Posted on 04/07/2008 3:18:37 AM PDT by John Robinson
First up, made a change to the My Comments (aka Pings aka "New Comments to You") page. You can now clear your comments page by using the new "Clear Pings" link. This is the only way to remove the "New Comments to You" indicator. (You can still view all past comments to you via "View All")
Next up on the menu: I've been upgrading the system software on all our servers. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way the spell checker broke and the new version of that software depends on software that I haven't yet been able to upgrade (because that software depends on a kernel feature that isn't available using the ancient kernel I have installed.) What this all means is that I will be taking a drive up to San Jose in the very near future (Monday night) to perform delicate surgery with a very large hammer. Once that is done, the spell checker will work.
I'm also aware that the time zone preference is not working, and I believe that problem may also be fixed by the same large hammer that will fix the spell checker (it's a very big hammer.)
So in summary, clear your pings, don't make any spelling mistakes until Tuesday and kick back and enjoy the California sun.
Great profile page!
Thank you, Mama Bear.
I just clicked view source and saved mine..when I discovered the misrouting...in case it disappeared. I have my profile showing..It is the edit feature that won’t work.
Now I need to see about the mail function...I hate change!
I’ll be happy when the kinks are worked out.
Har, not Bush's fault this time
I must have missed them, I do think I saw one of them
At the time I was assisting Dr. Zoo with a client who had Restless Ear Syndrom.
Sometimes I have to work on the top floor of the IOP towers, and it's too high above the cell towers to see your pings.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
It looks like the spell check is working, and here I went and hired a Spell Chick. Now I will have to fire her.
Thanks, I just did that.
D.C. Chapter Master Ping List in case you missed this thread.
LOL. Well, as long as you're not mad at me, all is well. ;-)
I LIKE the changes!
SO DO I! Glad you got your page saved. It's a good idea to have a current copy saved, you never know what might happen. It would take a long time to put our pages back together again from scratch.
Deleating freepmail is a breeze now vs a task......my fault for not doing housekeeping but the FR servers gained a few TB’s of free space when I cleaned out my 10 years of Freep Mail .....:o)
I can do that, but they are in a format that is, at best, hard to read. Can't tell at a glance whether a post is FROM me or TO me.
Please put it back the way it was. It was practically perfect!
Thank you for the tip!
I really like Firefox and have used it for years, but there is some much more that it can do.
I think all these changes are fun!
People get all excited because a change is in transition, and they post semi-hysterical cries of despair, and then in a few hours FR is better than ever.
I remember a few weeks ago when some changes were implemented and the same thing happened.
Then there was a thread where most of those people were thanking John for the neat upgrades.
He has a plan for the FR mail issues that will make it very manageable IIRC.
I can just see him now, cruizing down the road in his old jalopy, with Dionne Warwick in the CD player and him singing along with her “Do you know the way to San Jose...”
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Beautiful page.
I am glad that you and ThePythonicCow could fix it.
If the ‘clear all new pings’ choice were to include the option to
Clear All New Pings AND Show All Pings
in one click that would be cool. As it is now, it’s a bit of a nuisance.
But the slightly larger font for the pings column is an improvement.
When changes like this come up, it’s always difficult to find a thread about it if you don’t happen to be on when the discussion is hot. So, threads pop up all over asking about the changes. I propose either linking a thread like this at the top of the main page, or maybe having a standardized thread title so a search can be done when changes are noticed. I don’t know what it would be, because I tried searching on “free republic” to find this thread again, and it pulls up everything, I think. Maybe “forum changes”?
If we clear all our pings, will we erase our own bookmarks?
New info on FR ping. (I don’t know about you all but I tried to get the “New posts to you” to turn off for longer than I care to say...dumb blonde moment;)...)
Tagable.
I really like the changes and appreciate the time and effort that makes this thing run.
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