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Tom Joad replied on October 19, 2009 04:32 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Web: Running searches for “Seattle, Wa” has just started returning “2.91 km from Seattle” as a result" in Brightkite:

I tried it again later tonight, and it stopped happening. Curious.

Tom Joad replied on October 18, 2009 19:45 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Web: Running searches for “Seattle, Wa” has just started returning “2.91 km from Seattle” as a result" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on October 18, 2009 19:43 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Web: Running searches for “Seattle, Wa” has just started returning “2.91 km from Seattle” as a result" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on October 18, 2009 19:41 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Web: Running searches for “Seattle, Wa” has just started returning “2.91 km from Seattle” as a result" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 18, 2009 19:40:

Brightkite 2.0: Web: Running searches for “Seattle, Wa” has just started returning “2.91 km from Seattle” as a result

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.

Tom Joad replied on October 17, 2009 19:35 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Starting on 10/09/09 a majority of BK email notifications starting getting sent to Yahoo Spam" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 17, 2009 19:31:

Brightkite 2.0: Starting on 10/09/09 a majority of BK email notifications starting getting sent to Yahoo Spam

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.

Tom Joad replied on October 14, 2009 14:05 to the problem "Brightkite Web 2.0: Clicking on a link loads page in the current open browser?" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on October 14, 2009 14:04 to the problem "Brightkite Web 2.0: Clicking on a link loads page in the current open browser?" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 14, 2009 14:04:

Brightkite Web 2.0: Clicking on a link loads page in the current open browser?

Date: 10/14/09
Description:

I don’t know I am dreaming this, or if you all even have control over this, but since the roll out of Brightkite 2.0 I have notice one thing.

I notice that now, on the website, anytime that I click on url that takes me away from Brightkite, the page will load “on top” of the current Brightkite page.

I thought that before, whenever I clicked on a url which would take me away from Brightkite, it would default to always open in a new tab.

If so, that was something that I preferred, and would like to see return to the web.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.brightkite.com on web (I was using FF 3.0.14)
2. Navigate to any portion of Brightkite where another user has posted a link
3. From within Brightkite, click on a url link to another, external website
4. Note that this external website loads “on top” of the current Brightkite page
5. Scratch head and wonder, “didn’t this used to default and load on another tab?”

Result: Clicking on an external url from within Brightkite’s web UI will load the external website “on top” of Brightkite. The external website does not load up, by default, on a second tab

Expected: If at all possible, and if Brightkite has control over it, it is expected that if a user on web clicks on an external url, this external page will always load in another tab, not “on top” of the current BK page

NOTE: I am not very web savvy, and I don’t have any particular “settings” in my browser that I am aware of. After the change to Brightkite 2.0, this was the first thing that I noticed, although for all I know, it could have happened before...

Tom Joad replied on October 13, 2009 22:29 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Opera/Firefox specific: The “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up is oddly placed" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on October 13, 2009 22:29 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Opera/Firefox specific: The “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up is oddly placed" in Brightkite:

A comment on the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Opera/Firefox specific: The “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up is oddly placed" in Brightkite:

Double picture post, my bad. – Tom Joad, on October 13, 2009 22:28

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 13, 2009 22:26:

Brightkite 2.0: Opera/Firefox specific: The “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up is oddly placed

Date: 10/13/2009

Description:

On a PC running XP, the “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up message is displaced if the user is using either Opera 10 or Firefox 3.0.14 as their active web browser.

NOTE: This did not reproduce on this computer using Safari 3.2.2 or IE7

Repro Steps:
1. Using Opera 10 or Firefox 3.0.14 on XP, navigate to www.brightkite.com
2. Log in with an account
3. Click on the “check in elsewhere” link
4. From the “Where are you?” pop up box, mouse hover over the “Search” button

Result: Using Opera 10 or Firefox 3.0.14 on a PC running XP, the “Search” button on the “Where are you?” pop up message is misplaced

Expected: The “Search” button on the “Where are you” pop up message should not be displaced if the user is using Opera 10 or Firefox 3.0.14 on a PC running XP

Tom Joad replied on October 10, 2009 01:18 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Crashing today after running "Place" searches" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on October 10, 2009 01:18 to the problem "Brightkite 2.0: Crashing today after running "Place" searches" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 10, 2009 01:17:

Brightkite 2.0: Crashing today after running "Place" searches

Date: 10/09/2009

Time: 6:07 PST

Description:

Brightkite 2.0 seems to crash 100% if a user enters in any term into the search box on the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.brightkite.com
2. Sign in with an account
3. Mouse click inside of the search input box in upper right hand corner of screen
4. Enter in a location search term (“1st and Yesler Seattle, Wa” for example)
5. With search term entered into box, press <enter> on keyboard

Result: Entering in a location into the “Places” search box on the website causes the site to crash

Expected: No crash from entry of a search term
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Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on October 06, 2009 15:44:

Regarding the re-design

The old Brightkite was simple and beautiful. Almost zen.

The new website feels way too over produced. As a former software tester, I will also tell you that it doesn't work.

I mean it might work in the sense that a developer would think it works.

But you've killed it. The thrill is gone. Bring back the old site.

I'm not the only one who thinks this.

Tom Joad replied on September 20, 2009 00:04 to the problem "Single space searches crash the site" in CrowdEye:

Tom Joad replied on September 20, 2009 00:04 to the problem "Single space searches crash the site" in CrowdEye: