random minor tech stuff
11 years 8 months ago #17968
by Ona Kiser
random minor tech stuff was created by Ona Kiser
A couple things: when one is logged out, the non-private discussions listed do not show the correct number of replies or who replied most recently. This is not a big deal, but sort of odd. For example, a public thread might have 4 replies, last reply by Shargrol, but if I'm not logged in, the same thread is displayed (in the "most recent" view) saying it has 1 reply by Kate (just to make up an example). Why?
The other thing is, unlike, say, Facebook or Google (sorry for the comparison), I can't coordinate login on multiple devices on this forum. So if I go happen to login and check the conversations from my mobile phone, then it logs me out on my laptop. Later I get home and log in to read via my laptop, and it logs me out on my phone. Again, not a huge deal, but is there an option to coordinate logins from multiple devices? I'd rather my status either be logged in or not, no matter which device I happen to use, but that might not be technically possible.
Cheers.
The other thing is, unlike, say, Facebook or Google (sorry for the comparison), I can't coordinate login on multiple devices on this forum. So if I go happen to login and check the conversations from my mobile phone, then it logs me out on my laptop. Later I get home and log in to read via my laptop, and it logs me out on my phone. Again, not a huge deal, but is there an option to coordinate logins from multiple devices? I'd rather my status either be logged in or not, no matter which device I happen to use, but that might not be technically possible.
Cheers.
11 years 8 months ago #17978
by Tom Otvos
-- tomo
Replied by Tom Otvos on topic random minor tech stuff
Hi Ona,
Regarding the non-private replies, that is very curious. I had not noticed that but concur. I would need to dig into it more to see why that is, but that is clearly a bug in the forum software. As to the sessions, yes, I bump into that as well. What is more frustrating to me is not that I get logged out, but that my "unread" messages gets reset and I end up seeing as new stuff I have already read. That unfortunately has to do with the way Joomla (the core software on which AN is based) tracks sessions, and it is a combination of session cookies stored on the device and a session state value stored in the database. AFAIK, this is not conducive to session sharing. There might be some way around it, but by default TITWII.
Regarding the non-private replies, that is very curious. I had not noticed that but concur. I would need to dig into it more to see why that is, but that is clearly a bug in the forum software. As to the sessions, yes, I bump into that as well. What is more frustrating to me is not that I get logged out, but that my "unread" messages gets reset and I end up seeing as new stuff I have already read. That unfortunately has to do with the way Joomla (the core software on which AN is based) tracks sessions, and it is a combination of session cookies stored on the device and a session state value stored in the database. AFAIK, this is not conducive to session sharing. There might be some way around it, but by default TITWII.
-- tomo
11 years 8 months ago #17981
by Ona Kiser
Replied by Ona Kiser on topic random minor tech stuff
Thanks for explaining! It's not a huge thing for me.
I googled TITWII, but only got some rude results that don't seem relevant. Then it contextually seemed likely to mean "That is the way it is." DId I guess right?
Did you make that one up? (DYMTOU).
I googled TITWII, but only got some rude results that don't seem relevant. Then it contextually seemed likely to mean "That is the way it is." DId I guess right?
Did you make that one up? (DYMTOU).