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[mansr]

3 hours ago, mansr said:

Anyway, I'm looking at the Firefox source code to see if I can tame it from that end.

I managed to improve the situation in Firefox by ripping out a few hundred lines of nonsense code and deferring opening of the sound device a bit. It still often ends up hogging the sound card (which means some javascript here is misbehaving as other sites do not have this problem), but I think the annoying freeze-up is gone.

[mansr]

6 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I just changed the javascript to load Just before </body> tag if you're using the Premium theme.

It's still hogging the sound device for no apparent reason. This is annoying because it means nothing else can play sounds.

[mansr]

10 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Does it happen on this page - https://invisioncommunity.com/discover/

Doesn't seem to.

[mansr]

9 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

This could be related to notifications. If you logout, notifications are all disabled. If you have time, try it logged out. 

It only does it when logged in.

[mansr]

I found that changing the secret Firefox setting "dom.webaudio.enabled" to false makes it stop. Youtube still works.

 

It is still my opinion that site scripts should stay away from the sound device until they actually intend to play something, not open it and play silence forever just in case.

[mansr]

4 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

can't edit to make huge text copied into a post (Quick Post?) conform to regular size text

Usually, if you paste formatted text, a banner appears with an offer to paste as plain text instead. If not, select it and click the Tx button above the edit box. Or at least you used to. That button seems to be gone.

[mansr]

1 minute ago, Daccord said:

Something seems wrong with the chronological sort. Sometimes old posts are appearing again at the end of the list. See here for example:

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57582-mains-conditioner-for-smpss/page/3/#comments

Even if you use the "sort by date" setting?

[mansr]

2 minutes ago, Daccord said:

I missed the sorting control. I was looking for it at the top or even bottom, not between the initial question and the responses. I think defaulting to date is more logical though.

Sorting by votes would make sense if people used the feature as intended. The trouble is that the intended use is rather restricted in that replies to an "answer" appear as a new, separate answer. The Stack Exchange sites have the right idea, grouping comments under the relevant answer.

[mansr]

Can we have a feature that prevents Alex/sandyk posting in threads or replying to people he's said he won't?

[mansr]

47 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

We actually can do something similar. 

Ban him? I think that would be about 98.6% accurate at present, 99.3% by tomorrow afternoon.

[mansr]

6 hours ago, Daccord said:

The ignore list works well. You just have to use it.

You still see replies directed at ignored users, and the general thread disruption still happens unless everybody ignores that person.

 

@The Computer Audiophile, seriously, why do you keep giving Alex a pass with his nasty behaviour? You've banned others in a heartbeat for far less.

[mansr]

3 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Already have it. 

Very difficult to access in the mobile view, though.

[mansr]

6 hours ago, fas42 said:

This is part of the general problem that the interface alters, quite significantly, at a certain, specific width of the browser window - can anything be done to improve this?

Sometimes turning the device sideways is enough to bring out the missing bits. When not, at least Chrome has a "desktop mode" switch that lets you see the page as it would render in a full-size browser. I agree it would be better if there were some way to reach all the features also in the phone view. Going via a menu is of course acceptable. Some compromises have to be made on a small screen.

[mansr]

The "condensed" stream view is broken.

[mansr]

14 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

When did you first notice this?

 

I can reproduce it as well. 

I'm pretty sure it worked yesterday.

[mansr]

Clearing cookies didn't help, btw.

[mansr]

42 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

The condensed/expanded view patch has been applied. Clearing of cookies may be required. 

It works now. Thanks.