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Date: 10/29/09
iPhone firmware version: 3.0.1
NASA app version: 1.0

Description:

Note: This takes some finger dexterity, and is more easily shown that described, so I have included screenshots.

There is an easy way to crash the NASA iPhone application. I am logging this bug under the assumption that a future update is being worked on, and that by you having knowledge of this bug it will contribute to a more holistic understanding of your application.

Basically, you can do a finger trick on all image pages. It takes a little practice ( I recommend using two thumbs) but I am able to hit it very consistently.

On any image page, if the user presses and holds, the “i” icon in lower right, and then releases this held down “i” option a split second after a press and release of the “images” button, the user will be taken to a screen with a list of pictures. On this screen will appear the description for picture the user just viewed. At this point the application will crash, and will return the user to the iPhone’s home menu, after the user touches the screen.

Repro Steps:
1. Launch the NASA app for the iPhone
2. Select the “Images” icon
3. Select any image
4. From any image’s profile page, press and hold the “i” icon in lower right of screen
5. (While holding down “i”) Press and hold the “Images” icon in upper left of screen
6. Release the held down “Images” icon – after a split second (takes practice) release the “i” icon

Result: A feat of finger dexterity on any Image’s detail page, involving the release of a held down “i” icon a split second after the press and release of an “Images” back button, will easily crash the NASA iPhone application

Expected: It is expected that the NASA iPhone application will never crash.

Date: 10/28/09
Version: [v.1.4.1]

Description:

On any place’s detail page, if the user releases the held down “+” button at the same moment they press the “places” button, the user will be returned to the “Nearby Favorites” screen with “Add a Tip here” and “Add to my To-Do List” and “Cancel” overlaid incorrectly on the screen.

At this point the application will crash after the user presses any of these buttons.
Please see attached screenshots.

Note: Hello foursquare, I have found a very easy way to crash your iPhone application. I have gotten it down so that this crash reproduces 100 percent. This isn’t that serious, but I hope by telling you about it you get a better, more holistic understanding of your current iPhone application.

Repro Steps:
1. (after downloading app and creating account, etc.) Launch foursquare iPhone application
2. Select the “Places” tab
3. Select any Nearby location
4. From any location’s page, press (and hold) the “+” button in upper right
5. Press and release the “Places” button a split second after releasing the “+” button
6. With “Add a Tip here” and “Add to my To-Do List” and “Cancel” on the “Nearby Favorites” screen, select any of these options

Result: There is an easy to crash the foursquare iPhone application [v.1.4.1] on any place’s detail screen. If the user releases the held down “+” button a split second after a press and release of the “Places” button, the user will be taken to “Nearby Places” with an incorrect menu option on screen. Any button press from that point will crash the application.

Expected: If you’re still reading this, I expect you to start drinking heavily. No, seriously, I log because I love writing bugs. Plus, I would hope that his provides a better understanding of your iPhone application.

Date: 10/28/09

Description:

On the foursquare.com website, the website will crash into a 504 Gateway Time-out, if the searches for either the % or the / characters.

One of those mySQL error things.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.foursquare.com
2. Click inside the search box on the upper right hand corner of the screen
3. Enter in either a % or / and click on “Search”

Result: Running searches for % or / on the web results in 504 error message

Expected: Running searches for % or / on the web should not result in a 504 error message

NOTE: I was doing this a lot today around 3:45.

Date: 10/18/09

Description:

This is one of those, “this is new and this is what I am seeing” type of things.

Often, on the website, if I don’t know the address of a picture I want to post I will simply run a places search for “Seattle, Wa” and post to the general “Seattle, Wa” that is returned.

I have done this dozen of times on your website.

Today, I do a search for “Seattle, Wa” and for the FIRST time that I have ever seen this, the returned result is “2.91 km from Seattle”.

What in the world does “2.91 km from Seattle” mean? Why has it suddenly started doing this?

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.brightkite.com
2. Sign in with account
3. Run search for “Seattle, Wa”
4. Returned result (for this user) was “2.91 km from Seattle”

Result: Running a search for “Seattle, Wa” on web has just suddenly started returning the odd search result of “2.91 km from Seattle”

Expected: Running a search for “Seattle, Wa” should not return an odd result like “2.91 km from Seattle”

NOTE: I don’t know if this is a BK problem or a Google problem.

Description:

I have two BK accounts.

One of the two accounts gets email notifications (selected all for email notifications). Starting on 10/09/09, a BK account tied to a Yahoo email, starting getting the majority of email notifications sent to the Yahoo “Spam” folder.

Please note: I have never touched the Yahoo account, no special settings, etc. Just interesting to note that starting 10/09/09 it looks like emails started getting junked.

Don't know if this is a priority or not, but I would guess that you would want to know.