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Re: "Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
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Glenn Glazer
On Tue, 11/24 16:15, Mark Fletcher
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Looks good to me. Best, Glenn -- PG&E Delenda Est
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Re: "Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
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Bob Bellizzi
I think there's a similar issue on the Database search, Duane. I noticed it some time ago but I get engrossed in self inflicted errors on my data, website, quickbooks and on and on.
-- Bob Bellizzi
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Re: "Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 06:15 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
Please let me know what you think.One thing I noticed is that the only way to get back to the "main" page is to click on Find or Create a Group at the top. Clearing the search box won't do it. Otherwise, it looks dandy after a quick look. Thanks, Duane
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Re: "Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
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Yay!
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 04:15 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: it was one of the first pages I created when developing the site almost 7 years agoThat's what I was kind of suspecting. :) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: "Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
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Hello, I've revamped the groups search page a bit (it was one of the first pages I created when developing the site almost 7 years ago...). I am now properly propagating any search term when you change filtering. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Mark
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Re: #bug Cover photo check box
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Hello, On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:15 PM Annick Phillips <annick@...> wrote: I noticed today that when I un-check the box that says "cover photo" beneath one of the photos in an album, and then click on "update", it does not update and the photo still remains the cover photo of the album. I tried in on a couple different albums and it's behaving the same on all of them. Isn't it supposed to revert back to the most recently added photo being the cover if none of the photos in the album has the "cover photo" box checked? This has been fixed. Thanks, Mark
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#bug Cover photo check box
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I noticed today that when I un-check the box that says "cover photo" beneath one of the photos in an album, and then click on "update", it does not update and the photo still remains the cover photo of the album. I tried in on a couple different albums and it's behaving the same on all of them. Isn't it supposed to revert back to the most recently added photo being the cover if none of the photos in the album has the "cover photo" box checked?
Annick
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Member changing from Special Notices to Following Only stays on Special Notices
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I'm calling this a design bug.
The log in my group shows that a member changed to Special Notices, and afterwards, changed to Following Only. I believe she thought that the second change would result in her following individual messages. But instead, the Special Notices took precedence and she is not receiving any regular group messages. It seems that Special Notices should be in a separate category from the choices Individual Email, Digest, and Daily Summary, all of which do provide access to individual messages but in the latter two cases, in a summarized format. Instead, Special Notices is grouped together with those three choices even though it's a different kind of restriction. I don't think it makes sense to allow Following Only simultaneously with Special Notices only, because in the normal course of events, members would not follow topics designated as Special Notices. Worse, a member can do what my group member did this morning - namely, change to Special Notices and then think they are changing their mind by selecting Following Only - but instead, the Special Notices restriction remains and she now receives no regular group messages. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Calendar shows different times for a meeting
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Mark, Thanks for the fix. Ry
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 9:31 AM Mark Fletcher <markf@corp.groups.io> wrote:
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Re: Calendar shows different times for a meeting
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Hello Ry, On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 12:34 PM Ry Jones <rjones@...> wrote:
Thanks for the bug report, and thanks to Karen for taking the time to make that video; it was very helpful. There were two issues: First, when hovering over an event in the calendar view, we display the time in the user's local timezone. But we also displayed the event's (possibly different) timezone. That's confusing and doesn't make much sense. I've removed the timezone display in the hover. The second issue with the event times flip-flopping sometimes was caused by some of our webservers not running the latest timezone database. It looks like Brazil abolished DST in 2019; I believe the timezone database we were using on some of the machines had not been updated with this change. I've updated all of the machines, and they are all now showing the same times. This means that the time for the event that Karen referenced in her video is between 5:30pm-6:30pm Brasilia time (UTC-03:00). Sorry you were hit with these problems; please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark
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Re: Calendar shows different times for a meeting
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 06:25 AM, Sandi D wrote:
I stopped using the calendar because this was happening in our group as well. I didn't want to take the time to sort it out.Sandi -- I find that the calendar features work very well as long as I steer clear of recurring events. Ry -- Is this a recurring event? If so, it may be related to the recent "fall back" to standard time. Regards, Bruce
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Re: Calendar shows different times for a meeting
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Sandi D <sandi.asgtechie@...>
I stopped using the calendar because this was happening in our group as well. I didn't want to take the time to sort it out. The first time I thought it was my error as I never used Calendar option before. The second time it happened I thought maybe I had incorrectly set the time zone. The third time I double and triple checked everything before posting the event. That was the last straw. After searching GIO, I didn't see where anyone else had reported it. I chalked it up to something weird and not worth my time to explore. Switched to using my personal calendar to generate a post to the group.
I watched your recording and was relieved to learn I am not alone. -- Sandi Dickenson ASG Volunteers Group.
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Calendar shows different times for a meeting
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Hi, At least one of our groups has a weird calendar issue: the time shown for events is different between refreshes. Karen has recorded a video showing several issues. I was able to recreate the flip-flopping by refreshing the page a few times, making no edits between. See attached.
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:27 AM, Marv Waschke wrote:
In gio-speak, I think topics usually refers to threads rather than individual messagesNot usually. Always. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 04:05 PM, ro-esp wrote:
What do you mean by "topics"? Threads or messages?The number sorted on is labeled "Topics". In gio-speak, I think topics usually refers to threads rather than individual messages. But I could be wrong. I didn't verify. Best, Marv
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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ro-esp
On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 08:52 PM, Marv Waschke wrote:
Here's a little background on how searches like this work.good call What do you mean by "topics"? Threads or messages? groetjes/ĝis, Ronaldo
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Re: Site updates
#changelog
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 09:43 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
NEW: Moderator notifications for pending members and pending messages will only be sent to moderators with privileges to approve them.+1 -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 12:01 PM, Glenn Glazer wrote:
To be even more ;) pedantic, in SQL and similar query languages, SELECT is not the same as ORDER BY, nor are the things selected or ordered.Exactly! I'll add that this search page was fine when gio had only a few hundred groups, but a lot of the frustration here stems from the length of the lists now that gio has grown to tens of thousands of groups. Without filtering the list before sorting the results, the result list almost unusable if the search criteria are not narrow, but narrowing the search criteria in a way that will produce a useful result set sorted only by group name is difficult. Outfits like Google have invested millions on millions of dollars in developing searches that return what users expect rather than the criteria they enter. We can't anticipate that from gio, but all the suggestions here point to ways the search could be greatly improved without massive investment. Best, Marv
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 11:52 AM, Marv Waschke wrote:
The sort order of the results of a search and the search itself are different beasts.Yes, and hey, have a look at my bug post. That's correct and it looks like the page itself was designed to search (filter) on a term, and then display the results ordered on the user's choice of criterion from among those offered at the left (most active, most popular, newest, name). The bug is that if you select anything besides "by name," and you enter a search term (which the page allows you to do even if you don't select "by name" - it does not gray out the search box), the sort criterion jumps down to "by name" and wipes out your selection. The results are then displayed in reverse alpha (not forward alpha) order by group name. (That's a secondary small bug or inconsistency. If you do select "by name" and do *not* enter a search term, the results, namely all the public groups in existence, are displayed by forward, not reverse, alpha order.) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
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Glenn Glazer
This is what I was getting at with my
other post about abstract ideas. To be even more ;) pedantic, in SQL and similar query languages, SELECT is not the same as ORDER BY, nor are the things selected or ordered. Best, Glenn
On Sun, 11/22 11:52, Marv Waschke wrote:
Here's a little background on how searches like this work. Many of the people here are programmers and will find this boring, but if you are not among the cognoscenti, you may find this explanation helpful. -- PG&E Delenda Est
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