Page boundary errors. E.g. Clicking on "last" page brings next to last page
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Page boundary errors. E.g. Clicking on "last" page brings next to last page
A little OT here, but is it just me or do you guys also ALWAYS see an additional page number that upon clicking brings you to the second last page?
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
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A little OT here, but is it just me or do you guys also ALWAYS see an additional page number that upon clicking brings you to the second last page?
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
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A little OT here, but is it just me or do you guys also ALWAYS see an additional page number that upon clicking brings you to the second last page?
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
Edit: My post is now on the 68th page...but earlier the 68th page was just an empty click. And I see this very often on a lot of threads...so I was wondering if there was something wrong with my browser.
A bug, in other words.
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Thanks you guys!
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Chronic problem with page-boundary errors
For several weeks now I've noticed a continuing problem across various forums:
If I am on the next-to-last page of a thread – say, page 88 of an 89-page thread – and I click the link to go to the last page, instead the current page is redisplayed and I am taken to the top. In these circumstances, it is impossible to get to the supposedly last page of the thread.
Interestingly, this redisplay resets the new-message flag such that the thread no longer shows up in my unread-threads list. Another symptom of the problem is that when new messages are eventually posted, and the thread reappears in my unread-threads list, clicking the "First unread post" link causes me to skip over one or more posts that I've not previously seen.
Other users have reported observing this same anomaly, so it's not related to my individual account browser or other local setting. (See, for example, this post and replies to it discussing the problem in that same thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20447533-post1006.html.) There is reasonable speculation that the problem may be related to moderator deletion/merging of posts and the resulting renumbering/reindexing.
If I am on the next-to-last page of a thread – say, page 88 of an 89-page thread – and I click the link to go to the last page, instead the current page is redisplayed and I am taken to the top. In these circumstances, it is impossible to get to the supposedly last page of the thread.
Interestingly, this redisplay resets the new-message flag such that the thread no longer shows up in my unread-threads list. Another symptom of the problem is that when new messages are eventually posted, and the thread reappears in my unread-threads list, clicking the "First unread post" link causes me to skip over one or more posts that I've not previously seen.
Other users have reported observing this same anomaly, so it's not related to my individual account browser or other local setting. (See, for example, this post and replies to it discussing the problem in that same thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20447533-post1006.html.) There is reasonable speculation that the problem may be related to moderator deletion/merging of posts and the resulting renumbering/reindexing.
#7
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It's so hard to beat phantom pages on FT....
"Phantom page" has been a known issue for several years since 2008, not just weeks.
See previous discussion threads:
From 2010:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...page-21-a.html
From 2008:
- in Oct'08: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...-4th-page.html
- in Feb'08: Phantom Pages discussed in the Search Problems master thread
Something is out-of-sync for whatever reasons. I haven't noticed IB provided any update for the final fix, IIRC.
God bless FT.
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Edited to add: this was originally in the thread about the change in Hilton HHonors points. That's the only thread where I've noticed the refreshing problem, though I don't go to a while lot of different threads.
Last edited by Pup; Mar 20, 2013 at 1:52 pm
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Here's one discussion thread reporting the problem from 2010:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...messed-up.html
And what are the chances another fellow FTers started a thread with the same problem on the same day as you?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...ry-errors.html
Last edited by lin821; Mar 20, 2013 at 2:07 pm Reason: correction
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Nothing's wrong with your browser but something has been wrong with FT for years.
Here's one discussion thread reporting the problem from 2010:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...messed-up.html
And what is the chances another fellow FTers started a thread with the same problem on the same day as you?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...ry-errors.html
Here's one discussion thread reporting the problem from 2010:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...messed-up.html
And what is the chances another fellow FTers started a thread with the same problem on the same day as you?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...ry-errors.html
Though I just posted inside a thread, seems like the powers that be decided that it worthy of a separate thread (or probably, they wanted to reduce clutter )
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Yes, you're on the right track there... if there is a post that is hidden (for a plethora of reasons), the page count goes out of whack for public users.
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I am a FT addict myself and have encountered and observed this "phantom pages phenomenon" on and off since 2008. Like I had pointed out up thread, in this 2010 thread alone, phantom pages had been spotted in 5 different fora. And according to this current thread, this issue is still unresolved as of today.
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Unfortunately, it is quite common for a large forum to have this issue from time to time. I believe at this time the issue should be resolved - can you please advise if the issue still exists and provide a URL for that thread in question?
Thank you
Thank you
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Thanks!^^
Edit: Jinxed it. This thread has it again. By the time you see it, it'll be gone because the posts will overflow to the 68th page, but right now, it shows a non-existent 68th page.
Last edited by jatink129; Mar 21, 2013 at 10:47 pm