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Time Zones
Time-zone custom settings don't work properly for AskMe or MeTa, you California-centric bastard.
Preview Bugs in Opera
As noted here, Opera has a bunch of bugs wtih the live preview (vs. safari or firefox.)
Of course MI
Of course MI
Search Error
The front page gives an "Unterminated String Constant" JavaScript error. I think it's something to do with the search box, but I don't really get it. The error's been around for months. IE6
Coldfusion error?
On my home computer I'm getting a coldfusion error when trying to access metafilter, on both firefox and IE (win98se, by the way). I've deleted cookies and cache and still no go. Please hope me!
Is the feed broken?
XML feed error?
AskMe Timeout
Ask keeps timing out on me when I do searches for anything except "questions only". I get: "The request has exceeded the allowable time limit Tag: CFQUERY..." In case it's relevant, I'm searching for stars of the lid. I'm on Safari 2.0.
RSS Feed Issues
The main Metafilter RSS feed is currently not well-formed XML, which is causing some odd displays in different feed readers. The feed validator says "invalid token", and my best guess is that it's the unescaped greater-than in this post's title.
Bug in AskMe posting?
I tried to post a question in AskMe, but it wouldn't show up. When I tried to post again, it said: sorry, you already asked a question this week. Catch 22, or is there a delay in question posting that I'm not aware of?
Blank comments, the new "."?
Odd display bug
Odd display bug: Empty lines inserted in posts prior to posters' names. Earlier, The Jesse Helms post had roughly 20 empty lines. Now the post below it has about 10.
I'm on Firefox 1.0.4 for Mac
I'm on Firefox 1.0.4 for Mac
Minor issue with metafilter CSS.
Minor issue with metafilter CSS. I use Safari, and have defined a custom CSS file to handle some default styling. For whatever reason, this forces most--but not all--*.metafilter.com links to appear in the link color I've defined; the boilerplate links at the top and bottom appear in Matt's intended yellow. I think that by adding the typical a:link etc selectors to MeFi's CSS would do the trick. It's possible I've done something goofy in my own CSS, I suppose.
This is a problem at a handful of other sites, but I notice it most at MeFi, because the lack of contrast makes links almost unreadable.
This is a problem at a handful of other sites, but I notice it most at MeFi, because the lack of contrast makes links almost unreadable.
Can't see google maps for users in IE
Internet Explorer is giving me problems with opening up user pages for members. Looks like it's coming up ok then gives me a pop-up and aborts loading. Is this likely to be server end rather than mine?
Odd Safari bug - the nav in the green is grey
Weird Google Ads
Do you need a liver or heart transplant? Do you have $175,000 cash on hand? Logout of MetaFilter (required), then go to this askMefi. Then tell me, how does Google know these things about Bangkok?
Element CNT is undefined in NEWASKLINKS
Bug >>> Element CNT is undefined in NEWASKLINKS.
[MI]
[MI]
Are tags broken?
Are tags broken? I can not add tags to my last post.
Bugs in Music
Questions/comments about MetaFilter Music. I can't download anything...are the files being moved? Do people still send MP3s for it? Does anyone still use it? It looks so neglected...
Also, starkeffect's page has some errors on it.
Also, starkeffect's page has some errors on it.
Link date error when posting to AskMe.
Variable LINK_DATE is undefined. [more]
Metafilter Server Performance
I for one am interested in any plans for possible future improvements to the uptime capabilities of the website "MetaFilter". I am eager to discuss these issues with the group as a whole!
View my threads not working for anyone else?
View my threads not working for anyone else? Just on the Metafilter feed; AskMe and MeTa working fine. I keep getting a CFQUERY error & a timeout.
MeFi RSS Problem
Is there a problem with MetaFilter's main feed at the moment? No new posts have come up in my feed reader for over twelve hours. This is the first time it has happened for me too.
Spellcheck Bug
Malicious Insects: Starting today, as soon as I click Spell Check when posting a comment with Firefox (version 1.03 in Fedora Core 3) my browser immediately crashes. This didn't occur yesterday or previously in the same environment. Also, doesn't happen on my Windows XP machine with Firefox 1.03.
Now that I think about it since I'm on Fedora Core 3 instead of Windows or a Mac, I'll probably just have to live with it.
Now that I think about it since I'm on Fedora Core 3 instead of Windows or a Mac, I'll probably just have to live with it.
Preview breaks html character entities.
HTML entities, like Π or Σ get converted in the input area to the actual displayed characters after a preview.
So when the comment is posted, the displayed characters -- not the entities -- are actually submitted, and the submitted displayed characters are then converted to question marks in the posted comment.
The result is that a preview that looked fine turns into a comment that doesn't.
Also: using the
So when the comment is posted, the displayed characters -- not the entities -- are actually submitted, and the submitted displayed characters are then converted to question marks in the posted comment.
The result is that a preview that looked fine turns into a comment that doesn't.
Also: using the
tag (say to preserve original whitespace) results in double-spaced lines, taking up too much vertical space. Using the tag prevents this, but whitespace is not preserved. Adding appears to be a (n ugly and hard to edit) work-around, but while leading non-breaking spaces within tags are retained in previews, they are stripped in the posted comment.
As a number of askMefi's ask for program code, and as even some FPPs may contain code fragments, this makes the code unreadable or even syntactically incorrect in languages than foolishly assign meaning to whitespace.
And it's a pure pain to spend the time to carefully add the whitespace and to Google the correct HTML entities for a post, only to see them stripped out.
(Browser: Firefox 1.0.3)I did not mark this as best answer.
I did not mark this as best answer. I really, really doubt I did it accidently which is why I'm listing it as a bug. No offense, the answer isn't bad, but the best? I wish to wait.
Time Zone Problem
It's currently 05:37 JST. Metafilter says it's 06:37 JST. I doublechecked, but the user configuration is correct: UTC + 9 hours. Is Mefi applying daylight savings time to Coordinated Universal Time, throwing off calculations?
Safari/Firefox on OSX userpage comments discrepancy
My user page lists 347 comments to MetaTalk, but when I click on that 347, I get a display of 1-50 of 432 comments. No similar discrepancy for MetaFilter or AskMetafilter. This as viewed in Safari and Firefox under OSX 10.3.8.
I can't see any comments when I click on them
thebabelfish's post works fine and there are supposed to be eight comments but I can't see any when I click on them.
Putting a quotemark in a page title breaks said title
Putting a quotemark in a page title breaks said title.
Connection timeout members
A little bug on the front page. Top right reads "Connection Timeout members | You are logged in as ..." or merely "Connection Timeout members" if I'm not logged in.
Misplaced "More Inside"
Small UI problem? A couple of times in the last week or so, people have typed their askme question in the title box, and their "more inside" in the question box. Could the interface be made a bit clearer somehow?
"Add tags to this post" link not as described
On the page which shows me my FPP in the blue, I see a "add tags to this post?" link for each post. But when I click on that link, even though it's a different URL than the usual link to the post (http://www.metafilter.com/comments_active.mefi/nnnnn rather than http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/nnnnn), it looks the same as the usual thread page, with nowhere to add additional tags.
Category Typo
As a sop to us nit-picking philosophers, could the Religion & Philosopy category be renamed "Religion & Philosophy"? Sorry, I know painquale already mentioned this in a comment in another thread, but that was months ago.
Invalid CFML construct error on front page
Invalid CFML construct error on the MeFi front page when not logged in. Happens in both IE6 and Firefox.
Can't log out of the site.
Can't log out of the site. Both at w*rk and a 'Net cafe, clicking "logout" doesn't actually log me out -- just takes me to the front page. Right-clicking "logout" and opening it in another window does seem to actually log me out. FYI.
Broken AskMe RSS?
Did the new AskMe ponies break AskMe RSS? I get invalid XML errors in T-Bird. Browsing to the XML file results in broken badness.
Consecutive Non-Spaces Are Breaking RSS Feed
Consecutive non-spaces in MeFi descriptions. See the title tag (the repeating dollar signs)? That gets translated into a headline in the MeFi RSS feeds. It's currently breaking the layout on my RSS page. Can we please not do this?
Calling All Bugs
This is the Ask MetaFilter is totally broken bucket. Please leave all refuse here, and I'll do my best to fix it in the next 24 hours. I just made the new posting page live and will try and get everything up and running before I got to sleep in a couple hours, but I'm sure I'll miss a lot. Help me here.
Missing Anonyme
SecondTryFilter: After today's updates, the Anonymous AskMe link is gone from the post-a-question page.
Grammar Issue
Why does the recent comment page list them in reverse order?
Bug: the recent comments page is grouped again, but it looks like comments for the Blue are in reverse-post order. AskMe are in the correct order.
Bugs in Atom Feed
The MeFi atom feed is throwing a parsing error.
The timezone slips occasionally.
PST slippage in the blue... Occasionally my time reference on MeFi gets whacked back to PST, though my preferences are EST. When I see the problem, I edit my profile (changing nothing), submit and ta-da, EST. Don't need no pony, just bringing it up. Happens ~ once a month.
I messed up some html with a single quote.
I inserted a single quote in a post on accident and the MeFi code that normally would be the rest of the page (i.e. all the buttons and such) showed up in my preview textbox.
Where did my comment go?
Disappearing comment in this thread: I posted a perfectly normal comment after 40 Watt's first comment, and I know that I did indeed remember to hit "post" because, well, I actually saw the comment posted on the screen. But just now, going back to the thread, my comment is gone. Are gremlins afoot? Because certainly my "hey, thanks for the reminder, I'm going to get this for my nephew" couldn't be considered worthy of deletion...?
Username links go to threads instead
When I click on the username in this archived MeFi thread I am taken to an old post with the same number as the user, i.e. the url says 'mefi' instead of 'user'. Only true for the original post, not for comments.
RSS 2.0
How about a proper RSS 2.0 feed? The existing .91 feed doesn't provided authors or even datestamops. Also, the existing ATOM feed doesn't validate properly and doesn't work in the two RSS readers I use (NetNewsWire and Thunderbird).
Adding tags to my old thread caused a mess.
I made my old thread unhappy when adding tags. Not sure how that happened.
What's up with the date headers on AskMe?
Right now I see three "January 23" headings in AskMe, atop three "January 22" headings. Prior days display just fine. What's the story, Morning Glory?
Bug in old thread
This old thread gives me: Invalid CFML construct found on line 363 at column 99.
The copyright thread was closed to comments after 24 hours
The thread on copyright was closed to comments after 24 hours. I assume that either there is a bug that made the thread think it was 30 days old, or Matt has decided that all that needed to be said has been said. Either option points to a problem with the system somewhere.