PF5 Problems & Errors: Report & Discuss

[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

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[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.