Site Bugs?

Melizmatic · December 1, 2017, 9:08pm

Seems to have worked; though I won’t know for sure for a few minutes.

Thanks

LockeCJ · December 4, 2017, 6:55pm

Not as far as I can see. I’m not sure if it’s Discourse that’s truncating the headline, or if the source(Newsweek in this case) is doing it.

smulder · December 5, 2017, 4:23am

It’s Discourse.

Maybe we could customize the code somehow? Write a plug-in? Something?

kxkvi · December 16, 2017, 8:45pm

I’m using Firefox 57 on Windows 10. I have a problem returning to this site after clicking the hyperlink in this posting:

https://bbs.elsewhere.cafe/t/the-crazytown-thread/695/245?u=kxkvi

When I try to return to that page, I get the following error:

Reloading the page returns the same message. I’m not offline, and I all I have to do is make a new tab and navigate to elsewhere.cafe again.

Any suggestions?

ETA:

I just noticed I got a Windows 10 notification that I can get the Facebook app. I don’t even use FB, and I wasn’t anywhere near it. But I don’t know if it was related or not . . .

kxkvi · December 16, 2017, 10:50pm

I just got this message again when navigating from another site entirely. ??

kxkvi · December 17, 2017, 4:40pm

Sure would be nice if Windows 10 and/or Firefox would tell me which fucking app they are referring to.

ETA:

If I open a new tab I can navigate to Elsewhere.cafe. From there, using the same tab, I can navigate successfully to many other sites. But if I ever navigate back here, I get the Cannot Load App error. I always have to open a new tab. This is the only site I’ve tested that does this!!

infundibulum · December 17, 2017, 4:55pm

Same. 4/5 times I try to load, I get this. Also on the newest Firefox, but is Mac 10.13.1. Not encountering the issue on the latest Firefox on iPhone 11.1.2.

tinoesroho · December 17, 2017, 5:18pm

I’ll try to replicate the issue this evening. Chrome, and forks of Firefox, seem to be working.

kxkvi · December 17, 2017, 6:28pm

Thank you!

CleverEmi · December 17, 2017, 6:55pm

Same for me on the mac, all ok on android and iPad.

kxkvi · December 17, 2017, 9:48pm

FYI:

Bug doesn’t happen there or at The Other Place.

DaakSyde · December 17, 2017, 11:31pm

In this case, the message is coming from Discourse, not Windows or Firefox:

github.com

discourse/discourse/blob/master/config/locales/server.en.yml#L2849


      If the above link is not clickable, try copying and pasting it into the address bar of your web browser.


page_not_found:
  title: "Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private."
  popular_topics: "Popular"
  recent_topics: "Recent"
  see_more: "More"
  search_title: "Search this site"
  search_google: "Google"


offline:
  title: "Cannot load app"
  offline_page_message: "It looks like you are offline! Please check your network connection and try again."


login_required:
  welcome_message: |
    ## [Welcome to %{title}](#welcome)
    An account is required. Please create an account or log in to continue.


terms_of_service:
  title: "Terms of Service"

It’s a generic message with a generic identifier, so not easy to see where it’s coming from. Caching might make sense if the client side has the message stored somewhere but has forgotten how to communicate with the server for whatever reason…

kxkvi · December 17, 2017, 11:59pm

Thanks for tracking that down. I wonder why something thinks my computer is offline.

I notice discourse has a new interface. I wonder if there’s a connection. I can’t recall if the notice started appearing at the same time, though, but both started in the last week, I think.

tinoesroho · December 18, 2017, 12:27am

It’s a fair assumption that the same update that knackered BB for a half day is also responsible for lingering cache issues. We recently updated to the same releasr BB is running…

kxkvi · December 18, 2017, 2:11am

Interesting. Thanks for all your work!

tinoesroho · December 18, 2017, 3:13am

Update:
Unable to replicate, but it definitely happens.* I tested on Win 7 with an (updated) existing user profile. Issue seems to be an interaction between FF57 and the new Discourse instance VM.

^{1. Mainly to Firefox desktop users, who use as primary browser}

infundibulum · December 18, 2017, 3:44am

Thanks for looking into it! Seems like the thing to do is wait for a patch in the next Discourse update, then.

CleverEmi · December 18, 2017, 5:43pm

I did receive the same message at BB, just now, for what that’s worth…

I’m only able to post because I’m using an alternate browser… still having no joy in FF.

RatMan · December 18, 2017, 7:28pm

I got the same message today using Waterfox 64 v 55.2.2. It went away when I reloaded.

Cynical · December 28, 2017, 10:14am

I got it once today as well and it went away after a refresh. I may have actually been briefly offline (parts of my office building are like a Faraday cage) but it’s not exclusive to FF builds: