Anomalies

[french frank]

I had visitors at 10.30 this morning who arrived when I was half way through a post. They didn't go until gone 12 and when I came back my post was still there waiting to be finished. No time limit for ff, clearly. I'll investigate whether there is some setting for that.

I found this from back in 2007:

"No posting time limit, however, if you do not check the "remember me" box when you log in, the system will time you out."

[french frank]

I know I am sometimes slow to compose a post, don't need a machine pointing it out!

I had visitors at 10.30 this morning who arrived when I was half way through a post. They didn't go until gone 12 and when I came back my post was still there waiting to be finished. No time limit for ff, clearly. I'll investigate whether there is some setting for that.

[oddoneout]

This surely has to do with the settings on your own computer, otherwise it would affect everyone, wouldn't it?

That is quite possible and I know I had to make a couple of changes in order to get posts to display properly(but I wasn't alone in that instance), but when this issue was discussed some time ago I couldn't see either a reason or a solution.But as I say it isn't a major issue, just bit irritating on occasion - I know I am sometimes slow to compose a post, don't need a machine pointing it out!

[Pulcinella]

Don't think so. Yet.

Just seen a banner at the top of the page (which I dismissed but will make a note of if it reappears) saying something like if the page doesn't display correctly try reloading with reduced protection (button to click on).

[french frank]

I've had problems on this front ever since the change-over, getting timed-out in effect partway through composing a post. The amount of time involved doesn't seem to be constant which doesn't help. It's a bit tiresome but as I can now log back in without losing the post content(not the case to begin with) I just accept it's one of the quirks - like the post numbering order reversing between just browsing and logging in - although that one does still catch me out on occasion.

This surely has to do with the settings on your own computer, otherwise it would affect everyone, wouldn't it?

[oddoneout]

Don't think so. Yet.

I've had problems on this front ever since the change-over, getting timed-out in effect partway through composing a post. The amount of time involved doesn't seem to be constant which doesn't help. It's a bit tiresome but as I can now log back in without losing the post content(not the case to begin with) I just accept it's one of the quirks - like the post numbering order reversing between just browsing and logging in - although that one does still catch me out on occasion.

[french frank]

Anyone else having to (re)log in all the time?
It's happening on both my iPad and main Mac.

Don't think so. Yet.

[Pulcinella]

Anyone else having to (re)log in all the time?
It's happening on both my iPad and main Mac.

[Andrew Slater]

Andrew: cache clearance needed?
The Hugo Wolf thread seems stuck at the top of the What's New display.

[Pulcinella]

Andrew: cache clearance needed?
The Hugo Wolf thread seems stuck at the top of the What's New display.

[Andrew Slater]

Does it need doing regularly (as in more frequently than I do in fact spot it) then or do some threads trigger it, or (as your previous reply might suggest) is it a great unknown?
Seems very soon after the last time.

It happens more frequently than you spot it, but not usually every day: once every 3 or 4 days isn't unusual. Of course it might be happening more frequently and correcting itself before anyone spots it. I did spot it once and left it a few hours, as nobody had complained, to see if it would correct itself, but it didn't. I've no idea what triggers it.

[Pulcinella]

You're quicker than me: I checked just a while ago and I thought all was well .... well it is now!

Does it need doing regularly (as in more frequently than I do in fact spot it) then or do some threads trigger it, or (as your previous reply might suggest) is it a great unknown?
Seems very soon after the last time.

[Andrew Slater]

You're quicker than me: I checked just a while ago and I thought all was well .... well it is now!

[Pulcinella]

I'm not at all sure. I need to make notes. It does seem to be triggered by posts which are close together, but close-together posts don't always trigger it. It seems that the cache is only being partially updated - it updates the latest poster information, because it shows their avatar, but it doesn't update the actual latest post information. It must be a subtle bug. It's been the subject of complaints on the vB forum, but the advice is just to clear the cache.

It's happened again to the consolation thread.

[Andrew Slater]

Thanks.
Does it simply depend on the number of posts or their frequency or some weird combination?

I'm not at all sure. I need to make notes. It does seem to be triggered by posts which are close together, but close-together posts don't always trigger it. It seems that the cache is only being partially updated - it updates the latest poster information, because it shows their avatar, but it doesn't update the actual latest post information. It must be a subtle bug. It's been the subject of complaints on the vB forum, but the advice is just to clear the cache.