Post by: Gregg on April 08, 2003, 06:19:00 PM
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Post by: Xairbusdriver on April 08, 2003, 06:40:00 PM
Jim C.
Post by: Gregg on April 10, 2003, 07:56:00 AM
Post by: jepinto on April 10, 2003, 11:38:00 PM
quote:Gregg: What are your cookie settings on the machine at home?
Originally posted by Gregg:
Went there, couldn't post. Tried to reply in one of the "test" threads twice. Both times the result was a blank page after hittin the "post reply" button. All white. Nothing. My intent was to test the speed of taking me back to the thread after a post. That is agonizingly slow on this board with my dial up connection. Never got that far. I wonder if it's a problem on my end. If the new board becomes the only board, I could be stuck without TS at home.
Post by: kbeartx on April 10, 2003, 10:02:00 PM
- kbeartx
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Post by: Gregg on April 11, 2003, 07:43:00 AM
I think the cookies are chocolate chip.
I'll try to do a taste test this weekend and let you know.
Post by: Gregg on April 11, 2003, 08:59:00 PM
My cookie setting is "only accept cookies that are sent back to the originating server" ....does that make it slow? It's got to be three or four times slower than this "old" board.
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Post by: jepinto on April 12, 2003, 06:02:00 AM
It may be some work that Kris and I are performing on the board, so don't give up yet! One of the things about this new software is the board must refence the database each time, and I'm afraid the database ain't exactly correct, due to the conversion. Maybe
Post by: sluggo on April 12, 2003, 06:25:00 AM
Post by: jepinto on April 12, 2003, 07:33:00 AM
quote:no.
Originally posted by sluggo:
Any plans on if or when a switch will be made to the new board? It sure seems a whole lot faster to me.
We're still playing with it, making sure the conversion works. One thing we're having problems with is forcing a search index of the converted threads, we're getting a time out.
There are other little aggravations, and we want it to work RIGHT when we switch.
Post by: Dreambird on April 12, 2003, 07:50:00 AM
Just a thought... but what "theme" are you using over there? You can choose them in your profile... I can't give you a fair comparison on the speed being on cable, but I found that with NS4.76 the Appalachia theme works very well for me.
The scrolling is very smooth, fonts are legible and I'm not having any trouble with speed delays switching between threads or after posting. My OS is 9.1
Post by: Bill on April 12, 2003, 08:55:00 AM
That one is real easy.
Eliminate the search features all together.
After all the only better searcher than Kelly is google and he's gaining ground every day.
What's the old phrase - second place tries harder -. <gr>
Then there's Paddy. She's breathing down Kellys neck .... or is that flirting with K .... ? <gr>
Post by: sluggo on April 12, 2003, 09:35:00 AM
Post by: SnowWitch on April 13, 2003, 11:18:00 PM
Post by: Gregg on April 13, 2003, 02:01:00 PM
quote:I have no idea what you mean. I can't find any such thing. Do you have directions? ....Go menu, south to ???
Originally posted by Dreambird:
Just a thought... but what "theme" are you using over there? You can choose them in your profile... I can't give you a fair comparison on the speed being on cable, but I found that with NS4.76 the Appalachia theme works very well for me.
Post by: taliesin on April 13, 2003, 03:07:00 PM
FWIW, I've also had trouble getting there occasionally, but did put it down to the work in progress.
Post by: Bill on April 13, 2003, 04:57:00 PM
In your profile,you'll see this:
like the others have mentioned.
Post by: Gregg on April 13, 2003, 09:17:00 PM
Post by: Dreambird on April 13, 2003, 11:09:00 PM
Another thing... is NS4.77 the only browser you have? I ask because I went and decided to try "Fiapple" on NS4.76 and could NOT get out of it for the life of me, until I changed it back to Appalachia in Opera 5.
Yo Bill! It's raining here too... Beats the heck out of snow!
Post by: jepinto on April 13, 2003, 11:21:00 PM
Snow Witch-Sign in with your login name from this board, NOT your "displayed" name. I forgot to mention that the "displayed names" did NOT make the conversion, only logins.
Everyone you can find your login name (just in case, like me, you have developed CRS) by going to Profile on this board
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Post by: krissel on April 13, 2003, 11:35:00 PM
I've been shaking my head so much lately I think I have the DT's.
Even some of the orginal files don't correspond in some cases to the info displayed in the control panel. And uploading has proven to be a crapshoot depending on the ftp client used.
So, please be patient but let us know everything you encounter so we can find it's cause now.
At bit of a warning...when I start playing with the theme again (soon) you may find yourself with a non-working theme or weird graphic arrangement. If that happens, try to get to your profile and change themes temporarily. If that's not possible, just leave the new board and come back here for awhile.
Here's the link for your Profile on the test board . So if you can't get there from there, then you can get there from here. Got that?
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Post by: Gregg on April 14, 2003, 07:57:00 AM
Post by: Gregg on April 14, 2003, 07:33:00 PM
Post by: Dreambird on April 15, 2003, 10:21:00 PM
In Netscape 4.77 go to edit>preferences>advanced and make sure that you have the box "enable style sheets" checked, see if that makes a difference...
The "looks" of the new board work via .css (Cascading Style Sheets)... unfortunately while I've always found NS4.x to be an excellent browser myself it's getting old enough now that the newer style sheets don't work with it. But the Appalachia theme does work with it very well.
Have you considered getting another browser to use where NS4.x is starting to fail or upgrading to NS7.x?
Post by: Gregg on April 16, 2003, 07:40:00 AM
Post by: Gregg on April 17, 2003, 07:36:00 AM
quote:Ok Dreamie, that one was checked too. But, thanks for trying. I guess I'm at check, mate.
Originally posted by Dreambird:
OK Gregg In Netscape 4.77 make sure that you have the box "enable style sheets" checked, see if that makes a difference...
I searched for my old thread about my NS7 problem(s), but came up empty. I think it was sometime in January, because there was another similar thread then that I did find, and remembered contributing to along with the one I started.
Suffice to say, I don't remember the specific problem(s) I was having with it. Seems that it just wouldn't open Messenger, but I'm not sure anymore. I just remember being so disgusted that I gave up on it.
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I just noticed the banner. That's me with the brush. What you can't see is the corner window just over my head. Always leave yourself a way out...
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Post by: Dreambird on April 18, 2003, 09:51:00 AM
The email in NS7.x... yes, I've seen complaints about it for both Mac and Windows, but less lately... maybe they're ironing the bugs out a bit. I found that you "can" in fact install NS7.x as "standalone", no email by doing a custom install and choosing not to install AIM or ICQ. The icons and prefs are still there but don't work... messy!
I've had it installed a few times to learn a bit about it and see what's new, but have also turned back to NS4.76. Unfortunately it's getting hard on the web with more sites not working... that's when I use Opera 5.
You think there's a window in the corner of that banner eh? Hmmmm
I sure don't remember putting one in when I did the thing! Unless my sister slipped one in...
Post by: Gregg on April 24, 2003, 09:28:00 PM
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