Beta Test - feedback and bug reports welcome - Page 3

[cafeIKE]

LOVE the distinction between marking posts and forums read.

Would dearly love a Back to Unread. Replace the ^ {Back to Top}

[HB]

On XP ie7, on the forums page, the Alt Text is the last topic. Logged in or out.

Ah, now I see what's going on... and I think it's fixed. The alt text was set in the topics listing but not in the forums listing. Perhaps that will make the read/unread a bit clearer.

LOVE the distinction between marking posts and forums read.

Glad to hear, but the current board does the same thing (not as obvious though since there's only an icon).

Would dearly love a Back to Unread. Replace the ^ {Back to Top}

Hmm-m, you mean show it there all the time or only if you entered the topic via the unread posts page?

[cafeIKE]

Hmm-m, you mean show it there all the time or only if you entered the topic via the unread posts page?

Jump to Unread should be available all the time. Of course it would be cool if it disappeared on reading the last unread post.


[ Being a keyboard enthusiast, I think I clicked Back to Top once. ]

[HB]

Jump to Unread should be available all the time.

Gotcha. I use Firefox and open the unread posts page on the first tab, then open a new tab for topics I want to read. Your suggestion has merit, but I'm a little concerned about the performance implication of encouraging a "back to unread" as a sort of browser Back button.

[perstare]

Dan, "if it ain't broke, why fix it?" Maybe because I'm used to the previous format or because of my presbyopia, this new format will get some getting used to (hey, I still refuse to "upgrade" to Vista). It appears the font size to be narrower if not smaller. Can't we go back?

perstare

[HB]

It appears the font size to be narrower if not smaller.

I'd have to compare the font selections to see the different. You can easily increase the font size if you use Firefox (Ctrl+ for larger, Ctrl- for smaller, Ctrl+0 for the default).

Can't we go back?

No, it's a one-way conversion.

[roadman]

I had a post up that turned an accent mark on the a in voila into this ~

Jon

[HB]

Which post? I searched and didn't find it. In testing, I found quite a few problems with accented characters that I thought were addressed before the conversion.

[roadman]

Which post? I searched and didn't find it. In testing, I found quite a few problems with accented characters that I thought were addressed before the conversion.

It's the last post on this page. I went in and removed the accent mark and then posted the bug report. Maybe something glitched during the conversion process, because I just went in to try and put it back and of course now it seems to work fine.

Sorry to trouble you about it.

Jon

[HB]

Maybe something glitched during the conversion process, because I just went in to try and put it back and of course now it seems to work fine.

That's what worries me. I tested the conversion process and specifically wrote code to properly handle accented characters; if you see any other malformed characters, please let me know.

[roadman]

That's what worries me. I tested the conversion process and specifically wrote code to properly handle accented characters; if you see any other malformed characters, please let me know.

Will do.

Jon

[roadman]

Here's another one

Jon

[DavidMLewis]

Hi Dan,

I got this today, after having gotten a notification, clicking on the link, and logging in:

Unable to remove files within ./cache/. Please check directory permissions.

Also, the software seems to always require me to log in when I click the notification message it sends me. This is with Safari 3.0.4, and yes, I deleted all home-barista cookies after the site switch.

Best,
David

P.S. The link on the error page is to <mailto:no-reply@home-barista.com>, which isn't very helpful for reporting errors.

[HB]

Unable to remove files within ./cache/. Please check directory permissions.

Thanks, corrected.

Also, the software seems to always require me to log in when I click the notification message it sends me.

That's the standard phpBB implementation, which I agree isn't intuitive and plan to work on. The link goes to the newest post in the thread you haven't read. It doesn't recalculate what's the newest for you until you login (makes sense... saves needless lookups).

P.S. The link on the error page is to <mailto:no-reply@home-barista.com>, which isn't very helpful for reporting errors.

Thanks, it now points to the Contact page.

[HB]

Also, the software seems to always require me to log in when I click the notification message it sends me.

I have disabled this behavior; the first link of the notification will bring you directly to the new post without requiring you to log in.