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[JetsetBkk]

9 hours ago, dantilley said:

Uploading a file to attach to a post doesn't work. File I'm trying to attach is a JPG, 133 KB.

 

 

8 hours ago, MJCM said:

 

I can confirm this. Tried it with Jpg in the range of 5kb - 400kb and they all fail to upload. Tried both Drag and Drop and choose files.

 

"Error message I get is: Upload Failed"

 

8 hours ago, Tech Doctor said:

Hi,

 

Thanks Ill take a look shortly at this.

 

TD

 

7 hours ago, Dagnabbit said:

The forum seems to be under the impression that I am French...

 

I click the British flag at the top - but then when I go to the forums, it comes up in French....

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Tech Doctor said:

Screenshot please?

 

TD

 

1 hour ago, dantilley said:

 

That will be difficult while the image attaching function doesn't work

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

When is the indexing done?

 

I still can't see any of my content.

[Tech Doctor]

Current posts are 50% completed. archived posts are 30%

 

TD

[ExpatOilWorker]

3 minutes ago, Tech Doctor said:

Current posts are 50% completed. archived posts are 30%

 

TD

 

 

Why are half or 30% of my old post then not showing?

 

Off to bed again without supper TD!

[MJCM]

12 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5555, I still can't attach Images.

Trying to attach something from the past

 

 

[MJCM]

8 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

 

 

Why are half or 30% of my old post then not showing?

<snip>

 

Because they fall under the 30% archived posts.

Edited August 11, 2016 by MJCM

[SoiBiker]

18 hours ago, balo said:

 

Yes I figured it out now. And yes, it's working.  But it requires some work to do it.  I doubt most 65+ year old member would understand where to begin . 

 

 

 

 

So what, we delay all alterations or improvements until they're all dead?

[mcfish]

both tv app and tapatalk stopped working ....again

[i claudius]

Any idea how long it will be before we can get it on our mobiles again ?

[brewsterbudgen]

2 minutes ago, i claudius said:

Any idea how long it will be before we can get it on our mobiles again ?

 

Strangely, being without ThaiVisa on my phone for the last few days has been rather therapeutic.  Maybe I really don't need to continually check it and be provoked into commenting.

[Tech Doctor]

They have recommended that we wait until indexing is finished before we activate it again

 

TD

[Mrjlh]

Only issue I see is when you read the "topic" you see the last reply.  Well what are they replying to?  Rather see a shorten version of the topic as posted instead if the last reply.  Mainly because most replies then to be lame and non contributing to the conversation.

[Tech Doctor]

4 hours ago, MJCM said:

 

5555, I still can't attach Images.

Trying to attach something from the past

 

 

imaging now back ok. uploads will work again. 

 

TD

[Ulysses G.]

I hate the big up arrow that almost covers the small down arrow at the bottom of the right side of the page. You have to avoid it to scroll down. You have to actually look at it - to make sure you don't go up - instead of just keeping the cursor on it and right clicking. Very inconvenient.

Edited August 11, 2016 by Ulysses G.

[Ulysses G.]

Another problem only happens with androids. Somehow you get a post that you do not want in the space to post and you can not delete it. It keeps coming up every time you try to post on that thread and you can not post there. This does not happen with a PC. You can delete it as usual.

 

Like this:

 

 

3 hours ago, Tech Doctor said:

 

 

[VBF]

1 hour ago, Ulysses G. said:

Another problem only happens with androids. Somehow you get a post that you do not want in the space to post and you can not delete it. It keeps coming up every time you try to post on that thread and you can not post there. This does not happen with a PC. You can delete it as usual.

 

Like this:

 

 

 

@Ulysses G. Actually, you DO get that issue on a PC in a manner of speaking, but as you say, you can delete it but it's not very  friendly 

 

Win 10 / Chrome browser - if you start a reply using "Quote" and then change your mind, then a while later wish to reply to a later post but still in the same topic, you press the Quote button and the original quote appears instead of the one you requested.  (This is very hard to describe adequately and doesn't occur every time.) The workaround is to Select and  "Ctrl-X" (Cut) the original quote, then press the quote button again and it works.

 

@Tech Doctor  I'ts as if the abandoned reply is being buffered or cached but it must be server side because I shut the browser and ran CCleaner between attempts and got the same problem.  Now that is baffling! wasn't there a "cancel" button before when you start a reply and change your mind before pressing Submit??? If there was (or even if there wasn't), might we have one please?

 

EDIT: There is a Cancel when one edits a post (see attached)  but not when one quotes from a previous one

Edited August 11, 2016 by VBF
Attempt to clarify

[Inn Between]

I wanted to wait for a while before making a judgement -- be fair and all that good stuff. 

 

Conclusion: This upgrade is an absolute disaster. Along with the constant slow loads and failures, errors, etc., I can't see the OP's unless I open the threads ( as hovering on the title doesn't work and the drop down button has been taken away). Next, forget trying to carry on a conversation by quoting the other person -- just doesn't work, and what could be more asinine than removing that capability? How would anybody know the context. Furhter,  I can't seem to paste relevant external site links anymore, either.   

 

Sure, I appreciate that the site is here for information and direct questions about visa issues, but as a place to engage in discussion, that's gone. It's a semi-functioning site now. Pity! 

[SoiBiker]

7 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

I hate the big up arrow that almost covers the small down arrow at the bottom of the right side of the page. You have to avoid it to scroll down. You have to actually look at it - to make sure you don't go up - instead of just keeping the cursor on it and right clicking. Very inconvenient.

 

So actually scroll by clicking on the scroll bar?

 

Don't you have a scroll wheel, trackpad or touch screen like pretty much every other device from the last ten years?

[canuckamuck]

Used to be when you entered a topic that had been running awhile there was a link to the first unread post in that thread. Is there a way of getting that back?

I know you can get to the first unread post in a topic from the outside of topic by clicking the dot or star by the  title. But not when you are inside any more.

[Ulysses G.]

25 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

 

So actually scroll by clicking on the scroll bar?

 

Don't you have a scroll wheel, trackpad or touch screen like pretty much every other device from the last ten years?

 

I have a regular mouse on the PCs that I use most of the time.

[SoiBiker]

8 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

I have a regular mouse on the PCs that I use most of the time.

 

Then use the scroll wheel. Problem solved. 

[Ulysses G.]

It does not have a scroll wheel. Left click or right click only.

[SoiBiker]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

It does not have a scroll wheel. Left click or right click only.

 

Wow. How old is your PC? I haven't seen a mouse without a wheel for about ten years. 

[Ulysses G.]

It is not mine. Mine is in storage right now, so I am mostly using a tablet, but  I also use the PC computer at the public library.

[HooHaa]

On 8/5/2016 at 9:40 PM, oilinki said:

The nested quotations are gone for good! Hurraah!

The upgrade was worth the huge effort for that single feature. 

Please make it so, that the quoted text can only be max 50% of the text which is written by the next user. 
Thus if quoted text is 200 letters, the reply must have at least 400 letters of new content. 
 

 

Why would you want this. The drivel factor on the site would increase exponentially.

[MJCM]

9 hours ago, Tech Doctor said:

imaging now back ok. uploads will work again. 

 

TD

 

I can confirm that

 

[tracker]

The link "news" if on weather page does not work

[dick dasterdly]

As a computer illiterate, I like the new format - assuming that the speed is something that will be sorted out.

 

Still haven't got to grips with the 'reply' function, and think this needs changing.  Automatically giving the last post 'replied to' (rather than the post to which one wants to reply) is a v bad idea.

[evadgib]

Here seems as good as any:

 

1. 'Content/Posted in' 

 

      When clicking any topic in this category it goes to page 1 post 1 instead of the first unread post. In popular topics this means I have to wade through several pages before picking up where I left off.

 

2. Likes

 

   Whenever I give one it is followed by a box telling me I don't have permission, despite the like being added to the recipients tally.

 

Just my 2p...

Edited August 12, 2016 by evadgib

[balo]

7 minutes ago, evadgib said:

1. 'Content/Posted in' 

 

      When clicking any topic in this category it goes to page 1 post 1 instead of the first unread post. In popular topics this means I have to wade through several pages before picking up where I left off.

 

You have to create a stream channel to solve that issue , the tech experts in here will tell you that is easy and anyone should understand how to do it.