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6 Replies Last post: Jan 11, 2004 6:25 PM by Jason Snell

Grant_G

5,630 posts since
Jan 12, 2001

Jan 9, 2004 3:08 PM

It's ba-aaaack!

Do any of you mods/admins recall back a couple of years ago in an earlier version of the forums (UBB that is) when a person could post, then another one would, but the first person couldn't see the reply until that person posted again? I'm not sure, but I think it's doing it again in this thread. I posted early this afternoon, then came back a couple of hours later to it and noticed it showed an unread post with a time-stamp about 2 hours later. After having tried unsuccessfully to view the new post many times (at least a dozen in between looking at other threads, closing the Safari window, changing forums, etc.), I reposted. Ooops, nothing between my earlier post and the test post.

So, either the thread is corrupted somehow, or the other poster deleted the post. But wouldn't that leave a marker of some kind? Thanks for looking into it.

G

Philbert

2,358 posts since
Jun 11, 2001

1. Jan 9, 2004 5:10 PM

in response to: Grant_G

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

I'm tellin' ya' Grant, no one believes me, but the forums are caddy-wompus and have been for a long time!

I don't know if it's related to your issue but my read-flags STILL don't update until I restart the browser or the machine itself. And this is with several browsers in OSX or WinXP ... AND ... using a completely different ISP connection. (I borrow my neighbors wireless bandwidth - strictly for testin' purposes, ya' 'unnerstand.)

Haven't experienced the phantom posts, though.

stuartpurple

770 posts since
Mar 4, 2003

2. Jan 9, 2004 5:43 PM

in response to: Philbert

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

I was going to post one saying that a couple of days ago, but thought it was just me so didn't bother.

Likewise, not seen the phantom posts though.

TomMacs

1,067 posts since
Mar 25, 2003

3. Jan 9, 2004 6:59 PM

in response to: stuartpurple

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

Ok Grant G, I gotta tell ya, you are 100% correct, I'm experiencing the same problems. It seems to only be this one specific thread, but time will have to play this game, or techies.

Edit: But now that I investigated it, I noticed that the time I posted is the exactly the same time that the other person posted, so is this the problem that you have experienced. I have realized that I could have jumped to conclusion, but I just want to verify.

Edit 2: Yeah I think it was a coincidence, never happened to me before too. But the second I posted, I saw my post move forward, being over taken by another, it was quite odd.

dcipjr

1,195 posts since
Jan 9, 2001

4. Jan 9, 2004 7:00 PM

in response to: TomMacs

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

Oh, man, I remember that problem well. Ah, the good 'ol days.

Which browser are you guys using? I'm using Safari and I haven't seen this problem yet...

Grant_G

5,630 posts since
Jan 12, 2001

5. Jan 10, 2004 11:14 AM

in response to: dcipjr

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

I'm using Safari too, Panther version. The phantom post I referred to was time-stamped 2:26 p.m. As you can see, mine is stamped 2:57 p.m., so definitely a phantom post which has disappeared. It was only in the menu ... it never appeared in the thread itself. I thought perhaps the poster was editing it, but too much time went by, then my second one went in and the other one was gone. Weird.

G

Jason Snell

2,190 posts since
Dec 11, 2000

6. Jan 11, 2004 6:25 PM

in response to: Grant_G

Re: It's ba-aaaack!

What's wackier is that we're using a different software package now, which makes me believe this is a cache problem.

Jason Snell, Editorial Director, Macworld

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