Nov 30, 2017, 8:41 am
Last edit by: JDiver
Some ways to reverse new features
1) Disabling infinite scroll:
2) Restore previous post editing options:
NOTE: For ease of both members posting and Technical Support, this thread has been split into two threads for 2018; one exclusively for MOBILE devices, the other for DESKTOP devices. You can find them here:
2018 FT Nov 2017 Upgrade for DESKTOP Devices BUG REPORTS (link), and
2018 FT Nov 2017 Upgrade for MOBILE Devices BUG REPORTS
1) Disabling infinite scroll:
- Go to My FlyerTalk Control Panel
- Edit options
- Disable Infinite Scroll
- Edit options
2) Restore previous post editing options:
- Go to My FlyerTalk Control Panel
- Settings and Options
- Miscellaneous Options
- Message Editor Interface and select “Standard Editor -- extra formatting controls” (you may see odd behavior in this unsupported editor)
- Miscellaneous Options
- Settings and Options
NOTE: For ease of both members posting and Technical Support, this thread has been split into two threads for 2018; one exclusively for MOBILE devices, the other for DESKTOP devices. You can find them here:
2018 FT Nov 2017 Upgrade for DESKTOP Devices BUG REPORTS (link), and
2018 FT Nov 2017 Upgrade for MOBILE Devices BUG REPORTS
ARCHIVE: FT 15 Nov 2017 Upgrade Tech Thread - 2017 BUG REPORTS
Dec 12, 2017, 7:05 pm
#1006
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For those who were hoping IB would actually listen to the gazillion complaints re: Infinite scroll & correct it, ah, you (and me) naive folk. Well other things too re: the new software unless it's an actual bug. My observation is that IB continues to do what it wants, regardless if asked for (& never really tested), until they spring it on us. But back to infinite scroll. For those of you who access FT via mobile devices & don't log into FT, you're totally fubar'd/it's going to stay the same lousy way. Too bad, so sad. Time for you to deal w/ it & move on (I only half paraphrase) IB's response.
Please read the following:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167037-post63.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167231-post64.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167248-post65.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167308-post66.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167369-post68.html
So it actually begs the question - should we all be reporting bugs? OTOH, it helps our FT experience (assuming IB actually addresses said issues), but OTOH should we be a) unpaid alpha/beta users for IB; b) help IB when they're willing to say sod off /move on/deal w/ it if they want something & don't care that 99% of FT users don't want it. Interesting conundrum.
Cheers.
Please read the following:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167037-post63.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167231-post64.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167248-post65.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167308-post66.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29167369-post68.html
So it actually begs the question - should we all be reporting bugs? OTOH, it helps our FT experience (assuming IB actually addresses said issues), but OTOH should we be a) unpaid alpha/beta users for IB; b) help IB when they're willing to say sod off /move on/deal w/ it if they want something & don't care that 99% of FT users don't want it. Interesting conundrum.
Cheers.
Last edited by SkiAdcock; Dec 12, 2017 at 7:14 pm
Dec 12, 2017, 7:25 pm
#1007
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 861
which only covers 12 posts, far inferior to what it used to be, when it was called "threads," which is actually more descriptive of what several of us are talking about.
Dec 12, 2017, 7:32 pm
#1008
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
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Posts: 5,678
Dec 12, 2017, 7:59 pm
#1009
Moderator, Emirates
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Where My Heart Is
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Posts: 3,385
I’v Been getting the cursor and first line of any replies to threads hiding under the banner in the reply box for the past couple of days. On iPad Air2 and assuming it may be some tinkering with trying to resolve bugs from the last update.
Also so unable to attach pictures from the banner on the reply box. Attachment button is unresponsive.
S
Also so unable to attach pictures from the banner on the reply box. Attachment button is unresponsive.
S
Dec 12, 2017, 9:21 pm
#1010
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: YVR
Programs: Erstwhile Accidental AC E35K
Posts: 2,916
1. Very slow to load.
2. When I go to the last page of a multi-page thread and scroll to the last post I read, start reading, after a few seconds it jumps back a couple of pages. Scroll down to when I was, start reading again, and after a few seconds it jumps back a couple of pages. At that point I give up and go to another site.
3. When I pinch to zoom the ads expand left to cover the content. I can only use it without zooming. This doesn’t work on an iPhone because the type is too small to read.
4. “A problem occurred with this page so it was reloaded.” Constantly.
Happens on iPad and iPhone. Note that none of this happened before the “upgrade”.
Even slower to load than it was last week.
Going from bad to worse here.
Dec 12, 2017, 10:25 pm
#1011
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
OP in Blue, while Lady in Red...
^Still not sure what brilliant mind would replace OP with TS in the hideous yellow jacket to begin with.
My observation is that IB continues to do what it wants, regardless if asked for (& never really tested), until they spring it on us. <snip>
So it actually begs the question - should we all be reporting bugs? OTOH, it helps our FT experience (assuming IB actually addresses said issues), but OTOH should we be a) unpaid alpha/beta users for IB; b) help IB when they're willing to say sod off /move on/deal w/ it if they want something & don't care that 99% of FT users don't want it. Interesting conundrum.
So it actually begs the question - should we all be reporting bugs? OTOH, it helps our FT experience (assuming IB actually addresses said issues), but OTOH should we be a) unpaid alpha/beta users for IB; b) help IB when they're willing to say sod off /move on/deal w/ it if they want something & don't care that 99% of FT users don't want it. Interesting conundrum.
Dec 13, 2017, 7:51 am
#1013
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Programs: WN CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,189
Dec 13, 2017, 8:30 am
#1014
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,435
Use IE for FlyerTalk? This is the "it works here, duplicate our setup" attitude that I just mentioned. It is up to the content provider (that's FlyerTalk in this case) to provide web pages that work on major browsers and platforms. I can understand some kid not having the resources to test his or her web site, but anyone who wants to pretend to be significant (IB in this case) should ensure that the users can get benefit from the web site without jumping through hoops.
Dec 13, 2017, 9:23 am
#1015
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
... I think it is fair to say that there are no plans whatsoever to roll anything back at this point. Bolstering this decision are the fact that these changes were necessary from a technical and business standpoint to begin with; added to that, we have seen zero evidence that the changes are negatively impacting the site in terms of traffic or posting...
One question for IB to address:
Since we are not permitted, from users' point of view, to have a poll demonstrating how negatively (or positively) this "upgrade" has impacted our personal use of the web site from Nov. 15th on, is it too much to ask of IB to share with us how the traffic or posting has "boosted" or maintained so far when arguing zero evidence of downside from a business standpoint?
When browsing posts/threads, the jumping problem still happens, even though not all the time, w/o login, on my laptop using Firefox, FT Desktop version.
When that happens, it's difficult to get to the top of the page or stay on the post I intend to read. I found out by accident if I just need to refresh the current page a few times (maybe 2 or 3), the cursor would behave, so I may go back to my normal browsing. That's my personal fix. Don't know if IB ever comes up with a systematic fix for this persistent problem.
Last edited by cblaisd; Dec 13, 2017 at 3:08 pm Reason: merged poster's two consecutive posts
Dec 13, 2017, 11:37 am
#1016
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Two. I originally didn't post them because they were in Omni PR & not everyone has access, but realize you do. I'm guessing it's something minor that can be corrected, but it is since the software update. You'll see it in these two posts. Look at the link in the posts which have the ? & then click on the link & when you see the headline you'll see that it's a quote mark. It shows up on both Chrome & IE this way.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29165524-post61.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29166458-post67.html
Cheers.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29165524-post61.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29166458-post67.html
Cheers.
Fortunately this is a pretty rare edge case.
Dec 13, 2017, 4:56 pm
#1017
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 19,502
The only way I can tolerate browsing the threads using Safari on my iPad is to turn Javascript OFF. This disables many of the site's "features", but at least pages aren't constantly reloading due to errors.
Dec 13, 2017, 9:44 pm
#1018
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Not for me. E.g. see below (and also in the original post).
INDEX to individual menus
Due to having too many links in a single post, and to make it more manageable to find the menu you are looking for, each airline has it's own sub-index post(s).
Airlines with more than 50 menus are denoted by *, and with more than 250 menus by +.
A to Z
Due to having too many links in a single post, and to make it more manageable to find the menu you are looking for, each airline has it's own sub-index post(s).
Airlines with more than 50 menus are denoted by *, and with more than 250 menus by +.
A to Z
Code:
- Aegean
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Aeromexico
- Air Austral
- Air Baltic
- Air Calin
- Air Canada
- Air Caraibes
- Air China
- Air France *
- Air India
- Air Macau
- Air New Zealand ****
- Air Serbia
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Alaskan Airlines *
- Alitalia
- Aloha Airlines
- American Airlines ****
- ANA *
- Asiana **
- Austrian Airlines
- Avianca
- Bangkok Airways
- BMI
- British Airways (first) and (business, premium economy and economy) +
- Brussels Airlines
- Cathay Pacific (first) and (business, premium economy and economy) +
- China Airlines *
- China Eastern
- China Southern
- Condor
- Continental *
- Copa Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- Delta *
- Dragonair
- Egypt Air
- El Al
- Emirates ***
- Eos
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Etihad
- EVA *
- Finnair
- Garuda
- Ghana International Airlines
- Gulf Air
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Hong Kong Airlines
- Iberia
- Icelandair
- Japan Airlines *
- Jet Airways
- JetBlue
- Kenyan Airlines
- KLM
- Korean Air *
- LAN *
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa ***
- Malaysia Airlines *
- Malindo Air
- MAXJet
- MEA
- Mexicana
- Northwest Airlines
- Oasis
- Oman Air
- Open Skies
- Pan Am
- Philippine Airlines
- Qantas +
- Qatar Airlines *
- Royal Jordanian Airlines
- SAS
- Saudia
- Shanghai Airlines
- Silverjet
- Singapore Airlines (first) and (business, economy) ++
- South African Airlines
- Sri Lankan Airlines
- Swiss *
- Swissair
- TAM
- TAP
- Thai Airways ***
- Turkish Airlines *
- United Airlines ****
- US Airways
- VARIG
- Vietnam Airlines
- Virgin America
- Virgin Atlantic
- Virgin Australia
Dec 14, 2017, 11:23 am
#1019
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 515
I'm certain it is an ad issue, but even with all my blockers on and no ads appearing on the page at all, it still happens. Interestingly, it happens less often when logged out.
If I allowed ads, I would wait a long time to be able to read a thread. Not all of us have high-speed internet connections, despite what the ISPs claim. The last time I allowed ads, the first unread post was jumping all over the place as new ads were loaded. On average, it more than doubled the time to load each thread. And I know that all I need to do is move to a place with a higher speed network available and pay more money for it, which seems to be the proposed solution to reported problems ("it works here, duplicate our setup").
Use IE for FlyerTalk? This is the "it works here, duplicate our setup" attitude that I just mentioned. It is up to the content provider (that's FlyerTalk in this case) to provide web pages that work on major browsers and platforms. I can understand some kid not having the resources to test his or her web site, but anyone who wants to pretend to be significant (IB in this case) should ensure that the users can get benefit from the web site without jumping through hoops.
Use IE for FlyerTalk? This is the "it works here, duplicate our setup" attitude that I just mentioned. It is up to the content provider (that's FlyerTalk in this case) to provide web pages that work on major browsers and platforms. I can understand some kid not having the resources to test his or her web site, but anyone who wants to pretend to be significant (IB in this case) should ensure that the users can get benefit from the web site without jumping through hoops.