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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!
PF5 Problems & Errors: Report & Discuss
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Known issues with messaging in conversations.
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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.
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.
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The count is unread just like beforesymbolipoint said:
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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.
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Not a priority, just a reminder:
the Newsletter still lists all under "General Physics" which creates the impression we have no other forums.
the Newsletter still lists all under "General Physics" which creates the impression we have no other forums.
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Did it just get sent now?fresh_42 said:
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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.Greg Bernhardt said:
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Did you start ads for members as well? I can see some ads even when logged in.
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For mobile I need to configure, should be gone in the next few days.Wrichik Basu said:
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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.
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.
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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!
PS: PF5 is very cool!
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Hover over the "Like" link in a post.cnh1995 said:
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How do you do that from mobile?Greg Bernhardt said:
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What happens when you press and hold?Wrichik Basu said:
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Done. Thanks.Greg Bernhardt said:
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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:
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This was worked on, can you check if better now?The Bill said:
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Yes, the layout in desktop mode looks proportional now. Thanks.Greg Bernhardt said:
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.
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weird, it should not collapse to single column until 900px. what tablet are you using?The Bill said:
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Homework template missing in Intro Phys HW. Oversight or intention ?
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Asus P01M. I'm using Chrome version 73.0.3683.75 on Android 5.0.
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whoops! that was a big oversight! :DBvU said:
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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):
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hmmm that is a wordpress plugin I use to do that automatically. It should link, I'll have to investigate.Ygggdrasil said:
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Some thumbnails for videos in the media gallery are not visible. One is on the home page itself.
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I'm rebuilding the thumbnails now, hopefully that helps.Wrichik Basu said:
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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)
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Still unsatisfactory: Currently one cannot get a complete preview: title, problem statement and relevant equations are missing. Unpractical if they contain lots of ##\LaTeX##Greg Bernhardt said:
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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.
Click and the counter is gone altogether.