PF5 Problems & Errors: Report & Discuss

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is ther a way to change the font size without messing with these small pics?

I would use the zoom feature rather than mess with specific font sizes.

 

[dlgoff]

Thanks Greg. I'll play with zoom.

Edit: That worked @Greg Bernhardt. Thanks again.

 

[dlgoff]

@Greg Bernhardt
When viewing a member's profile page, that member's replies to "Profile Posts" are not visible. Is this by design? I was wondering what information I received from a member while looking back at some old "Profile Posts". Not really that big of a deal for me though.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is this by design?

Nope, looks like an issue

 

[dlgoff]

I just noticed something else.
When editing a post, inserted links get lost. Sorry Greg.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I just noticed something else.
When editing a post, inserted links get lost. Sorry Greg.

hmmm I can't reproduce. Anything unique about what you're doing?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

What does it mean to make a conversation sticky? Prevent it from deletion?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

What does it mean to make a conversation sticky? Prevent it from deletion?

Keeps it at the top of the list. I don't know about deletion.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Problem in alerts: a reply to a watched thread comes up as "...created a ...". See the first alert in the screenshot:

This is the thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/second-try-in-journal-article-submissions.968138/

 

[fresh_42]

Problem in alerts: a reply to a watched thread comes up as "...created a ...". See the first alert in the screenshot: ...

This is due to the fact that I moved the thread to Academic Guidance. The subforum recognizes it as new and sets an alert if you checked this forum for alerts. So it is not really an error.

 

[Nik_2213]

Probably due 'Work in Progress', but clicking on a topic under Partners now goes to PhysOrg front page, rather than a discussion in PF...

(Win'10, Norton's & Chrome browser... )

 

[Vanadium 50]

How does one tell if a thread is locked without reading it?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

How does one tell if a thread is locked without reading it?

There is a lock icon in thread list to the left of replies/views.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

A minor problem: when I click on the drop-down beside media in the header, there is an option to add a. But media categories shown under that option don't include Physics and Maths:

There is no option to scroll.

 

[Vanadium 50]

On the log-in page, PLEASE, PLEASE remove the default checkmark in the Keep Logged In box! Presently, it requires those that do Not want to Keep Logged In to take an action every time, vs. a one-time action for those that do. Pretty please with a Cherry on top?

ok done

If I enter user name/password and then check the box, it works. If I check the box and then enter my username/password, it unchecks the box.

 

[fresh_42]

If I enter user name/password and then check the box, it works. If I check the box and then enter my username/password, it unchecks the box.

I guess this is a consequence of the requested change to "default: unchecked". If you check it first and then type the username, then it is a new user from the standpoint of the system, ergo default has to be applied.

Whatever you do, you can't win. Poor Greg.

Every other solution in AJAX would require an analysis for several possible cases and a detection routine what is entered first, all in dependence of whether the site is called, still in the cache somewhere, etc. To solve it by programming will make things worse in my experience, since every solution will cause two more exceptions for users which previously did ... .

 

[Vanadium 50]

There is no way to fill in the entire form before taking an action? That seems the simplest case to program and the one least likely to surprise people.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

If I enter user name/password and then check the box, it works. If I check the box and then enter my username/password, it unchecks the box.

At the moment I can't reproduce this in IE or Opera. What are you using and at what point does it uncheck?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

A minor problem: when I click on the drop-down beside media in the header, there is an option to add a. But media categories shown under that option don't include Physics and Maths:

There is no option to scroll.

Can you try now?

 

[Vanadium 50]

FF 66.01; I checked, entered my name and pw and noticed it unchecked.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Can you try now?

Working great.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

FF 66.01; I checked, entered my name and pw and noticed it unchecked.

hmmm I can't reproduce on 66.01 or 66.02, perhaps an autofill is messing with it? Anyone else?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

hmmm I can't reproduce on 66.01 or 66.02, perhaps an autofill is messing with it? Anyone else?

Could not reproduce the problem on Chrome mobile.

 

[fresh_42]

@Greg Bernhardt
Could you add "Challenge" to the possible prefixes in General Math?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

@Greg Bernhardt
Could you add "Challenge" to the possible prefixes in General Math?

I need to give you permissions, one sec, I changed for you for now

 

[fresh_42]

I need to give you permissions, one sec, I changed for you for now

You are definitely too fast for me. I just wanted to delete the report ...
Thx!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

ok you should be able to select the challenge prefix now

 

[Vanadium 50]

One weird thing: if I open tabes, sometimes I get the PF logo and the thread title as the tab title, and sometimes I get the PF logo, a number (usually 1, but up to 4) in parentheses, and then the thread title. Is this some debugging code that hasb't been deactivated?

Oh, and now that I am logged in quasi-permanently, I don't see anything odd in the login screen, because I no longer see the login screen.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

One weird thing: if I open tabes, sometimes I get the PF logo and the thread title as the tab title, and sometimes I get the PF logo, a number (usually 1, but up to 4) in parentheses, and then the thread title. Is this some debugging code that hasb't been deactivated?

All I can think of is you're opening a new tab the exact moment your browser re-polls the server for updates. The number in parentheses might be the number of new alerts or PMs? See any connection there?

 

[Vanadium 50]

The number in parentheses might be the number of new alerts or PMs? See any connection there?

Could be. Like one of my posts and we'll see.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Yup. That's it.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

On the forum page for the new insight article (https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...evolutionary-within-20-years-comments.969568/) , the links to the author usernames in the exerpt do not work (other links embedded in the exerpt do work).

The links on the actual insights page do work, but I had no idea that the usernames were links. Maybe if they were colored like the other links, it would be more obvious that are clickable.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

the links to the author usernames in the exerpt do not work (other links embedded in the exerpt do work).

Should be fixed now

 

[m4r35n357]

OP identification!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

OP identification!

There is a little icon next to the username

 

[m4r35n357]

Oh, completely didn't see that, ta!

 

[fresh_42]

Another inconvenience. If I am on the page which lists all alerts and a new one comes in, then I can display it with a refresh (F5) but the small red marker on the alert bell does not refresh until I click it. Not a big deal, but a bit disturbing as it makes tracking the new ones more inconvenient.

 

[Bystander]

tracking the new ones more inconvenient.

Motion seconded.

 

[OCR]

...but the small red marker...

Seems to have taken up residency on my bookmark. . . lol

.

 

[Tom.G]

Since we're on to the 'inconveniencies' now...

1) Restore dashed outline around user-current forum and thread lists.
The main page that lists all the forums, and the thread lists in the the forums, used to put a dashed line around a forum you clicked on. Please restore that. Since I open forums and threads in a new tab, I used that dashed outline to keep track of where I left off!

2) Need more contrast of pinned threads background.
In the individual forums, the background for pinned threads has little contrast with the background for the 'normal' threads. Makes it hard to know where to start looking for the current/normal threads.

 

[Tom.G]

Reference: https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...elp-bar-see-attached-file.969866/post-6160330

I click on the image that is attached thereto and...
When the image overlay comes up, the fourth icon in the upper right (the one with the downarrow) seems to indicate Download (no dropdown labels for those buttons), but no download occurs and no file is written to disk. The image is replicated as an additional layer without any icons or source reference.

The only way to dismiss this second layer is with the browser Back button. Then the thread text flashes briefly, followed by return of the image with the buttons present and functional.

 

[Orodruin]

It seems problem statement and relevant equations cannot be quoted.

 

[Tom.G]

1 bug + 2 significant annoyances.

Ref: "MY PF" -> "Search" page:
1) ignores the "Posted by:" field when returning results.
2) doesn't allow opening a result thread in a new tab, requiring re-entry of search terms to look at the rest of the results.
3) returns only 5 results regardless of subject

Try:
Keywords: dehumidifier
Posted by: Tom.G
returns results to which I have not posted.
must start the search over again to look at subsequent results.

 

[DrClaude]

Try:
Keywords: dehumidifier
Posted by: Tom.G
returns results to which I have not posted.
must start the search over again to look at subsequent results.

Works correctly for me.

 

[morrobay]

What happened to the background information on the members option : Location, education...?

 

[BvU]

It's under the about tag (click on the member name and then click on the member name)

 

[jim hardy]

Can "log out" become visible without that extra click&drag down ?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

This is a feature request. On the home page, the widget "members online now" is visible on the sidebar. Could this be visible in other pages also, eg. when I am viewing a forum or when I am viewing a thread? The sidebar is already present, maybe just add the widget?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The sidebar is already present, maybe just add the widget?

I thought you were on mobile mostly :) Visually the sticky sidebar works best if if it's compact and everything fits on above the fold otherwise there is a weird effect. I'll play with it a bit.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

I thought you were on mobile mostly :

I am on mobile almost always, but with Desktop view turned on. Otherwise I can't get the proper feeling that I'm here