Hey y’all, I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re doing some important upgrades to the single TRS-80 Model II (we’re upgrading to the Model III) in Jason’s basement that runs the entire site. Our hope is that by making this improvement we can improve site speed by simplifying and adding lightness. As some of Colin Chapman’s own drivers found out… that’s not always a perfect process.
We tried to do the full swap last night and hit a couple of snags so we reverted back to the original site. In the process, some people saw notifications disappear for some reason. We’re investigating. If you see any weirdness please tell us, but also please know that we’re working on it and are making changes to the site to hopefully make at an even better place to be. Thanks! (Top photo: depositphotos.com)
Oh Sweet! So my device won’t overheat when even thinking about opening more than 1 article?
I’ve ignored the notifications for weeks because I’ve not been able to open them at all. So not having even the basic bell is quite the relief cause when it jumped around without me being able to do anything about it was very very annoying.
For notifications, is there a way to add a running list of previous ones? When the little bell lights up and I click on it, it brings up whatever notifications are there, but if that disappears, like when I have to try and click out of the ad that conveniently sits right on top of the drop down list, then there is no way to get back to them.
Or am I missing something in a different part somewhere?
At the top of comments, there is an icon of a person w/ a gear; click on that and it will show all past comments
THANK YOU!!! I’ve been thinking I’m just dumb or something, not being able to find my own comment history. I never noticed that tiny little icon.
Now I have some catching up to do on certain conversations….
Yes, but that only shows YOUR comments, not the notifications of responses.
It’s enough for now.
Yeah, I was having to go through and search…at least now the bell is back!
Thanks for pointing this out. I know I never noticed this before. Must not have done enough clicking around or it’s a new addition.
The ad on top of that area is a big issue. They should just move it to the bottom.
Please! it shouldn’t be that hard, even just move it down to mid screen
Feature request, dark mode. I’m a fan of the Motorama styling but you know they make cars in black too 😉
Yeah, its real fun hopping on the web at 3 AM when you can’t sleep, and being temporarily blinded.
Wait my autopian is dark mode your browser settings don’t apply dark mode to this website?
Chrome on mobile if that helps
While you’re under the hood, fix the “multiple notifications that all disappear after the user touches one of them.”
Same request has been submitted by myself as well
#metoo
Yeah, that’s what people always say right before all the security systems start failing and the animals escape
“Anybody want a soda or something? I’m going up to the machine. I’d thought I’d get somebody something. I’ve had only sweets and I’m gonna get something salty… Oh! I uh, finished debugging the phones. I was going to, uh, so I did. So I debugged the phones. And I thought maybe I should tell you that the system is going to be, um… uh… compiling for eighteen to twenty minutes. So some of the minor systems, they may go on or off for a while, but it’s nothing to worry about, it’s just a simple thing.”
The animals are already running the joint!
that is one heavy duty username, I’m genuinely impressed
Wrong time to join? No all is well do not panic
I suggest doing this on weekends when no stories are being posted.
Notifications gone, and I have to log in every time now.
I think most of us understand this is a side effect of your efforts. No worries, and take the issues one at a time!
I was wondering why notifications disappeared…
The 16k RAM of the Trash-80 Model II should be more than sufficient for anyone!
Notifications have not been working for me, but we’ll let y’all work the kinks out.
I’m of the generation old enough to have owned one of these (and judging by your use of “Trash-80…”, I’m guessing you are as well). It was my computer in college in the early 80’s… though nicknamed “trash”, it really wasn’t so bad, and definitely let me be briefly “cool” as a freshman (at least with the nerds).
Minor suggestion- Get rid of the weird profile picture service? I’d much prefer to just upload a small/low resolution picture than to sign up to some weird service I’ve only ever seen used here.
YES PLEASE DO THIS!!!
Good luck with the back end work. I hope the website doesn’t get… rear ended.
Maybe we will be able to post images in the comments? Pwetty Pwease?
One of these days I’ll crack Hardigree’s will, and they’ll let me test the site before they push it to production.
One day.
I don’t always test my code, but when I do, I do it in production.
At work we have to test code in a dev environment, then do documented testing in a QA environment under change control before it moves to production. However, one site has automation where no dev or QA environment exists so we just throw it into production and do a documented PQ test and hope it doesn’t blow up. Back out plans are mandatory.
Amateurs! Our dev environment is the production environment! In fact, it’s our customer’s production environment, not ours! That’s how you move fast and break stuff, people!
^^ Guys guys, I found the Volkswagen software group!
Light the torches! Sharpen the pitchforks!
Torch has enough medical issues going on, we don’t need to light him up.
I remember those days, long hours trying to recover the production server after a developer with admin access trashed the entire OS copying commands off stackoverflow…do not miss those days.
The classic joke goes that everyone has a QA environment, but some of us have production environments too.
That’s why the notification bell is missing!
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop posting spew.
Do you like movies about gladiators?
Nor have I ever been in a Turkish prison.
I just want to tell you both, “Good luck, we’re all counting on you.”
I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.
Just promise you’re not going to Substack so I don’t have to wade through intricate long-form harangues that focus on how smart you all are.
Gimme taillights, questionable car choices, and idiosyncratic rants!
May I make a minor suggestion to improve the site? On the home page where it says “Matt Hardigree September 17, 2024 1:41 pm 4 Comments” can you make the “4 comments” a link that takes you straight to the comments? Some of these are worth checking on a few times a day.
I’ll second this. One of those little things that just makes it more pleasant.
I’ll third this.
I’ll fourth this. This could be a high value addition feature.
I’ll fifth it, but go no higher.
I’m just going to throw this out there, but I was the first person to click the smiley face, so technically I seconded this and all you other hosers are +1 further down the list, including Mechjaz who declared he would go no higher, but did anyway.
Well I’m gonna seventh this and YOU CAN’T STOP ME!!!
I laughed a good thirty seconds at being called a hoser. Love it.
I’ll ninth it just for the heck of it.
I you click the bell icon while the video is playing in the upper right, it pops up beneath the video. If you dismiss the video then the notification popup disappears and you’ll never see those notifications again.
I thought the site was run from Jason’s Commodore 64 with trained mice frantically switching cartridges around every time someone posts a comment.
No worries! weirdness is the main reason I frequent this website! 🙂
They are going to WordPress the shit out of us. 🙂
Aside: Please make sure you guys keep the new stack promptly and continuously updated. WP has a fairly larger surface and is a popular target. Apologies for stating the obvious, but we don’t want to experience a CDK.
That said, I applaud the inclination to upgrade, if only for a better comment system.
Keepin The Autopian Wired
I figured as much and glad it’s not my project. Notification bell is gone for me, but that’s been at least a few days now.
Same, I was wondering what happened to it.
Same. I assume people are responding to my comments with universal praise and adoration in the meantime. Thanks everyone!
Same here.
But I really hope that they fix the damn comments bell too.
Nothing like having 5 comments showing, and LOSING them all by choosing which one to read. WTF?
But thanks just the same guys.
I got in the habit of middle clicking on each “has replied to your comment” to open it in a new tab before clicking anywhere that’ll make the bell go away.
Middle clicking, what a Chad. Do you run Mosaic on an SGI workstation?
Every time I choose the one to click on I ask myself “Do I choose the guy I might have pissed off or someone who might have liked what I wrote?”
Then I click on one at random.
If you do your comments right, everyone is pissed off, but for different reasons.
Your comment has made me upset for vague and illogical reasons that I will type out in all caps and with poor grammar and spelling!
Damn, that rings true for me, too! (pun intended)
Yes PLEASE fix this!!!
Good Luck and may the code be with you!