Site Bugs?

Site Management
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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.

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It’s Discourse.

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

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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:

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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 . . .

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

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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!!

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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.

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

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Thank you!

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

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FYI:

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

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


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…

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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.

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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…

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Interesting. Thanks for all your work!

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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

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

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

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

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

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I’ve seen it, when navigating here whilst radios were off. Not sure why others get it more often whilst connected - mayhaps a recent regression made Discourse less loss tolerant!

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I disable top bars/sticky headers, because, first, I hate top bars, and second, I hate migraines.

I need to navigate to the top of the page to do certain things. But the way this site is configured, the top of the page is only partway to the top of the thread. So I have to navigate to the top, wait for earlier posts to load, navigate to the new top, etc., until I reach the top top of the page.

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