PriusChat Software Update May 2014

With nearly all third party sites on my machine blocked, the editing tools are hidden behind null javascript placeholders. Is there a particular third party site I must allow in order see those links? Or some other solution?

 

THANKS!!! We have a winner and I like it!

 

That's it. It wasn't shown on the usual list I check to ad-hoc temporarily allow certain sites, but did show on another list.

 

Can I still expect a new homepage? I think technically the site is working great. Very usable.

My only complaints (whining) might be based on real intangibles. And that is that the current forum based homepage just doesn't seem as open or dynamic.

What I liked about all incarnations of Prius Chat, was the instantaneous and very alive feeling that the site projected. With easy access and visibility given to "news" posts as well as incoming new posts, Prius Chat was often a place I would come....well,...to chat.

I liked the big table or box, that use to show the latest posts. Which still exists, but off to the side and smaller.

I liked the posts and news articles featured on the homepage, which often promoted discussion in areas that went beyond only "Prius" chat.

I really don't mean to complain. I appreciate Prius Chat and continue to enjoy my involvement with this site.

But I have to be honest in my opinion, and I miss the old homepage. (Minus The Chopsticks and Sushi).

 

this version is lightning quick, i love it. hope it stays this way!!!

 

Strange malware indeed that only affects THIS site.......of the dozen or so forums that I follow......plus Yahoo.....plus Facebook....plus Google......ALL working just fine except HERE.

Had to move to Chrome to get it to work at all and even then it is PAINFULLY slow.
With Chrome, the little progress wheel at the very top left spins counterclockwise...and spins and spins and spins....then it shifts to spinning clockwise and things finally start to load.
I bet that little spinning wheel is a clue about what is or is not happening, for someone conversant in Chrome that is.

 

Total guess, but I bet one direction is asking the DNS server what IP Address is "priuschat.com' then the other direction is once you are connected to the underlying IP address. (199.195.144.4) and getting data.

 

Well now isn't THIS just super interesting.

Suddenly and magically, just as I had about decided to abandon IE forever......for various reasons.......this site just suddenly starts working PERFECTLY AGAIN.

Of course there is nothing magic about it. Somebody somewhere DID something to fix the problem and it was NOT me.
I/we will probably never know for sure.

 

The problem could have been anywhere between you and Wisconsin, where PriusChat is hosted. Open a DOS window on your PC (type cmd in the start menu search box and hit Enter), then run a traceroute:
tracert priuschat.com <ENTER>

You should see the rather complex path from your PC to Danny's server at macminivault.com. Everything you do at PriusChat has to follow that path in both directions.

 

You may wish to read this

Changing from priuschat.com to www.priuschat.com | PriusChat

 

Danny, you found my stuff, and more importantly, it's intact!
Sweet!
Thank you for your efforts!
+1

Pat KK6PD

 

Just to keep things in perspective here...........
I know what PING and TRACERT does. Both have worked flawlessly during the time that I had the trouble.
I finally got an error, consistently, that indicated there was a problem with a proxy server AT THE SERVER END.
While I no longer have access to really good tools to prove out things like this, I have been using the network since BEFORE it was called "the Internet"; part of that time at Bell Labs.

Thank you. Since I did NOT have access at that time, I missed that.
But apparently it is still "pending" so I will wait to change.
I'm not going to touch anything since it is finally working for me again.
(And that is in BOTH IE and Chrome.)
In a list of threads or posts, didn't we used to be able to point at the title and have a short "preview" pop up ??
It doesn't do that any more.
Also, it appears that we are now inserting ads INTO THE MIDDLE OF POSTS.
If that is done on purpose, it represents a new LOW.

Quite by accident, I found the little preview "balloon" overlay.
It appears that the system IS producing it but it is being displayed wrong........off the bottom of the visible page.

And in another strange twist of fate.......the message preview works perfectly when using Internet Explorer 11 but not when using Chrome.
So much for changing browsers and fixing ALL of your problems.
In all fairness though, Chrome did fix everything but that........on other sites too.

 

this new software is flawless, huge improvement. thanks danny!

 

I've had several instance in the last few days, just happened now: come to the site, and my browser is suddenly completely unresponsive. Scroll bars don't work, same thing for links, can't back out, can't shut down the browser. This is with Windows Internet Explorer 11.

Maybe a minute after trying to shut down the browser it *will* finally shut down. Restart the browser, go back to the site, it's fine. Some sort of script sporadically hanging up?

Also, it's a free site, can't complain, but anyway: especially on a phone, the ads are a little much. Every page requires scrolling down a screenful to get to the actual postings.

And on my pc, there's often a large banner ad at top of page, and the *same* ad embedded halfway through the text of the first posting.

These ads are pretty big, irritating, and I'll never be clicking on them. Any way to tone them down, reach some compromise with the sponsor?

 

You are being extorted for money.
Pay up or live with the torture.

And also be aware, when a site uses "pass through" ads, the site providing the ads can send through some NASTY stuff in an ad......right to your computer and the intermediate forum site might not even be aware of the danger.

The lockup you are experiencing COULD be the result of a bad ad.......either on purpose or by mistake.

 

^ That only *half* sounds sarcastic, I think you're warming to your role

 

i've clicked on a few ads in the past, eve's and related items. once they are out of the middle of the post, it will be fine. i don't use a phone, or i.e. anymore.

 

Oh damn.
I'm gonna have to try harder.