Bug reports & suggestions

Janos Biro · Sun 16/02/2014 01:42:51

No reason. I guess IE is not very popular around here, that's all.

AGA · Sun 16/02/2014 02:07:27

I'm afraid you'll have to learn to live with it. I don't get paid enough (or indeed at all) to waste time getting the site to work perfectly in a browser as broken as IE. Especially given this is a tech community, and fewer than 10% of visitors use IE.

Janos Biro · Sun 16/02/2014 02:37:55

Volcan, I think what AGA is trying to say is that IE is not recommended to better view this site, and this is not uncommon in sites made by "techs". Users of more "alternative" browsers often like to bash IE, and unfortunately IE users too. But maybe only 10% of gamers today prefer to play Point & Click Adventures, let alone MAKE then. So the problem is not that you're part of a minority. It wouldn't be nice to ignore your complaint just because of that. But messing with IE issues is something that is probably not in the plans of this community. I bet many people here don't see why someone would like to use IE voluntarily, since they believe that IE is flawed and too slow compared to other free alternatives. I myself would pay not to use IE ever again in my life. Maybe the sites you visit are not the same kind "techs" visit, but there's a lot of web designers that think this way. See this comparative infographic for more information:

Volcan · Sun 16/02/2014 13:55:58

I first thought AGS supports all browsers that's why I reported this glitch.

I heard this same song with Netscape ten years ago.

Alright. I won't report any problems with Internet Explorer.

Tabata · Sun 16/02/2014 14:33:31

I don't have probs with the IE and I love it.

@Volcan
Don't let them bring you down. I use Chrome and IE and still prefer IE.
Although I can not really help, but if you have something with IE you can send me PM to find out whether it is a general problem or just about your settings.

btw. the forum sites appear okay for me in IE

selmiak · Sun 16/02/2014 14:41:31

Tabata, do you use Internet Explorer 10 or 9?
Volcan, maybe updating iE helps.

Tabata · Sun 16/02/2014 15:16:30

Yepp, selmiak is right - updating is recommended

(I am using IE 11)

edit:
sorry, had to correct the number of the version of my IE that I told you - just found out about it being Version 11 by reading the EULA
(I always try using the most recent version)

Janos Biro · Sun 16/02/2014 20:05:21

Just a side note: I totally agree that you have the right to stick with the browser you want, and the site should support all popular browsers.

AGA · Sun 16/02/2014 20:31:48

The site and forums render just fine in up to date versions of all major browsers. If you're using an out of date version, or some obscure browser, you can't expect it to be supported.

Expecting old versions of IE - which notoriously don't support web standards properly - to be supported is a little silly. If I was Amazon and had a dedicated team of web developers devoted to making the site work in all conceivable browsers, maybe I would, but as it is I'm just one man doing this for free, so you have no right to *expect* anything. So shush

selmiak · Sun 16/02/2014 20:54:44

the space before the smiley when clicking in the quickpost disappeared somehow. In the normal reply form it still works $:-\$

AGA · Sun 16/02/2014 21:38:35

Huh? I've looked at quick reply and reply in both forum themes, and I have no idea what you mean!

Volcan · Sun 16/02/2014 22:41:05

Quote from: AGA on Sun 16/02/2014 20:31:48
The site and forums render just fine in up to date versions of all major browsers. If you're using an out of date version, or some obscure browser, you can't expect it to be supported.

Expecting old versions of IE - which notoriously don't support web standards properly - to be supported is a little silly. If I was Amazon and had a dedicated team of web developers devoted to making the site work in all conceivable browsers, maybe I would, but as it is I'm just one man doing this for free, so you have no right to *expect* anything. So shush

I agree with that. I'll update ie.

selmiak · Sun 16/02/2014 23:03:58

Quote from: AGA on Sun 16/02/2014 21:38:35
Huh? I've looked at quick reply and reply in both forum themes, and I have no idea what you mean!

When I click a smiley icon in the quickreply at the end of the thread it gets insertet, but without a preceeding space that is needed for smf to recignise the smiley. iirc this worked since you fixed it some days ago. And that you can't replicate this bug makes it even harder to nail down. FF27.0.1 and opera act alike for me.

AGA · Mon 17/02/2014 00:58:32

I didn't (at least not deliberately) change anything about the smilies... I've never noticed whether or not there was a preceding space before, but I almost never use unusual smilies.

selmiak · Mon 17/02/2014 01:22:03

And I'm pretty sure it worked some hours before posting the bugreport as I use the quickreply almost every time.

AGA · Mon 17/02/2014 11:24:55

Even better, have a thing:

selmiak · Mon 17/02/2014 12:46:56

Let's hope this also doesn't stop working after some time. Thanks AGA!

AGA · Mon 17/02/2014 13:21:21

Given I hacked it in myself, that's pretty unlikely. Should be fine!

Tramponline · Mon 17/02/2014 13:33:23

Hey, AGA. This might be just me being a bit daft here, but:

The BBcode for hiding spoiler text is not explained in the list under 'Help' -> 'BBCode' (forum's menu bar).
[hide] ... Your spoiler text here ...[/hide]

That entry would be quite helpful for new people, I suppose?

AGA · Mon 17/02/2014 13:44:56

Quite possibly. That page is something I hacked in a while ago (because SMF for some insane reason doesn't include that by default...), and it's probably not exhaustive. I'll put it in!