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"FT Desktop Infinite Scroll" feature for desktop viewing introduced Jan 2017

NOTE: Selecting the Mobile Skin / display format will activate Infinite Scroll.

Opting out of "FT Desktop Infinte Scroll" skin:

Quote:

Originally Posted by IBobi

How to opt out:

If you opt out, your pagination will revert to the “classic” FT Desktop View skin when you are logged into your FT account. Bear in mind that if you visit FT before logging in, you will see the infinite scroll.

To opt out, you can see this post or just go to

My FlyerTalk->Edit Options->Thread Display Options->“Disable Desktop Infinite Scroll”

Click the check box and click SAVE CHANGES.

If infinite scroll is set to default style and you keep reverting to infinite scroll:

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLifeOfA_NKCM

... Unfortunately since it's set to be the default style, opting out wont work.

So, with that said, you'll need to go into the "My Options" page and both disable infinite scroll and change your default style/skin to FT Desktop ..also don't forget to save!

Hope this helps!

Quote:

Originally Posted by [B

Spanish[/B];27896638]All you need to do is add "?styleid=17" to the end of any Flyertalk URL.

For those with Greasemonkey, a simple script for you. You no needing to be logged in for this to be effective.

Here you go:

Code:

 // ==UserScript==
 // @name        Flyertalk_Remove_Infinite_Scroll
 // @match       *://*.flyertalk.com/*
 // @run-at      document-start
 // @grant       none
 // ==/UserScript==
 
 var oldUrlPath  = window.location.pathname;
 
 /*--- Test that "?styleid=17" is at end of URL, excepting any "hashes"
 or searches.
 */
 if (window.location.href.toString().indexOf("?styleid=17") != -1) return false;
 if ( ! /\?styleid=17$/.test (oldUrlPath) ) {
 
 var newURL  = window.location.protocol + "//"
 + window.location.host
 + oldUrlPath + "?styleid=17"
 + window.location.search
 + window.location.hash
 ;
 /*-- replace() puts the good page in the history instead of the
 bad page.
 */
 window.location.replace (newURL);
 }

Infinite / Automatic Scroll: issues, q&a, disable on desktop version

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Jan 19, 2017 | 6:43 am

#46

KevinDTW

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jmrp

I found this thread on the Tech Support forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...l-desktop.html

Thanks for posting this; I just opted out of this annoying feature.

Jan 19, 2017 | 7:42 am

#47

Bobbex

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+1 same issue. Using Chrome on Android

Jan 19, 2017 | 7:49 am

#48

WorldClub

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+1 same

Jan 19, 2017 | 8:11 am

#49

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Why are the margins so weird, there's so much white space off to the right side as well.

I love how I go from starting yesterday raving about Slack bringing threaded messages which were executed so beautifully to this.

I don't mind the bar at the bottom though; however it does occasionally glitch during scrolling.

Last edited by TheLifeOfA_NKCM; Jan 19, 2017 at 9:50 am

Jan 19, 2017 | 8:12 am

#50

Doc Savage

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jmrp

I found this thread on the Tech Support forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...l-desktop.html

Thanks, that works to shut it off!

Jan 19, 2017 | 8:17 am

#51

MADPhil

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Using Firefox on a Mac this feature seems to fill the Firefox back arrow list with a large number of instances of the "page" being viewed rendering the button useless.

Jan 19, 2017 | 8:37 am

#52

Kagehitokiri

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uh, only in certain forums so far?

please do not get rid of (please bring back) "quick reply"
ah, its still there but have to click, interesting

and thanks for making it optional, always appreciated

Jan 19, 2017 | 9:33 am

#53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

Me too. Mobile FT is now in practical terms unusable for me, unless you keep selecting "Mobile Site" with every button push.

I see it, as well. It's been reported and will be fixed.

Jan 19, 2017 | 10:23 am

#54

joshwex90

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Clicking "first unread post" in My FlyerTalk no longer brings me exactly to my first unread post. It brings me "near" it, but sometimes it's to the middle of a slightly older post or to the middle of a slightly newer post

Jan 19, 2017 | 10:38 am

#55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IBobi

It seems like you mean the Quick Reply box; yes, that box is no longer there. Now, you can simply click the REPLY link on the far left of the menu bar at the bottom of the page when you want to make a post.

When I clicked the new reply link, a reply box popped up but I wasn't able to enter anything in it...very annoying.

Thanks for providing instructions to disable infinite scroll. I now have my quick reply box back and am happy again

Jan 19, 2017 | 10:58 am

#56

Buster

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Until I disabled, I was unable to access any of the forums. I got this error message:

vBulletin datastore error caused by one or more of the following:

You may have uploaded vBulletin 3.6 files without also running the vBulletin upgrade script. If you have not run the upgrade script, do so now.

The datastore cache may have been corrupted. Run Rebuild Bitfields from tools.php, which you can upload from the do_not_upload folder of the vBulletin package.

Jan 19, 2017 | 11:04 am

#57

IBxAnders

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Buster

This literally just happened and was for a very short window while I was restarting caching systems on the site. This should be a non-issue at this time. Thank you for reporting.

Jan 19, 2017 | 11:10 am

#58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Low Roller

When I clicked the new reply link, a reply box popped up but I wasn't able to enter anything in it...very annoying.

Thanks for providing instructions to disable infinite scroll. I now have my quick reply box back and am happy again

Low Roller, what operating system are you running? And desktop or mobile? I was unable to find this error, but it may be device-dependent.

Jan 19, 2017 | 11:11 am

#59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joshwex90

Josh, thank you for this, we'll check it out!

Jan 19, 2017 | 11:15 am

#60

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I'm too old to adapt to changes anyway, but I have to say that the presentation on iPad is NOT good. The contrast on the button
-bar at the bottom of the page is dreadful. Yes, I know this is a desktop version, but I detest [with a deep detest] the Mobile version.

Glad to see up-thread how to deny this 'enhancement'. I'll stick to the old FlyerTalk, thanks.

Last edited by T8191; Jan 19, 2017 at 1:06 pm Reason: spilling