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Tom Joad reported a problem in zoodango on July 02, 2009 07:36:

Account Creation: Text implies that get-togethers are still a feature. Are they?

Dear zoodango/GeoPage:

Hello, I just created a test account today, and after signing up I was left on a page that said:
"why sign up?" and underneath that it said:

"GeoPage users can join venue communities and invite your friends to get-togethers using our smart invitation tool."

I looked around, and I think you took out the invitation tool... I couldn't find a mention of it in the FAQ's.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to http://www.geopage.com/profile/create
2. Enter and Re-Enter an email address then click on "Create Profile"
3. Read the text on "Why Sign Up" to the left of the screen

Result: During account creation there is text which displays as "GeoPage users can join venue communities and invite your friends to get-togethers using our smart invitation tool."

Expected: This text to be changed if the get-togethers feature has been removed

Tom Joad replied on June 25, 2009 18:31 to the problem "URL yoinkery: Entering in characters into the “viewer” portion of the url results in an uninformative error page" in CrowdEye:

Tom Joad replied on June 25, 2009 18:29 to the problem "URL yoinkery: Entering in characters into the “viewer” portion of the url results in an uninformative error page" in CrowdEye:

Tom Joad reported a problem in CrowdEye on June 25, 2009 18:29:

URL yoinkery: Entering in characters into the “viewer” portion of the url results in an uninformative error page

Description:

Dear Crowdeye.com-

If the user has a url like this: http://www.crowdeye.com/viewer.aspx?q... , they can click inside of the “viewer” portion and enter in any characters.

This will lead users to a url like this: http://www.crowdeye.com/vie99wer.aspx... , which is an uninformative error message.

In the scenario of the second url, the user should be presented with a graceful error message and links back to crowdeye.com.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.crowdeye.com
2. Enter in any search term (“fish” for example) and click on “search”
3. Navigate cursor to http://www.crowdeye.com/viewer.aspx?q... url
4. Click inside of the “viewer” portion of the url
5. Enter in a number or letter inside of “viewer”
6. Press Return
7. Note the user is taken to an ungraceful “Server Error in “/” Application” page

Result: If the user messes around with a crowdeye url and enters in a number or letter in the “viewer” portion of the url, the user is taken to an ungraceful “Server Error in “/” Application” page

Expected: The user should not be left on an ungraceful “Server Error in “/” Application” page. User should be presented with a screen explaining that the url might be mistyped or unknown, user should be given links back to the website.

Tom Joad replied on June 15, 2009 06:00 to the question "can't bring up the login window from home page" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on June 15, 2009 05:57 to the question "can't bring up the login window from home page" in Brightkite:

Dear Lesley-

Add me as a user who just recently ran into this problem. Like many Mac users, I long ago lost my OS X install disk thing, I also long ago forgot whatever password I set, which is required to update all software on my MacBook.

I basically am stuck using the version of FF2 that I have on my MacBook.

I was in California for a while and used BK on my MacBook using FF2 almost everyday.

VERY recently, perhaps 3 weeks ago, the http://brightkite.com/#login_modal url does not activate the log-in box.

This is my user agent on my MacBook for FF2 which is causing this problem:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9

PLEASE NOTE: On the same MacBook, this problem reproduces on Safari 2 but NOT Opera 9.63.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could fix this, and I urge BK to remember that a great many Mac users are like me, without an OS X disk and with no memory of old passwords!

Tom Joad replied on May 15, 2009 06:39 to the problem "Opera: Frequent crash after uploading photo the first time" in UrbanSpoon:

I crashed uploading a photo to this entity:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/239/11320...

Tom Joad replied on May 15, 2009 06:34 to the problem "Opera: Frequent crash after uploading photo the first time" in UrbanSpoon:

Tom Joad replied on May 15, 2009 06:31 to the problem "Opera: Frequent crash after uploading photo the first time" in UrbanSpoon:

This is my user agent thing:

Opera/9.63 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.1.1

Tom Joad reported a problem in UrbanSpoon on May 15, 2009 06:31:

Opera: Frequent crash after uploading photo the first time

Dear Urbanspoon-

Please tell your web developer people that I keep running into a "whoops" error message using urbanspoon.

While using Opera, the application will often crash after the uploading of the first photo (.jpg) to a restaurant.

What I do is use tabbed browsing, and while I am uploading a photo to a restaurant, I click on another tab.

This will frequently give me a "whoops" message using Opera.

Repro Steps:

1. (with multiple tabs open) Navigate to www.urbanspoon.com using Opera
2. Sign in > Go to a restaurant that does not have a photo uploaded to it
3. While photo is uploading to a restaurant for the first time, click on another tab

Result: Frequent "whoops" error messages from uploading photos to restaurants using Opera as web browser

Expected: No "whoops" error messages from uploading photos to restaurants using Opera as web browser

Note: I have hit this "whoops" message every time I have used your site using Opera.

Tom Joad reported a problem in UrbanSpoon on May 15, 2009 06:30:

Opera: Frequent crash after uploading photo the first time

Dear Urbanspoon-

Please tell your web developer people that I keep running into a "whoops" error message using urbanspoon.

While using Opera, the application will often crash after the uploading of the first photo (.jpg) to a restaurant.

What I do is use tabbed browsing, and while I am uploading a photo to a restaurant, I click on another tab.

This will frequently give me a "whoops" message using Opera.

Repro Steps:

1. (with multiple tabs open) Navigate to www.urbanspoon.com using Opera
2. Sign in > Go to a restaurant that does not have a photo uploaded to it
3. While photo is uploading to a restaurant for the first time, click on another tab

Result: Frequent "whoops" error messages from uploading photos to restaurants using Opera as web browser

Expected: No "whoops" error messages from uploading photos to restaurants using Opera as web browser

Note: I have hit this "whoops" message every time I have used your site using Opera.

Tom Joad replied on May 13, 2009 06:17 to the problem "Searches for "Washington D.C." bring back a street address" in Brightkite:

Also funny to mention, when you google "1815 Connecticut Ave NW" you can see that a number of results returned are from BK and BK with Twitter posts.

This particular address is getting more and more linked to on "the Google" thanks to BK! :)

Tom Joad replied on May 13, 2009 06:13 to the problem "Searches for "Washington D.C." bring back a street address" in Brightkite:

Lesley-

I ran a search on the internet and this address "1815 Connecticut Ave NW" is a Rite Aid Pharmacy.

http://www.merchantcircle.com/busines...

I went through the visitor stream for "1815 Connecticut Ave NW" and there are a lot of BK users who check into this address.

Seems a little odd. I often like to post to a city, and have never once been directed (by default) to a random street address.

Tom Joad replied on May 13, 2009 06:10 to the problem "Searches for "Washington D.C." bring back a street address" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad replied on May 13, 2009 06:10 to the problem "Searches for "Washington D.C." bring back a street address" in Brightkite:

Tom Joad reported a problem in Brightkite on May 13, 2009 06:09:

Searches for "Washington D.C." bring back a street address

Description:

Dear BK:

Running a search using the phrase "Washington D.C.", brings users to an address of "1815 Connecticut Ave NW". While running a search using the term "District of Columbia" takes users to a "District of Columbia" check in point.

Have a street address returned for such a basic search term is strange. I tried many other U.S. and World cities using Brightkite, and nothing comparable resulted.

Repro Steps:
1. Navigate to www.brightkite.com
2. Run a place search for "Washington D.C."
3. Note that users are taken to an address of "1815 Connecticut Ave NW"
4. Run a place search for "District of Columbia"
5. Note that users are take to a "District of Columbia"

Result: Running a place search for the term "Washington D.C." is taking users to a street address of "1815 Connecticut Ave NW"

Expected: That running a search for "Washington D.C." will take users to the "District of Columbia" check in point.

A comment on the problem "List of businesses became squished" in zoodango:

I went back and then selected the "recommend" button for the Ballard Jam House, and then as soon as I did, the listing of it in the list of businesses got "crushed" – Tom Joad, on May 10, 2009 19:29

Tom Joad replied on May 10, 2009 19:28 to the problem "List of businesses became squished" in zoodango:

Tom Joad replied on May 10, 2009 19:26 to the problem "List of businesses became squished" in zoodango:

Yeah, I tried it again and I got a similar thing, but instead of the whole list getting squished, only the bottom listing was.

This is my user agent thing:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9

Tom Joad replied on May 10, 2009 19:24 to the problem "List of businesses became squished" in zoodango: