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    #1772
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    To be fair, it was not like I reported it hourly either. Isn't it the ethic of general consumer welfare, report it so often as to get it fixed, but not too often as you become downright creepy?
    What I will hopefully take from this is a working "Post of the day" function.

    And be glad I haven't posted about it not working today, at least not yet :P

    iWKad22.jpg?fb


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    #1773
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    The attitude taken here is seriously fowl

    To be expected when the level of constructive criticism is poultry.


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    #1774
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Gordon wrote: »
    To be expected when the level of constructive criticism is poultry.

    That's quite the expression. May I borrow it sometime?


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    #1775
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    That's quite the expression. May I borrow it sometime?
    OK, but let me know if it gets you laid.


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    #1776
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Gordon wrote: »
    OK, but let me know if it gets you laid.

    Didn't know it worked in that context, any tips?


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    #1777
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Just wing it.


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    #1778
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Gordon wrote: »
    Just wing it.

    The usual sure.

    Anyway safe to say I'm thoroughly convinced the vast majority of power has turned against me here, so I won't say anything more about the issue for a few days and hope that DAV (or associates) find it in them to fix the devastating issue.

    Hasta La Vista!


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    #1779
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Hasta l'huevo :D (Sorry, I really couldn't resist...)


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    #1780
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    The usual sure.

    Anyway safe to say I'm thoroughly convinced the vast majority of power has turned against me here, so I won't say anything more about the issue for a few days and hope that DAV (or associates) find it in them to fix the devastating issue.
    Constructive criticism is welcomed, it's when you give out as if you're paying for a service, and expect a feature to be fixed when in actuality - the small limited development team is working hard not just on that, but many many other issues.

    Also got to keep in mind, in large companies, when you try to release new code - it can take months. Someone's got to code the change, then it's got to be tested heavily. And then, it's got to go through a release process. Where I work we release code to 2 development rigs until it goes into the live rigs. At all stages of releasing, the coding has got to be tested and checked, backed out maybe, and reuploaded etc etc. Boards can't just make a change quickly and that night release the change, there's more to it unfortunately.
    Hasta La Vista!
    Hasta la eggo.


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    #1781
    Edward Hopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Edward Hopper


    ¡Hasta la victoria siempre! Carnacalla


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    #1782
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Problem this morning- pages failing to fully load- and stopping before anything is actually displayed.

    Jpegs of two examples attached.

    This is on Internet Explorer on the desktop version of the site.

    Cheers guys


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    #1783
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Responding to a post- response is 3-4 lines long- getting the message:

    The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters.

    Doesn't matter how many characters you enter- it keeps returning the same message.

    No idea if this is going to post here- I live in hope.........


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    #1784
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,129 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    The_Conductor wrote: »
    Responding to a post- response is 3-4 lines long- getting the message:

    The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters.

    Doesn't matter how many characters you enter- it keeps returning the same message.

    No idea if this is going to post here- I live in hope.........

    That's normal if you've gotten the quote tags wrong, since it checks for text that isn't inside quote tags.


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    #1785
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Post of the day is back :D


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    #1786
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    The site is bricking for me occasionally at the moment. The page doesn't load and I'm getting a "too many redirects" message from Chrome. I'm also having trouble on mobile. And using three different connections, so it's not on my end.

    Edit: and just like that it seems to be working again.


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    #1787
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,197 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Since about 10 mins ago I'm being forced onto what looks like a beta?

    Very buggy, lots of features/functions missing or not working


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    #1788
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    The site is bricking for me occasionally at the moment. The page doesn't load and I'm getting a "too many redirects" message from Chrome. I'm also having trouble on mobile. And using three different connections, so it's not on my end.

    Edit: and just like that it seems to be working again.

    Yes, and whatever they did, they reverted it and all is well with the world again.


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    #1789
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users Posts: 524 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    maximoose wrote: »
    Since about 10 mins ago I'm being forced onto what looks like a beta?

    Very buggy, lots of features/functions missing or not working


    Same thing happening here. The site is unusable. Have to use the touch site to get around the issue.


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    #1790
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,000 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Yes, and whatever they did, they reverted it and all is well with the world again.

    Still getting the home page in Beta

    http://www.boards.ie/b/


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    #1791
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Still getting the home page in Beta

    http://www.boards.ie/b/

    Try logging out and logging back in


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    #1792
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    Noticed that as well. Hope Boards doesn't become a re-enactment of the disaster that was 'Slashdot Beta' - suggest that be something Boards research, as an example of exactly how not to handle a site redesign.


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    #1793
    FAILSAFE 00
    Registered Users Posts: 5,416 ✭✭✭FAILSAFE 00


    My eyessssss. The goggles, they do nothinggg.


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    #1794
    Yoghurt87
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭Yoghurt87


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Try logging out and logging back in

    Cheers, that worked for me. Omg though if that is the Beta site, I hope it stays in beta for a long time yet! That was horrific. Couldn't even figure out how to post for help to get myself out of it. Hopefully that was a glitched version?


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    #1795
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Yoghurt87 wrote: »
    Cheers, that worked for me. Omg though if that is the Beta site, I hope it stays in beta for a long time yet! That was horrific. Couldn't even figure out how to post for help to get myself out of it. Hopefully that was a glitched version?

    Yeah it definitely was. There was lots of features missing and pictures/videos weren't wrapping around the text properly. Either way if was fully functional it looks horrendous and spaced out.


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    #1796
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Yoghurt87 wrote: »
    Cheers, that worked for me. Omg though if that is the Beta site, I hope it stays in beta for a long time yet! That was horrific. Couldn't even figure out how to post for help to get myself out of it. Hopefully that was a glitched version?

    I couldn't genuinely get to the last post of a thread I was in, hadn't a clue what way to use it... :)


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    #1797
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    STOP IT!

    STOP IT NOW!

    THAT BETA SH!TE IS UNWATCHABLE!

    FFS, STOP IT!!!!!!!!


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    #1798
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    maximoose wrote: »
    Since about 10 mins ago I'm being forced onto what looks like a beta?

    Very buggy, lots of features/functions missing or not working

    The new site is ugly. Way too white.


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    #1799
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users Posts: 524 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Please do not promote the beta to live until a dark theme is available. The brightness of the existing one is awful


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    #1800
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Zymurgist wrote: »
    Please do not promote the beta to live until a dark theme is available. The brightness of the existing one is awful
    forget the brightness, the layout is awful and unusable.


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    #1801
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,436 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    smash wrote: »
    forget the brightness, the layout is awful and unusable.
    This ^^^ If boards.ie has employed any usability experts to design this, I suggest they fire them immediately.


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