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Gizmo

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Posted: 01:20am 07 Jan 2024      

  LeoNicolas said  Hello Gizmo

Is it possible to update the mobile forum view to update the image size from posts to the viewport width? Something like this:

img {
 max-width: 100vw;
}


Thanks, that seams to have worked  
Edited 2024-01-07 11:20 by Gizmo
phil99

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Posted: 04:53am 07 Jan 2024      

Just noticed the selection of special characters. Thanks! ✓
⏚ is nifty, no more typing "Ground" over and over.
Turbo46

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Posted: 01:22am 02 Feb 2024      

Just recently I have been noticing this when viewing the forum on my iphone:



It only happens for my posts. I don't know if it is due to ME looking at MY posts or whether my posts are doing it for everyone. It doesn't happen for the PC.

I was going to test it by logging off on my iphone and then checking whether it happens if the forum didn't know it was me looking. Trouble is I can't log off on the iphone either that facility seems to have disappeared!

Bill
thwill

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Posted: 10:48am 04 Feb 2024      

I see it on my posts on my Android phone too Bill.

Best wishes,

Tom
Turbo46

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Posted: 07:41pm 04 Feb 2024      

Thanks Tom, I was beginning to think it was just me.

Bill
LeoNicolas

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Posted: 09:08pm 04 Feb 2024      

I reported this error to Gizmo one week ago. There's something wrong with the PHP for mobile.
I'm waiting for access to the source code; maybe we can convert the two source codes (desktop and mobile) into only one and use CSS and @media to transform the page to the correct form factor.
Turbo46

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Posted: 12:03am 06 Feb 2024      

That problem I reported above has gone away. If you have done something Leo, you have done well  

The phone screen also seems a little easier to set up. Before when I tried to enlarge it a bit, it would jump around and I could rarely get it how I want. That seems to have improved.

I can still not find any way to log off though.

Bill
LeoNicolas

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Posted: 01:28am 06 Feb 2024      

It was not me. Kudos to our site administrator/maintainer
Turbo46

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Posted: 04:05am 06 Feb 2024      

  LeoNicolas said  It was not me

In that case: Thank you Glenn.  

Bill
KeepIS

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Posted: 12:24am 13 Jul 2024      

How do we report a BOT or fake user? There is one in the Electronics forum, I could not see an option.

Full disclosure - I haven't been to Specsavers yet.
Gizmo

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Posted: 12:30am 13 Jul 2024      

Let me or Grogster know about them.
KeepIS

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Posted: 12:37am 13 Jul 2024      

phil99

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Posted: 03:19am 13 Jul 2024      

Is there a safe way to see if the links in those posts install spyware or harmful content?
KeepIS

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Posted: 03:31am 13 Jul 2024      

Links appears valid, company exists in various publications. Stupid BOT attempt to advertise IMHO.
javavi

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Posted: 06:41pm 03 Oct 2024      

IMHO, it would be good to have the ability to put a reaction under a message in the form of emojis with counters for a quick reaction to messages on the forum. It would be great to react to a post and see such a reaction from forum participants.
Perhaps I am spoiled by modern social networks
Gizmo

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Posted: 01:53am 04 Oct 2024      

Yeah I've though about this off and on.

I would only have a "Like" button. That way the poster gets some feedback that people liked his* post.

But then, if I posted something, and didn't get any "Likes", I would be depressed.

Maybe its better to not know if people like you post or not.

Glenn.


* I say "his" because there is a mayor lack of women on this forum. I guess because most of the members are 50 plus and reliving their interests from their youth, back in a time when most women just didn't take up electronics unfortunately. When I started my apprenticeship with Telecom in 1982, in our intake of 72 apprentices, 2 were girls. But I'm encouraged by the growth in young female "makers" getting into electronics and robotics these last few years.
zeitfest
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Posted: 10:54am 14 Oct 2024      

Any estimate of how many "views" are from bots vs how many from actual people ?
I am guessing that (very roughly) 30 or so "views" per post are from engines (?)
Gizmo

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Posted: 11:03pm 14 Oct 2024      

  zeitfest said  Any estimate of how many "views" are from bots vs how many from actual people ?
I am guessing that (very roughly) 30 or so "views" per post are from engines (?)


No idea. Depends if the bot or search engine behaves like a browser and accepts cookies, etc.
javavi

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Posted: 08:45pm 30 Nov 2024      

  Gizmo said  But then, if I posted something, and didn't get any "Likes", I would be depressed.
Maybe its better to not know if people like you post or not.

Yes, if you care about it, but life is like this now..., and it will be much more fun....
javavi

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Posted: 08:47pm 30 Nov 2024      

  Gizmo said  But then, if I posted something, and didn't get any "Likes", I would be depressed.
Maybe its better to not know if people like you post or not.

Yes, if you care about it, but life is like this now..., and overall it will be much more fun....

By the way, I can’t delete my last message either!?
Edited 2024-12-04 00:50 by javavi