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mjp
Founding member
It's always been a hack to make those doodles work, and the hack doesn't work on the updated software. I've tried half a dozen different approaches and none of them have worked.
It's not trading one thing for another. It's just the way of all software, isn't it. It changes whether those changes are necessary or not.
I like some of it - like the "like" options.
It's not trading one thing for another. It's just the way of all software, isn't it. It changes whether those changes are necessary or not.
I like some of it - like the "like" options.
mjp
Founding member
Upgrade has been done.
Push notifications have been activated. If you enable that you'll get notified of your alerts here in the forum on your computer desktop or phone even if you aren't logged in. That's optional, of course, and it is OFF by default.
New "like" options, which you can see if you hover over the "Like" link.
You can bookmark posts now, just click the little ribbon thing at the top right corner of the post, to the left of the post number.
And we now support emojis, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on where you stand as far as emojification is concerned. They are available at the old smiley link when you're typing a message.
There are some other changes too, most of which you probably won't care about.
Push notifications have been activated. If you enable that you'll get notified of your alerts here in the forum on your computer desktop or phone even if you aren't logged in. That's optional, of course, and it is OFF by default.
New "like" options, which you can see if you hover over the "Like" link.
You can bookmark posts now, just click the little ribbon thing at the top right corner of the post, to the left of the post number.
And we now support emojis, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on where you stand as far as emojification is concerned. They are available at the old smiley link when you're typing a message.
There are some other changes too, most of which you probably won't care about.
It took me an hour to log in, allegedly Firefox was declining cookies from the site (and I've put The Forum on the list of exceptions*).
*and I don't block the third-party cookies to boot
I want to blame the latest version of Firefox (64.0.2) for this, but it worked well (cookies were accepted and all) before the forum upgrade.
Anyway, if you see I'm absent that's because I'm either dead or can't cope with Firefox, forum and cookies.
P.S. Or I'm sleeping through the winter like all the decent folks on this side of the iron curtain.
P.P.S. I see that bukbot is alive and well and probably is doing some checking.
P.P.P.S. I'm getting seasick, thanks to all these circular windows Buks (and other avatars) are peeking through.
*and I don't block the third-party cookies to boot
I want to blame the latest version of Firefox (64.0.2) for this, but it worked well (cookies were accepted and all) before the forum upgrade.
Anyway, if you see I'm absent that's because I'm either dead or can't cope with Firefox, forum and cookies.
P.S. Or I'm sleeping through the winter like all the decent folks on this side of the iron curtain.
P.P.S. I see that bukbot is alive and well and probably is doing some checking.
P.P.P.S. I'm getting seasick, thanks to all these circular windows Buks (and other avatars) are peeking through.
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I thought all you communists slept through the winter anyway.
mjp
Founding member
Not sure what's going on there. I logged in to a test account with Firefox and I didn't run in to any trouble, but let me know if things don't work themselves out.
mjp
Founding member
I might have mentioned a while back that the people who make this forum software vowed that they would never have a dislike option, and technically they still don't. This is a customizable system they've built, so you can add whatever kind of reaction you'd like. By default it does not include dislike, but I figure dislike has its purpose so I added it.
Just trying it out...
FYI, I was unable to log in yesterday because I was told via error message that I had to accept cookies even though my Chrome settings indicated that I was allowing cookies. For what it's worth, that seems to have cleared up overnight.
mjp
Founding member
Bots never sleep.
You just don't recognize important progress when you see it.
It seems to work: for the first time in last five days I don't have to log in again after my browser/computer had been turned off and then on.
Thank you very much.
There's another glitch though - I keep seeing Bob all over the place. Maybe it's just me (being obsessed with Twin Peaks and all). ?
Thank you very much.
There's another glitch though - I keep seeing Bob all over the place. Maybe it's just me (being obsessed with Twin Peaks and all). ?
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Let me know if you see the Log Lady.
mjp
Founding member
It might require the forum software to reverse itself and start moving backward in time.
Or I can figure out how to hack it again, but I'm afraid that task will have to get in line behind some other more pressing technical matters.
Like rewriting the entire bukowski.net database (as well as half a dozen other sites) to work with modern technology rather than the 20-year-old version they're currently using. The host is phasing out support for the ancient version(s) in a few weeks so I'm currently relearning how php and MySQL work together.
It feels the way it felt looking at Windows for the first time and trying to figure out how to change the time zone for the clock when you only just learned how to use a mouse 15 minutes ago. Something like that.
It's not fun, it's not funny. But feel free to laugh.
Okay, it's not really like looking at Windows for the first time, a SQL query is still a SQL query, but everything else is different.
Or I can figure out how to hack it again, but I'm afraid that task will have to get in line behind some other more pressing technical matters.
Like rewriting the entire bukowski.net database (as well as half a dozen other sites) to work with modern technology rather than the 20-year-old version they're currently using. The host is phasing out support for the ancient version(s) in a few weeks so I'm currently relearning how php and MySQL work together.
It feels the way it felt looking at Windows for the first time and trying to figure out how to change the time zone for the clock when you only just learned how to use a mouse 15 minutes ago. Something like that.
It's not fun, it's not funny. But feel free to laugh.
Okay, it's not really like looking at Windows for the first time, a SQL query is still a SQL query, but everything else is different.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Double posting. Yes, I thought that I had done something weird!
sounds like my everyday-hangover.
Great. Now I'm going to have to retype my 45,000 word John Martin appreciation post.
THANKS A LOT.
THANKS A LOT.
Hannah
Founding member
By the way, here's some of what's in store soon. Nothing terribly disruptive, a couple of cool things. The usual software upgrade junk.
