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[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

Here's another problem. I put up a post in Actionable Hedging Strategies #1 about today's Fed meeting with an incorrect date in the thread title. Okay, so just edit it, right? NOT! I tried multiple times to correct the title to no avail.

I just changed the title of a thread I started sometime ago (added a period '.' to the end of IMF Prepares For Global Cataclysm, Expands Backup Rescue Facility By Half A Trillion.) be editing the Title in the "Go Advanced" editor. I don't see a problem editing the titles of threads one started.

[thriftyandboringinohio]

Re: Another Problem

I just experienced an odd issue. Reading my last post here (#26, above), I see the word "code" repeated. I am the king of typos and jumped in to edit it but, lo and behold, the word is not repeated. Triple-checked by opening this thread in other windows and always consistent -my screen shows "code" twice viewing the thread normally, but editor window does not have repeated word. Did it a few times to be sure, and used both simple and advanced editor. For whatever reason, my browser shows a repeated word in the normal thread view that doesn't show in editor. I also notice the repeated word is right at a line wrap, at end-of-line then again at beginning-of-line.

[Finster]

Re: Another Problem

I just changed the title of a thread I started sometime ago (added a period '.' to the end of IMF Prepares For Global Cataclysm, Expands Backup Rescue Facility By Half A Trillion.) be editing the Title in the "Go Advanced" editor. I don't see a problem editing the titles of threads one started.

Yup. Was in the "Advanced" mode and it did not work. The field to enter the correction was there, I was allowed to fill it in, and the thread came back up the same way regardless. But more strangely, the correction took where you see the title in the post itself. It just doesn't appear on the contents menu. Also, were you able to delete your post?

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

I just experienced an odd issue. Reading my last post here (#26, above), I see the word "code" repeated.

Are you referring to the phrase "carefully copying embed code html" ? I see "code" just once, no repeat. I am at a loss to guess what might cause you to see it twice when viewing the thread. Perhaps it is a bug in the HTML rendering code in your browser -- are you using Internet Explorer (the one I love to hate)?

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

Yup. Was in the "Advanced" mode and it did not work. The field to enter the correction was there, I was allowed to fill it in, and the thread came back up the same way regardless. But more strangely, the correction took where you see the title in the post itself. It just doesn't appear on the contents menu. Also, were you able to delete your post?

Ah - that makes sense now. I'm guessing that the contents menu shows a static copy of the title as of the initial creation of the thread. I'll wager you're stuck on that one. About the only solution would be to submit a patch to the vBulletin developers and then wait a year or two for your fix to work its way back to iTulip's server.

I have never seen any "thread delete" facility accessible to us serfs. I'm guessing that the administrators can delete a thread, but that they don't usually worry about doing that unless the thread is a serious violation of some rule or other.

[Finster]

Re: Another Problem

In any case, it's not at all clear why correcting a typo should be an "Advanced" function!

Nor why one can't delete one's own thread if it consists solely of one's own single post.

[thriftyandboringinohio]

Re: Another Problem

Are you referring to the phrase "carefully copying embed code html" ? I see "code" just once, no repeat. I am at a loss to guess what might cause you to see it twice when viewing the thread. Perhaps it is a bug in the HTML rendering code in your browser -- are you using Internet Explorer (the one I love to hate)?

Yes, wise cow, I am using that.

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

In any case, it's not at all clear why correcting a typo should be an "Advanced" function!

Nor why one can't delete one's own thread if it consists solely of one's own single post.

Are you trying to use principles of clarity to analyze software interface design? Oh foolish one ... there is your error :rolleyes:.

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

Yup - that "code code" duplication appears to be an Internet Explorer (IE) HTML rendering problem. If I bring up this very page in IE and make the window just a certain width, I too see the word "code" twice in your post #26, at the end of one line and the beginning of the next.

Cute. It is always reassuring to have one's negative prejudices confirmed :rolleyes:. Thank-you.

Needless to say, none of Firefox, Opera or Chrome display this bug.

[we_are_toast]

Re: Another Problem

I also noticed the search function doesn't seem to work like in the past.

If you search for everything from a particular user, from yesterday forward, it gives false positives.

I did a search on "ej", posts, yesterday and newer. It returns threads started by ej, but not posts from yesterday.

[Finster]

Re: Another Problem

Are you trying to use principles of clarity to analyze software interface design? Oh foolish one ... there is your error :rolleyes:.

... It's my rant and I'll rave if I want to ... :p :p :p

;)

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Another Problem

... It's my rant and I'll rave if I want to ... :p :p :p

curses ... I just wasted the last ten minutes trying to come up with a good comeback ... failed

[Finster]

Understanding Engineers

Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough
features yet.

[thriftyandboringinohio]

Re: Understanding Engineers

Here's a minor comment out of the clear blue.

The new smileys are not very good. The old ones were high contrast and crystal clear.
The new one are low contrast and indistinct, just yellow blobs.

:rolleyes:

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Understanding Engineers

The new smileys are not very good. The old ones were high contrast and crystal clear.
The new one are low contrast and indistinct, just yellow blobs

How true.

I would think that this would be easy for the iTulip administrators to fix -- just replace the gif's in the directory itulip.com/forums/images/smilies with better smiley's. A variety of smiley sets can be found at vBulletin Smiley Sets