englebart12-Nov-22 10:13

englebart

12-Nov-22 10:13

OG == Old Grumpy?

It popped a memory on me about some of the pen based windows plays that led me to memories of the Arthur Dent & Associates Inc. company.
There is one hit to a retiree on Linked-In for Arthur Dent & Assocs

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Comments for closed spam accounts not visible

Richard Deeming20-Oct-22 21:53

Richard Deeming

20-Oct-22 21:53

Trying to view the comments for a closed spam account returns an empty list - eg: Member Comments[^]

That would seem to imply that the comments have all been deleted; but that's not the case. See the "[no name]" comment to this question[^], which currently only has one kick:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Reference lines go haywire when parent message deleted

k505419-Oct-22 9:29

k5054

19-Oct-22 9:29

When you hover over a message in a forum, you get a grey line pointing back to a previous message. If the replied to message gets deleted, then that referencing line points all the way back to the top of the page. Occurs in Chrome and Firefox, both under Linux:

Keep Calm and Carry On

Re: Reference lines go haywire when parent message deleted

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:15

Chris Maunder

7-Nov-22 2:15

The parent shouldn't be deleted if it has children. Let me do a refresh and see if that fixes things.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Unhighlighted links in moderation.

OriginalGriff16-Oct-22 19:29

OriginalGriff

16-Oct-22 19:29

A link in a code block isn't highlighted:

The second code block contains just the "a href" tag, and is a working link:

HTML

<blockquote style="max-height:300px; overflow-y:auto" class="moderating"><div class="pre-lang" id="premain813616"><div></div><div class="pre-action-link"><span id="copycode813616" class="copy-code" data-index="813616" style="visibility:hidden"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 460 460" style="width: 16px;height:16px;" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M425.934,0H171.662c-18.122,0-32.864,14.743-32.864,32.864v77.134h30V32.864c0-1.579,1.285-2.864,2.864-2.864h254.272
    c1.579,0,2.864,1.285,2.864,2.864v254.272c0,1.58-1.285,2.865-2.864,2.865h-74.729v30h74.729
    c18.121,0,32.864-14.743,32.864-32.865V32.864C458.797,14.743,444.055,0,425.934,0z"></path>
<path d="M288.339,139.998H34.068c-18.122,0-32.865,14.743-32.865,32.865v254.272C1.204,445.257,15.946,460,34.068,460h254.272
    c18.122,0,32.865-14.743,32.865-32.864V172.863C321.206,154.741,306.461,139.998,288.339,139.998z M288.341,430H34.068
    c-1.58,0-2.865-1.285-2.865-2.864V172.863c0-1.58,1.285-2.865,2.865-2.865h254.272c1.58,0,2.865,1.285,2.865,2.865v254.273h0.001
    C291.206,428.715,289.92,430,288.341,430z"></path>	
</g>
</svg></span></div></div>
<pre id="pre813616" style="margin-top:0;" data-allowshrink="True" data-collapse="False">I have read some good stuff here.</pre><br>
<a href="https://www.loankare.com/"><div class="pre-lang" id="premain756815"><div></div><div class="pre-action-link"><span id="copycode756815" class="copy-code" data-index="756815" style="visibility:hidden"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 460 460" style="width: 16px;height:16px;" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M425.934,0H171.662c-18.122,0-32.864,14.743-32.864,32.864v77.134h30V32.864c0-1.579,1.285-2.864,2.864-2.864h254.272
    c1.579,0,2.864,1.285,2.864,2.864v254.272c0,1.58-1.285,2.865-2.864,2.865h-74.729v30h74.729
    c18.121,0,32.864-14.743,32.864-32.865V32.864C458.797,14.743,444.055,0,425.934,0z"></path>
<path d="M288.339,139.998H34.068c-18.122,0-32.865,14.743-32.865,32.865v254.272C1.204,445.257,15.946,460,34.068,460h254.272
    c18.122,0,32.865-14.743,32.865-32.864V172.863C321.206,154.741,306.461,139.998,288.339,139.998z M288.341,430H34.068
    c-1.58,0-2.865-1.285-2.865-2.864V172.863c0-1.58,1.285-2.865,2.865-2.865h254.272c1.58,0,2.865,1.285,2.865,2.865v254.273h0.001
    C291.206,428.715,289.92,430,288.341,430z"></path>	
</g>
</svg></span></div></div>
<pre id="pre756815" style="margin-top:0;" data-allowshrink="True" data-collapse="False">loankare.com</pre></a></blockquote>

I can't tell what the original posted message was, but the automatic conversion of the original link to a raw link that appears as a code block is ... odd.

I would leave the message there so you can see it, but someone is bound to either let it through (because of a lack of highlight) or delete it (because of the url).

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