Why is Kwicko the only one who I see respond to a message in FFF? by 6IXSTRINGJACK

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Something is definitely not working as it's intended, and has been for a very, very long time for me. I stopped getting notifications long, long ago--and yes, I checked to make sure they weren't ending up in my "spam" folder. I know I've done everything I'm supposed to, and I USED to get them, but not for a long time now. Sux.

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Friday, July 13, 2012 10:42 AM

WISHIMAY

I have only gotten a few notifications and really only from Kwicko as well...

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Friday, July 13, 2012 11:07 AM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Well aren't *I* the popular one...

I'm still using the old "blue" fff.net site, so maybe that has something to do with it.

If it makes y'all feel any better, though, the only notifications I get are when WhoZit responds to my posts.

So I'm saying it could be worse. :)

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Friday, July 13, 2012 12:45 PM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

But how can you still get to the blue FFF.NET? No matter what URL I use, I only get the newer, red site.

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Friday, July 13, 2012 4:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by YINYANG:
But how can you still get to the blue FFF.NET? No matter what URL I use, I only get the newer, red site.

http://blu.fireflyfans.net/threadlist.asp?b=18

Paste that in your address hole!

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Friday, July 13, 2012 4:47 PM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Cool! Thank you.

ETA: I tested it out, and when I replied to myself using the blue site I got a notification. I've replied to myself on the red site before and not gotten notified. So for some reason the notifications on FFF 2.0 aren't working...

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Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:56 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Sheet...I switched from the old version ages ago, and don't want to go back. A conundrum, that. Let's see if Haken can do anything about it...

ETA: I just checked on the "FFF 2.0" forum ( http://beta.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=51875) and it's been discussed there...apparently Haken is/was working on a "cure". Hope he finds one; I've found that very frustrating, as sometimes I happen across a response to one of my posts waaaaay after the fact and, I'm sure, sometimes not at all.

Unfortunately, Haken's answer was that it would be fixed on the next update, "probably tonight"...and that was back on May 11th. Sigh...

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Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:14 AM

The old site still works better for my Mac. It loads faster *AND* threads are only one page long, no matter how many responses there are. I get annoyed with having to go to the next page, or the last page, and it taking more than a couple minutes to load, so the old "blue" site is much faster and better for me.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:59 PM

Thanks Kwick!

I didn't even know the blue site could still be used. I liked the look of it better than the red.

At the very least, we should ask Haken to make posting in the RWED Blue again instead of Red. Even better, why not have an option in your user preferences to display those colors as whatever color you want to see here? I'm sure that wouldn't be difficult to pull off.

Colors mean a lot more to people than one would think. Red can mean passion and love, but it can also translate to anger and hate. It's a fine line.

Blue is universally tranquil.

Again, not an excuse, but just an observation. I seemed to be a lot more civilized with the old Blue boarders than after I was forced to make the change.

I'll have to try your link out Kwick, and see if this theory holds any water.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:04 PM

Oh..... Blue......

So much nicer!!!!

Bookmarking this page immediately!

Thanks again Kwick!

It should also be noted that when you reply to a post and are asked for your password in the old "blue" system, you are immediately put in the reply page to the thread. When you reply to a post in the new "red" system, you are transferred to the home page after entering it.

Another huge annoyance, in my mind....

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:02 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Can anyone tell me how to get back to the original version? I've been on v.2 for ages, and the link I have in my favorites for the old site just brings up the new one--I tried Google, etc., but can't access the old page.

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Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:43 AM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Can anyone tell me how to get back to the original version? I've been on v.2 for ages, and the link I have in my favorites for the old site just brings up the new one--I tried Google, etc., but can't access the old page.

Kwicko posted it up-thread - it's http://blu.fireflyfans.net. (Which, incidentally, was Bytemite's idea, as seen here: http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=27&tid=51359&mid=888011#888011.)

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Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:52 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Thanx Ying, and Mike (I missed that, sorry). Yuck...big type, etc.; I'd forgotten how ugly and cumbersome it was. But I suppose if it lets me get notifications, it's worth it...for now! Hope Haken can get it sorted out so I can go back to the new version.

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Sunday, July 15, 2012 6:26 AM

MAL4PREZ

Thanks for the links. I've switched back to the blue too. I like the look of the new site, but the blue is more calming. I missed it.

I also like that when you click on the "since your last view" list up top (on the blue), you go right to the post instantly. The new site is a bit cumbersome about that, reloading the whole page. Too slow for my short attention span!

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:36 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Okay, I gave up on the old version of FFF. It has glitches a-plenty, like I'll hit "post" repeatedly and nothing posts--I have to copy what I wrote into a new "reply" for it to work. Plus numerous other things, and I don't like the little tiny box you have to type in. Plus I like this version MUCH better for many reasons. So I'm back here; means I'll have to give up getting notification of responses (and yes, I was getting them on the blue site), but such is life; hopefully Haken will fix that eventually. I do miss the little "table of icons", but there are so many other things I appreciate about this version, it's just not worth it being over there.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:56 AM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
So I'm back here; means I'll have to give up getting notification of responses (and yes, I was getting them on the blue site), but such is life; hopefully Haken will fix that eventually.

Do not despair! As long as other people are using the blue site, you should still get notifications from us; you not using the blue site means we won't get notifications from you. And since everybody but Jack seemed to carry on conversations just fine without notifications, I wouldn't sweat it either way. I have a lot of time on my hands and don't post that often, so I feel like the niceness of notifications outweighs the hassle, but you post a lot more so it's understandable that you'd rather go back to the more user-friendly 2.0 site.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:05 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Oops, I forgot that saying "I'm back here" could be read both ways on both versions! I meant I'm back on v.2--I tried the "blue site" and didn't like it at all, for the reasons I mentioned. So I'm just going to live with no notifications until/unless Haken gets that fixed. It means I miss some responses because the thread went down the line and I didn't catch them, so I apologize to anyone who didn't get a response from me, but until we can get notifications on v.2, I'm stuck. Sorry about the confusion.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:39 AM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Oops, I forgot that saying "I'm back here" could be read both ways on both versions! I meant I'm back on v.2--I tried the "blue site" and didn't like it at all, for the reasons I mentioned. So I'm just going to live with no notifications until/unless Haken gets that fixed. It means I miss some responses because the thread went down the line and I didn't catch them, so I apologize to anyone who didn't get a response from me, but until we can get notifications on v.2, I'm stuck. Sorry about the confusion.

Is this a response to me? Because I totally understood you the first time, and I clarified the "no notifications" thing. You should have gotten a couple notifications from me today, even.

Unless you've been getting notifications from everyone while using the blue site, regardless of whether they were or weren't using it? Because that has not been my experience.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:04 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

No, what I wrote was to clarify to everyone, because stupidly I didn't realize that posting "I'm back" on v.2 would look like I was saying I'm back on BOTH sites. Duh.

And no, I get no notifications whatsoever when I'm on v.2--it's been that way for ages, maybe since I started using this version, I might not have noticed right away. I got a couple of notifications while I was on the "blue" site, but only from a couple of people and I saw where others had replied to me but I got no notifications. I'm guessing that anyone who responds FROM v.2 won't give notifications, and anyone posting ON v.2 won't receive any either. Since I'm back to posting on v.2, I'm guessing, as was the case before, I'LL get no notifications. So be it.

Essentially, I think being on v.2 neither sends nor receives notifications. Just the way it is, until/unless Haken can get it fixed.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:26 PM

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
I'm guessing that anyone who responds FROM v.2 won't give notifications, and anyone posting ON v.2 won't receive any either. Since I'm back to posting on v.2, I'm guessing, as was the case before, I'LL get no notifications. So be it.

Essentially, I think being on v.2 neither sends nor receives notifications. Just the way it is, until/unless Haken can get it fixed.

I don't think it matters what version you're posting on; it only matters what version people are replying to you on. I tested by replying (on the blue site) to one of my own posts (that I made on 2.0), and I got a notification. And I got a notification from Kwicko before I switched to the blue site. Are you sure you haven't gotten any notifications from me today? Not even for this post?

If so, then 1) I'm wrong, 2) there's an irregularity with your account in particular, or 3) maybe it's problem with your email? Hmm...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:34 PM

No problems here on the Blue version.

Don't know if I'm not aware of extra perks the Red version gave us that I didn't grow accustomed to, but the Blue version is everything I remembered it to be, and that is alright with me.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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Monday, July 23, 2012 1:04 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm still using the old "blue" fff.net site, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Ahhhh, this explains why you still add "not PN" to your thread titles.

I love the new site, been using it since it was solely beta. I love the layout, I love the colors, I love the division of threads into pages so they can keep loading even when they get really long, I love seeing the name of thread starters next to the threads, I love easily customized avatars, and I love that png images and videos will display now. I pretty much always turn off notifications, so I never knew there was an issue with that *shrug*

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Monday, July 23, 2012 1:17 PM

One of the other things I hate about the new site is that it isn't friendly with my Mac and RockMelt. For instance, Niki's signature gif stretches the text boxes out so wide that half her sentences are cut off - it's not a matter of side-scrolling the screen to read her responses, it's a matter of the frames of the text box cutting off the entire right-hand side of her responses, rendering them unreadable to me unless I shrink the font size down to around 8 points, at which point my eyes can no longer make out the text (yes, I have vision issues, which are back again with a vengeance. As I type this, I'm legally blind in one eye and about 20/80 in the other.)

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Monday, July 23, 2012 2:11 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
One of the other things I hate about the new site is that it isn't friendly with my Mac and RockMelt. For instance, Niki's signature gif stretches the text boxes out so wide that half her sentences are cut off - it's not a matter of side-scrolling the screen to read her responses, it's a matter of the frames of the text box cutting off the entire right-hand side of her responses

Hmmm. Well, I just used adblock to deal with that sort of issue. I block a lot of animated gifs just because I find them distracting, but I can also block things that stretch the textboxes. Although, I think Haken added an auto-scale thing to the new site, because I haven't seen that be an issue lately.
(I also have a Mac and vision problems.)

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Monday, July 23, 2012 7:40 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Hmmm.... maybe that explain why my PM isn't working either.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:52 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Weird; I responded to this, but my response doesn't appear to be here.

Ying, I went back to the new site and no, I haven't gotten ANY notifications since then, as was the case before. I DO get PMs, but I love the new site for all the reasons Rose enumerated, so I'm willing to give up the notifications. I've not had problems with my e-mail, and I don't know what irregularities there might be with my account, as I did everything I'm suppsoed to. As to whether you're wrong or not, others will have to chime in:

Does anyone using the new site get notifications from anyone else, whether they're on the new site or the old?

I took out my signature, so that should solve that problem. I also closed font color and font, which hopefully will solve the OTHER problems. By the way, I also experience the "cutoff" problem on the new site, when someone posts something like a graphic that is too large. My sig wasn't too large on the new site, but apparently was on the old one.

And yes, I was wondering about the "Not PN" in titles, too, until I went to the old site and saw how it's set up. I like knowing who posted a thread, too, so that's another reason I went back to the new site. I immediately didn't like that it doesn't show who put up the thread. I like it MUCH better--the only thing I miss is the list of emoticons, but since I have my own which I like better anyway, that's no biggie.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:11 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

My PM seems to be working fine. I mean, for all I know there are some getting eaten, but I've had some come through so I figured it was fine.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:21 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Yeah, I've had no trouble with PMs, they come to my e-mail, but notifications? None.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:34 AM

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Yeah, I've had no trouble with PMs, they come to my e-mail, but notifications? None.

Are your PM's going to other people though Niki?

I've gotten a few, but those might have only been from people using the Blue site. The PM system might be messed up like the notification system is.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:22 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Dunno. I've gotten numerous PMs over time, but I don't know if they come from people on the "blue site" or this one.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:42 AM

Me neither.....

Wow!

It's like our first scientific project together Niki!

I'll let you be the lead. What's our constant?

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:04 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

People have gotten my PMs from the new site, I know that. I wonder if email provider makes any difference in receiving PMs?

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:27 AM

http://www.imdb.com/list/1pzry-tpdaI/

Good thought PR....

I've got hotmail.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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Monday, August 27, 2012 6:23 PM

TRAVELER

I'm also not getting notification. Any word on the fix for this.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
People have gotten my PMs from the new site, I know that. I wonder if email provider makes any difference in receiving PMs?

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

Gmail here.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:06 AM