Anybody figured out how to get to the next 50 threads???
Oct 22nd, 2005 | 06:11 AM
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Anybody figured out how to get to the next 50 threads???
For the last few days it has been REALLY frustrating. Click on the next 50, and you get #50 - 100 alright - but w/ a gap of from several hours to a full day. It definitely isn't the "next 50". I have done various combinations of refresh/previous/next and so on and usually after 5 or 6 tries the actual next 50 will display.
But this morning, it just took me <b>14 tries</b> - yes I AM stubborn - to get there.
This is such a pain . . . . .
But this morning, it just took me <b>14 tries</b> - yes I AM stubborn - to get there.
This is such a pain . . . . .
Oct 22nd, 2005 | 06:50 AM
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Hmmm, going to suggest that you refresh or reboot, but noticed that the current 50th thread was posted at 7:28 and the 51st at 1:33, so there's about a six hour break in there. There were probably some posts during that period, so there is a big gap.
Oct 22nd, 2005 | 09:19 AM
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Betsy: "<i>noticed that the current 50th thread was posted at 7:28 and the 51st at 1:33, so there's about a six hour break in there.</i>"
That is just it - there is no break in threads. If you keep trying you will eventually find that there is only a minute or two between threads. But if you just click on "next 50" and don't notice the discrepancy you will miss a LOT of threads.
Earlier this morning, one of the times I clicked next 50, it jumped from 8:56 a.m. all the way bast to 9:32 p.m last night.
This could be a real problem for newbies looking for a thread.
That is just it - there is no break in threads. If you keep trying you will eventually find that there is only a minute or two between threads. But if you just click on "next 50" and don't notice the discrepancy you will miss a LOT of threads.
Earlier this morning, one of the times I clicked next 50, it jumped from 8:56 a.m. all the way bast to 9:32 p.m last night.
This could be a real problem for newbies looking for a thread.
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Oct 22nd, 2005 | 09:36 AM
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This is more than a tad clumsy, but I think it works in a less clumsy way than umpteen refreshes.
<i><b>Right</b></i>-click on "get the next 50 messages" and open a new window. What you get is just the left hand column (centered, on my computer) with no right hand frame. Refresh it (might take more than once), until the "gap" disappears... to me this is evidence that you are "peeling off" older displays of the same page cahced minutes (even hours) by someone before you (someone anywhere else in the world... not on YOUR computer).
Now go back to the "normal" page (lefthand column, right frame), click on ""get the next 50 messages" and you <i>should</i> (might? but no promises)... get the correct "second page"/"next fifty".
I just have to believe that they have a cache (mal?)function on their server's "query processor" (no idea if this is a correct technical term).
Best wishes,
Rex
<i><b>Right</b></i>-click on "get the next 50 messages" and open a new window. What you get is just the left hand column (centered, on my computer) with no right hand frame. Refresh it (might take more than once), until the "gap" disappears... to me this is evidence that you are "peeling off" older displays of the same page cahced minutes (even hours) by someone before you (someone anywhere else in the world... not on YOUR computer).
Now go back to the "normal" page (lefthand column, right frame), click on ""get the next 50 messages" and you <i>should</i> (might? but no promises)... get the correct "second page"/"next fifty".
I just have to believe that they have a cache (mal?)function on their server's "query processor" (no idea if this is a correct technical term).
Best wishes,
Rex
Oct 22nd, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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<<one should not have to open a new window to get to the next threads. The darn site should work the way it is supposed to...>>
Agreed. Providing info on some possible work-arounds, in the meantime, is the best I know, to be helpful.
For what it's worth, I suppose this is the kind of thread that Peter Kay ("bronxzilla"
wants to see on the "News and Announcements" forum. The problem is that it's nearly out of sight, out of mind there.
Anyone that takes an interest in the workings (and dysfunctioning? and sociology?) of Travel Talk might find it worthwhile to look there.
Agreed. Providing info on some possible work-arounds, in the meantime, is the best I know, to be helpful.
For what it's worth, I suppose this is the kind of thread that Peter Kay ("bronxzilla"
wants to see on the "News and Announcements" forum. The problem is that it's nearly out of sight, out of mind there.Anyone that takes an interest in the workings (and dysfunctioning? and sociology?) of Travel Talk might find it worthwhile to look there.
Oct 23rd, 2005 | 03:24 AM
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jtrandoph: you should e-mail a copy of this thread to [email protected] or to [email protected]
...and/or make reference to this thread on the new "News and announcements" forum.
...and/or make reference to this thread on the new "News and announcements" forum.
Oct 25th, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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