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Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
by MattY
Does MennoNet log you out frequently for no reason? Have you ever typed up an entire comment, multiple paragraphs, etc., and hit "Preview" only for MennoNet to demand that you log in? And after you do, everything you typed has disappeared and can't be recovered, including by trying to go back to the previous page? *GRRRRR*
This happened on my phone. Is there a time limit after which it will log you out?
Oh, and another frustration, although a lesser one, is that the Search function isn't very good. It doesn't bring up every time that the term or word has been used. Sometimes I might remember using a word or term in the past - not an extremely common word - and use Search to try to find my comment. For example, I can see clearly that I wrote "Daniel Kauffman" in a comment in 2018 - if I navigate back through my past comments on my profile and look through every one. But when I search for "Daniel Kauffman", it doesn't bring up my comment.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:18 am
by Soloist
MattY wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
Does MennoNet log you out frequently for no reason? Have you ever typed up an entire comment, multiple paragraphs, etc., and hit "Preview" only for MennoNet to demand that you log in? And after you do, everything you typed has disappeared and can't be recovered, including by trying to go back to the previous page? *GRRRRR*
This happened on my phone. Is there a time limit after which it will log you out?
Oh, and another frustration, although a lesser one, is that the Search function isn't very good. It doesn't bring up every time that the term or word has been used. Sometimes I might remember using a word or term in the past - not an extremely common word - and use Search to try to find my comment. For example, I can see clearly that I wrote "Daniel Kauffman" in a comment in 2018 - if I navigate back through my past comments on my profile and look through every one. But when I search for "Daniel Kauffman", it doesn't bring up my comment.
Sometimes this happens to me, more often I have network issues. I copy my post most of the time to side step that issue. Use google to search the forum, it’s a little better.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:20 am
by RZehr
When I am logged in on my phone, and click the "Home" tab, it logs me out. But on my P.C., I can click on the "Home" tab, it does not log me out.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:23 am
by Josh
Post from your computer.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:24 am
by ohio jones
Soloist wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:18 am
Use google to search the forum, it’s a little better.
Sometimes, but it still doesn't find that particular post. It seems there's a date range that isn't properly indexed or something.
Josh wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:23 am
Post from your computer.
When possible, that's usually preferable. But the other day I had to yeet a post while in the TK lounge in MIA E (alas, not the nicer one in H/J), and the phone was the tool at hand. Fortunately it did the job.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:37 am
by Grace
Make sure you are logged in before attempting to post anything. After a period of time, you will need to re-log in. I usually post from a laptop and not a phone.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:51 am
by steve-in-kville
Grace wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:37 am
Make sure you are logged in before attempting to post anything. After a period of time, you will need to re-log in. I usually post from a laptop and not a phone.
I view this site using about four devices, but only login on maybe two. Never had an issue getting kicked off.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:00 pm
by Josh
Back in the day, the US Airways Club had “data ports” which you could plug your massive laptop into. And free local calls
Moving forward circa 2001, I carried a predecessor to the smartphone (a Handspring Treo with an AT&T CDPD modem in the Springboard slot). A few years later, there started to be “business PCs” you could walk up to and use.
Nowadays it’s hard to even find a working printer. Let alone a fax.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:08 pm
by Neto
I have had that type of Posting error, so I often write up everything in Microsoft Word for Windows (yeah, the 1995 version), then copy & paste it into the MennoNet comment box. That way I can save my work periodically. (However, anytime I'm using Word, I use the Save As method, not just the Save. Reason: the Save As route goes deeper in saving the file than the Save method. The Save method is a fast save, at least on the older versions. I don't like the new versions much at all. Nothing about them to make me want to upgrade.) Or, I just use OpenOffice or LibreOffice - have both installed.
Re: Tech Frustration
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:13 pm
by steve-in-kville
Josh wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:00 pm
Nowadays it’s hard to even find a working printer. Let alone a fax.
Couldn't tell you the last time I seen a fax actually send or receive.