PF5 Problems & Errors: Report & Discuss

[Greg Bernhardt]

Please use this thread to report errors and functional problems. Please don't post about preferences, likes, dislikes etc. Please keep in mind I am still working on a lot of things. Thanks!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Known issues with messaging in conversations.

 

[symbolipoint]

Alerts do not seem to be present the way they were before. There were a few counts of something on top of a bell icon but when I opened that, there were many many posts listed, while the number over the bell icon showed "4".
Quick recheck: Bell icon has a red square with a white-text "5". Not the right count of not sure how many of what that is supposed to count.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

There were a few counts of something on top of a bell icon but when I opened that, there were many many posts listed, while the number over the bell icon showed "4".

The count is unread just like before

 

[symbolipoint]

I now see how that icon works. Just left-clicking it will show a list of threads (or posts?) and the count number seems to correspond to the latest items in the list. The bell icon is the list of Alerts.

 

[fresh_42]

Not a priority, just a reminder:
the Newsletter still lists all under "General Physics" which creates the impression we have no other forums.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

the Newsletter still lists all under "General Physics" which creates the impression we have no other forums.

Did it just get sent now?

 

[fresh_42]

Did it just get sent now?

No, the last one, last Tuesday. I just thought this thread here would turn into a list for you, so I thought I add it.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Did you start ads for members as well? I can see some ads even when logged in.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Did you start ads for members as well? I can see some ads even when logged in.

For mobile I need to configure, should be gone in the next few days.

 

[andrewkirk]

I am having trouble with MathJax in the new version.
When I edit a post with latex code in it, and then save, it now gets the same error we used to get when we quoted part of a post with latex code in rather than the whole post - which is that the encoding delimiters disappear and everything gets duplicated.

It took me several attempts to get my post correct in this thread, and I can see that at least one other seems to be having MathJax troubles as well.

I am using Firefox on Linux Mint.

 

[cnh1995]

I saw that the previous "Like count" has now become "reaction score". Does this mean there will be other reactions available as well?
PS: PF5 is very cool!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I saw that the previous "Like count" has now become "reaction score". Does this mean there will be other reactions available as well?
PS: PF5 is very cool!

Hover over the "Like" link in a post.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Hover over the "Like" link in a post.

How do you do that from mobile?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

How do you do that from mobile?

What happens when you press and hold?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

What happens when you press and hold?

Done. Thanks.

 

[The Bill]

On a 1536×2048 portrait oriented tablet screen, when viewing the desktop version of the site the main page is crunched to one side like this:

Spoiler

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

On a 1536×2048 portrait oriented tablet screen, when viewing the desktop version of the site the main page is crunched to one side like this:

Spoiler

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This was worked on, can you check if better now?

 

[The Bill]

This was worked on, can you check if better now?

Yes, the layout in desktop mode looks proportional now. Thanks.

What follows is preference-adjacent, but it is the reason I was trying the desktop view in the first place.

Is there a user option to get the mobile view of the main page to be in two columns like that, and how it used to be? The single column view is a chore to scroll through, and doesn't allow glancing over the top posts quickly. Switching back and forth to desktop view every time I visit the front page will probably make me want to visit the site less often.

Not to mention that the single column view just looks out of place on a 1536 pixel wide 8" display. It makes me have to move my fingers way too much, to the point that I can imagine it being an accessibility issue for some tablet users.

Now that I consider it, this isn't preference at all, since it causes a pronounced waste of time in viewing the front page whether I try to work around it or not. If it were just a preference, it wouldn't be capable of wasting my time, so this is a usability issue instead.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Not to mention that the single column view just looks out of place on a 1536 pixel wide 8" display. It makes me have to move my fingers way too much, to the point that I can imagine it being an accessibility issue for some tablet users.

weird, it should not collapse to single column until 900px. what tablet are you using?

 

[BvU]

Homework template missing in Intro Phys HW. Oversight or intention ?

 

[The Bill]

weird, it should not collapse to single column until 900px. what tablet are you using?

Asus P01M. I'm using Chrome version 73.0.3683.75 on Android 5.0.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Homework template missing in Intro Phys HW. Oversight or intention ?

whoops! that was a big oversight! :D

 

[Ygggdrasil]

A minor issue (I noticed this pre-dating the upgrade, but since you're fixing things now, it also might as well get fixed): The PhysicsForums twitter account often tweets about posts on the forum without actually including a link to the post discussed (see example below):

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The PhysicsForums twitter account often tweets about posts on the forum without actually including a link to the post discussed

hmmm that is a wordpress plugin I use to do that automatically. It should link, I'll have to investigate.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Some thumbnails for videos in the media gallery are not visible. One is on the home page itself.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Some thumbnails for videos in the media gallery are not visible. One is on the home page itself.

I'm rebuilding the thumbnails now, hopefully that helps.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

I am facing one odd problem: drop down menu options in the header are moving away when I zoom in. This is from Chrome, Android, text scaling set to 100%. Have a look at this video (quality is a bit low, but you'll be able to understand what I want to say, change to 360p)

 

[BvU]

whoops! that was a big oversight! :D

Still unsatisfactory: Currently one cannot get a complete preview: title, problem statement and relevant equations are missing. Unpractical if they contain lots of $\LaTeX$

 

[BvU]

A feature that begins to irritate: 'alerts' was replaced by an alarm bell that has to be clicked to see the list.
Click and the counter is gone altogether.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Still unsatisfactory: Currently one cannot get a complete preview: title, problem statement and relevant equations are missing. Unpractical if they contain lots of $\LaTeX$

Are you referring to the quick thread within the thread list?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

A feature that begins to irritate: 'alerts' was replaced by an alarm bell that has to be clicked to see the list.

I'm not sure I understand your issue. That the label was replaced by an icon or that hover has been replaced by a click?

Click and the counter is gone altogether.

That is by design. It's a counter for how many alerts are unread. Once you click, are you not reading the alerts? This is not an unread thread counter.

 

[BvU]

Are you referring to the quick thread within the thread list?

No. To the intro phys HW forum. When I click on 'post thread'

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

No. To the intro phys HW forum. When I click on 'post thread'

Confirmed

 

[BvU]

I'm not sure I understand your issue. That the label was replaced by an icon or that hover has been replaced by a click?

the latter but I think I once complained about ALL entries reacting to a passing mouse pointer

That is by design. It's a counter for how many alerts are unread. Once you click, are you not reading the alerts?

When I wake up and I have ten or more of them, a) the clicking and waiting for a response to see them begins to annoy, b) it's very hard to keep track of which ones I looked at and which ones will have to wait until I'm at work -- or back home