Feedback on FT new style, March 2018
May 31, 2018, 12:26 pm
#828
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May 31, 2018, 2:25 pm
#829
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However, these are Internet Professionals, and we should bow before their incompetence.
Last edited by T8191; Jun 1, 2018 at 1:59 am Reason: Add screenshot
Jun 1, 2018, 9:57 am
#831
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Can we have one-click access to "subscribed threads" on the menu bar back? I mean, who really needs access to all sorts of Wikis for forums they're not even reading on the menu bar, does this ever get clicked?
Jun 25, 2018, 3:01 am
#832
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Is any work still going on to fix bugs?
There's a long-standing bug that got fixed before the recent change, but has come back with this latest change and has still not been fixed:
If you search for a term and ask for the results to show posts in which the term appears, and if the term appears in the wikipost, then every single post in that thread is returned regardless of whether the post contains the term. This appears to be because the appearance in the wikipost counts, and triggers a positive result for that post.
For example, try this search which is for the term "skg" showing all posts on the BA board. The posts currently returned in the first 25 results (first page) are from these threads:-
If you search for a term and ask for the results to show posts in which the term appears, and if the term appears in the wikipost, then every single post in that thread is returned regardless of whether the post contains the term. This appears to be because the appearance in the wikipost counts, and triggers a positive result for that post.
For example, try this search which is for the term "skg" showing all posts on the BA board. The posts currently returned in the first 25 results (first page) are from these threads:-
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- [*]
Jun 25, 2018, 4:36 pm
#833
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There's a long-standing bug that got fixed before the recent change, but has come back with this latest change and has still not been fixed:
If you search for a term and ask for the results to show posts in which the term appears, and if the term appears in the wikipost, then every single post in that thread is returned regardless of whether the post contains the term. This appears to be because the appearance in the wikipost counts, and triggers a positive result for that post.
For example, try this search which is for the term "skg" showing all posts on the BA board. The posts currently returned in the first 25 results (first page) are from these threads:-BA Lounge Database | Europe
If you search for a term and ask for the results to show posts in which the term appears, and if the term appears in the wikipost, then every single post in that thread is returned regardless of whether the post contains the term. This appears to be because the appearance in the wikipost counts, and triggers a positive result for that post.
For example, try this search which is for the term "skg" showing all posts on the BA board. The posts currently returned in the first 25 results (first page) are from these threads:-BA Lounge Database | Europe
- (but this actually only has two old posts containing "skg")
- Airport Upgrades (AUP) promotion 2018 thread (actually only one post)
- Back-to-back / Immediate Turnarounds at BA Destinations (actually zero posts)
- Where in the world am I? (actually only one post)
Jun 26, 2018, 2:59 am
#834
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Jul 6, 2018, 5:07 am
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RBP icon gone, switching to text only hours ago...
Is the high power testing something new on FT again during the last few hours? 
Just back on FT now, it appears the red alert on the low left corner of posts has been replaced with plain text "Alert a moderator of this post", which is also clickable without underline. Not sure if this is a new "improvement" or simple new glitch that the tech team is working on.
ETA:
Two hours later, that red triangle alert seems to reappear now. Does it mean it will stay this time?
Just back on FT now, it appears the red alert on the low left corner of posts has been replaced with plain text "Alert a moderator of this post", which is also clickable without underline. Not sure if this is a new "improvement" or simple new glitch that the tech team is working on.
ETA:
Two hours later, that red triangle alert seems to reappear now. Does it mean it will stay this time?
Last edited by lin821; Jul 6, 2018 at 7:04 am Reason: ETA
Jul 13, 2018, 1:43 pm
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Sorry if I am beating a dead horse here, but have been off FT for some time. Are other Chrome users having issues with font size inconsistencies at a given zoom level? At 80% the thread list pages have such small font that I can't read a bit of it, but the actual post pages look fine. Of course, then, if I zoom then the thread list pages look good but fonts on the individual thread pages are huge. Why can't the font just be the same size?
Jul 13, 2018, 2:55 pm
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Sorry if I am beating a dead horse here, but have been off FT for some time. Are other Chrome users having issues with font size inconsistencies at a given zoom level? At 80% the thread list pages have such small font that I can't read a bit of it, but the actual post pages look fine. Of course, then, if I zoom then the thread list pages look good but fonts on the individual thread pages are huge. Why can't the font just be the same size?
Jul 13, 2018, 3:01 pm
#839
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No, that's not it, the fonts are just objectively small. See below snip of two windows - both zoomed to 80% - pulled up next to each other.
Jul 13, 2018, 3:22 pm
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