Bugs and Suggestions

Re: Clueless spammer

dan!sh 3-Dec-09 3:01

dan!sh

3-Dec-09 3:01

Was just about to report that.

50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!

Re: Clueless spammer

Tom Deketelaere3-Dec-09 3:01

Tom Deketelaere

3-Dec-09 3:01

I'm thinking bug

Time stamp says its posted 32 and 33 min ago. I don't think it's possible to do so many posts in the time of 2 min.

Re: Clueless spammer

Dan Neely3-Dec-09 10:34

Dan Neely

3-Dec-09 10:34

while (true)
{
  Click post;
  success message from CP routed to /dev/null;
  attempt times out, appearing to indicate failure to post;
}

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Re: Clueless spammer

Luc Pattyn3-Dec-09 11:26

Luc Pattyn

3-Dec-09 11:26

I would suggest you remove any 'help' that may encourage and inspire spammers...

Smile | :)

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Re: Clueless spammer

Chris Maunder3-Dec-09 3:28

Chris Maunder

3-Dec-09 3:28

Thanks

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Clueless spammer

Rajesh R Subramanian3-Dec-09 21:24

Rajesh R Subramanian

3-Dec-09 21:24

Was that some sort of a bug in the system or a human [suspicious face] was able to achieve that level of "spammability"?

“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

Re: Clueless spammer

Chris Maunder4-Dec-09 2:18

Chris Maunder

4-Dec-09 2:18

Not a bug, more of an oversight. Wink | ;)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Clueless spammer

AspDotNetDev4-Dec-09 16:34

AspDotNetDev

4-Dec-09 16:34

Post -> Browser Back Button -> Post -> Browser Back Buton -> Post -> ...?

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Pin bug is back [modified]

Tom Deketelaere3-Dec-09 2:21

Tom Deketelaere

3-Dec-09 2:21

see: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3033365/Small-bug-with-pins.aspx

(damn that link thingy is back, I'm on web12 at the moment, Chrome 3.0.195.33)

Steps to reproduce are a bit different tho:

0) Pin a message
1) Open a message below it
2) Unpin the first message (both messages will close now)
3) Open the same message below it

On first click --> nothing
On second click --> message opens but the subject background isn't drawn.

[Edit] to check the link thingy bug
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3033365/Small-bug-with-pins.aspx[^]

seems to work now (but I am on web22 now)
[/Edit]

[Edit 2]
Found another way to reproduce:

0) open a message
1) pin another message (directly by pressing pin icon)
2) unpin the message
3) try and open the original message

[/Edit 2]

modified on Thursday, December 3, 2009 10:09 AM

Re: Pin bug is back

Chris Maunder4-Dec-09 2:20

Chris Maunder

4-Dec-09 2:20

Ugh.

Thanks Tom

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Pin bug is back

Tom Deketelaere4-Dec-09 6:51

Tom Deketelaere

4-Dec-09 6:51

Chris Maunder wrote:
Ugh.

I'm getting the feeling your getting tired of this bug Poke tongue | ;-P

Chris Maunder wrote:
Thanks Tom

Your welcome Big Grin | :-D

Re: Pin bug is back

Dan Neely4-Dec-09 4:19

Dan Neely

4-Dec-09 4:19

back? When was this ever fixed? I've reported wierdless related to this on more than one occasion in the past.

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Re: Pin bug is back

Tom Deketelaere4-Dec-09 6:50

Tom Deketelaere

4-Dec-09 6:50

Me 2 but I think Chris is still looking for a long enough poke to poke this bug out of existence.

The manner in which to reproduce the bug does change so they are trying but I'm getting the feeling it ain't that easy Poke tongue | ;-P

Answers Tab Navigates to Current User's Answers

AspDotNetDev2-Dec-09 19:28

AspDotNetDev

2-Dec-09 19:28

Leppie describes the problem here.

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Re: Answers Tab Navigates to Current User's Answers

Chris Maunder3-Dec-09 5:36

Chris Maunder

3-Dec-09 5:36

Fixed

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

I can not login under Opera web browser

nicetuxedo2-Dec-09 10:48

nicetuxedo

2-Dec-09 10:48

When I try to login under the Opera browser I keep receiving the message that I provided wrong credentials.
It only happens when I am not signed on but try to download something.

Re: I can not login under Opera web browser

Chris Maunder3-Dec-09 3:31

Chris Maunder

3-Dec-09 3:31

Have you checked that cookies[^] are enabled?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Undo doesn't work in FF after pasting a link in the message editor...

Dan Neely1-Dec-09 9:57

Dan Neely

1-Dec-09 9:57

...but it does in IE. Clearly your FF version is buggy.

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Re: Undo doesn't work in FF after pasting a link in the message editor...

Chris Maunder1-Dec-09 11:12

Chris Maunder

1-Dec-09 11:12

Nope. Firefox has a very unpleasant way of handling paste events so we have to do convoluted steps to track paste events. Because of this the undo buffer is getting (I'm guessing) thoroughly messed up.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Dan Neely1-Dec-09 9:55

Dan Neely

1-Dec-09 9:55

Look at my reputation[^] between late June and early July. Instead of connecting the two points like this / they're connected like this _|.

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Re: reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Chris Maunder1-Dec-09 12:03

Chris Maunder

1-Dec-09 12:03

That was done on purpose because reputation does tend to jump in steps.

We can change it to a line if you prefer.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Dan Neely1-Dec-09 12:07

Dan Neely

1-Dec-09 12:07

I think a smooth line would look better.

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Re: reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Hans Dietrich3-Dec-09 1:20

Hans Dietrich

3-Dec-09 1:20

Chris Maunder wrote:
We can change it to a line if you prefer.

I personally prefer a curve with just a hint of a shadow. Smile | :)

Best wishes,
Hans

[Hans Dietrich Software]

Re: reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Chris Maunder3-Dec-09 1:29

Chris Maunder

3-Dec-09 1:29

That was the original version, but because reptuation is a step event, spline curves tending to go a little crazy when there is sparse data and big jumps.

I can't believe I'm discussing the pros and cons of spline vs step curves this early in the morning.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: reputation graph should draw strait lines between points instead of stair stepping.

Luc Pattyn3-Dec-09 2:14

Luc Pattyn

3-Dec-09 2:14

IMO there's no need to do anything fancy here, straight lines from each point to the next is good enough. Reputation doesn't need smoothing.

I once read it was going to go up as well as down, however I haven't seen that explained in any detail. I personally am in favor of a natural decay, say 2%/month, so someone becoming inactive gradually looses points.
A monthly -2% corresponds to a half-life time of 3 years.

Smile | :)

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