Bugs and Suggestions

Re: Suggestion: Dark or high contrast theme for CP site

24-Nov-20 9:06

What is the "admin" icon here in the message I am answering?

and in your profile I miss some Bobs too, I remember Site-Owner, Sys-Admin
or am I wrong?

M.D.V.

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Chris Maunder24-Nov-20 10:39

Re: Suggestion: Dark or high contrast theme for CP site

24-Nov-20 10:39

It's been replaced with a more subtle co-founder badge.

I'm a quiet, shy kinda guy

the admin badge on the message means this is an official, gold stamped, yes we're actually going to do it and it's not just me speaking for myself, thing.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Nelek24-Nov-20 11:19

Re: Suggestion: Dark or high contrast theme for CP site

24-Nov-20 11:19

Chris Maunder wrote:
the admin badge on the message means this is an official, gold stamped, yes we're actually going to do it and it's not just me speaking for myself, thing.

Nice to know
never seen it before though.
New incorporation?

M.D.V.

Chris Maunder24-Nov-20 12:39

Re: Suggestion: Dark or high contrast theme for CP site

24-Nov-20 12:39

Pretty new. 2013 or so? Wink | ;)

cheers
Chris Maunder

Nelek24-Nov-20 23:49

Re: Suggestion: Dark or high contrast theme for CP site

24-Nov-20 23:49

Really?

First time I saw it.

I suppose you don't use that often (or I was lacking Java | [Coffee]

when you used)

M.D.V.

Chris Maunder25-Nov-20 3:15

25-Nov-20 3:15

Nah - it's not used that much.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Link beauty OP missing?

Nelek23-Nov-20 23:53

Re: Link beauty OP missing?

23-Nov-20 23:53

https://www.codeproject.com/KB/FAQs/[^]

versus:
Code Project Tags FAQ[^]
or
The Lounge[^]
or
Bugs and Suggestions[^]

The Link of the FAQs is not being "delinkified" or "labelled" as all other forums / articles or so...

Not sure if it is a bug or it is working as designed

M.D.V.

Matthew Dennis24-Nov-20 5:00

Matthew Dennis

24-Nov-20 5:00

It appears to be missing a <title> tag in the header.
Easy enough to fix.
Thanks.

<div class="signature">"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."</div>

modified 24-Nov-20 14:11pm.

Re: Link beauty OP missing?

Richard MacCutchan24-Nov-20 5:23

Richard MacCutchan

24-Nov-20 5:23

Matthew Dennis wrote:
Easy enough to fix.

Like your signature? Laugh | :laugh:

Week's survey

Sandeep Mewara22-Nov-20 21:07

Sandeep Mewara

22-Nov-20 21:07

Not a multi-select survey, is it?

Survey Results - What do Developers buy during the Black Friday sales?

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Re: Week's survey

Chris Maunder23-Nov-20 6:31

Article styles: margin problems

23-Nov-20 6:31

See my answer in the forum for the survey.

It is multi-select. With a small bit of a check.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Week's survey

Sandeep Mewara23-Nov-20 6:56

Sandeep Mewara

23-Nov-20 6:56

Latest CodeProject post:
How to solve Word Ladder Problem?
Linear Time Partition – A Three Way Split

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov22-Nov-20 20:10

22-Nov-20 20:10

I can see two styling problems in `margin-top` vs. `margin-bottom`:

1. In the <pre> the gaps between paragraph before <pre> is greater than after </pre>. It should be the other way around, or at least the caps could be equal.

2. The margins between a header and other paragraphs are equal. In correct styling, the gap between a header and next paragraph should be visibly smaller than the gap between a header and a previous paragraph.

Thank you.
—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Chris Maunder23-Nov-20 7:30

23-Nov-20 7:30

The entire CodeProject stylesheet is currently being reworked using Bootstrap.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov23-Nov-20 7:57

23-Nov-20 7:57

Sergey A Kryukov

Richard Deeming23-Nov-20 17:42

Richard Deeming

23-Nov-20 17:42

Chris Maunder wrote:
Bootstrap

Version 4 or 5? v5 is currently still in alpha, but sod's law says it will be released the day after your v4 rework goes live, and will have lots of features you really need. Smile | :)

Introduction · Bootstrap v5.0[^]

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Chris Maunder24-Nov-20 5:03

Accept WebP for articles! (Or even SVG..?)

24-Nov-20 5:03

Richard Deeming wrote:
sod's law

I'm keenly aware!

Have you ever watched track cycling where the cyclists play this game of chicken. The person in front always provides a wind-break to the person following, so in a race you actually want to be behind the guy in front (at least until the last metre!). So they ride to the top of the velodrome and go as slow as they can seeing who will break first.

That's how I imagine the Bootstrap team and myself at the moment. I'm picturing launch sometime around 2024.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov22-Nov-20 19:48

22-Nov-20 19:48

Trying to publish my article today, I was surprised by the fact that my .webp image file was rejected by the system.
This kind of action is not just obsolete, it is very unfortunate. WebP is one of the well-established standards for the Web supported by all non-nonsense browsers. It renders JPEG, PNG and GIF morally obsolete, as it it replaces all of them implementing all their features, depending on options: photography, drawings, icons, animations and even video, with dramatic improvement in compression, for both lossy and lossless algorithms.

Side note: it would be good to accept SVG as well, but I can understand that you consider it unsafe due to the possibility of scripting. Even in this aspect, the presence of the <script...> tag could be easily detected and the scripting could be rejected. Vector graphics in articles could seriously improve the overall quality of the site and publications.

Thank you.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Chris Maunder23-Nov-20 6:35

23-Nov-20 6:35

WebP isn't completely ubiquitous yet: Can I use... [^]

SVG: We have partial acceptance and are moving more and more towards using SVG in our system itself. We do have SVG cleaning scripts that mitigate the dangers of SVG.

Now if only everyone used (and was able to use) a no-nonsense browser. We're getting there, but not quite yet. Soon.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov23-Nov-20 6:57

23-Nov-20 6:57

Thank you, Chris.

Your update is reasonable, and I'll wait for the possibility to include SVG in my posts.
Could you notify me when and it it's possible?
I'll have a good use for it.

As to WebP... If you did not consider it, I would seriously ask you to consider.
Here is one thing: it's not important if it is ubiquitous. It is important that it is standardized for the Web browsers, and that the browsers support it well.
It will become ubiquitous if sites and developers accept and use it. This is perfectly safe to do so.

Thank you.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Chris Maunder23-Nov-20 7:29

23-Nov-20 7:29

I've been watching WebP for a while and had actually allowed it briefly a year or two ago but pulled back after noting that many users were still using browsers (eg IE11) that didn't support it.

As I said: soon.

It becomes ubiquitous only when we make the decision to actively exclude certain readers. Those in corporate environments stuck with IE. Those with old tablets who can't afford to upgrade them. Those who are stuck using old versions of browsers due to security policies. At some point we need to simply say "too bad" to those people, and that's never a fun thing to do.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov23-Nov-20 8:06

23-Nov-20 8:06

I have to agree.

IE? Maybe, but... In many US companies I contacted during last decade (not just software), IT discouraged IE and seized to support it.
During first part of 2020, even Edge gave up and embraced Blink+V8.
However, I recently found that Edge is still behind: it does not support very important AV1 (which can be contained in WebM or Matroska). AV1 performance and quality-per-bbs is truly amazing, this is new top standard for Youtube.
Even Mozilla supports it. (Unfortunately, Mozilla also fell behind: I found incomplete support of touch and buggy sound rendering with WebAudio.)

Thank you.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Richard Deeming23-Nov-20 17:40

Richard Deeming

23-Nov-20 17:40

Even Microsoft agree that IE is not a browser[^]. Smile | :)

Beyond that, and Safari being limited to "Big Sur" or later (no, me neither), only KaiOS Browser seems to lack support.

I've had good results using ImageProcessor[^] in an ASP.NET application to dynamically serve up WebP or JPEG images depending on the request headers. Not sure whether that would be an option for you, given the amount of traffic involved?

If you want an image format with really limited support, try AVIF[^]. Big Grin | :-D

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Chris Maunder24-Nov-20 5:06