I've mentioned this bug in my journal entries a few times, but the last time I used the firehose it was still there.
The bug I refer to works as follows:
Go to the firehose
Click the slashdot logo at the top left (which should take you back to the main slashdot.org page)
Front page is now rendered as the firehose, rather than the "normal" front page
From my observation, the only way to get back to the normal slashdot front page after viewing the firehose is to type slashdot.org into your browser. This behav
When you say "Go to the firehose" what URL exactly are you looking at? (technically, many pages on slashdot are generated by the firehose). Including the index..
After I load that page, I can't get the front page to load without the firehose decorations around it (+/- for stories, color-coded search at top-right), unless I manually type in slashdot.org to the address bar in my browser.
I also see that the front page that I should see when I click the top-left link shows up with an url of slashdot.org/firehose.pl in my browser, even though hovering over the logo indicates an url of just slashdot.org
well, first off, don't use firehose.pl. use/recent or/popular (depending on your preference).
did you happen to use the left hand custom section menu to make a different section your default section? If so, you will land there when you click the logo.
well, first off, don't use firehose.pl. use/recent or/popular
I didn't know I wasn't supposed to use firehose.pl. However, when I get the link on the front page "you are invited to take a drink from the firehose", it points to firehose.pl.
Where should that link send me instead? I tried/recent and/popular and on my current browser setup they both look like the regular front page.
did you happen to use the left hand custom section menu to make a different section your default section? If so, you will land there when you click the logo.
I don't recall having ever looked at such a menu, so I would guess that I have not.
I don't know what to say about that corner logo: I redirect to my default slashdot filter. But I'll look into it and see what's up. I know there are some issues with like foo.slashdot.org and the logo on those pages linking to slashdot.org vs foo.slashdot.org, as well as proper mechanisms for navigating back and forth, but I thought it was mostly logical.
I presume this is what he's talking about. Without that onclick, it would load the main page, which for me is nearly identical except for two things:
1) The article title is a URL pointing to that article on the index. On the firehose, the firehose_set_options() javascript (and the automatic update javascript) sets the firehose URL (or no URL at all?). I can't use the title link to read the story. (Note: the "many m
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how about fixing the firehose bug? (Score:2)
The bug I refer to works as follows:
From my observation, the only way to get back to the normal slashdot front page after viewing the firehose is to type slashdot.org into your browser. This behav
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When you say "Go to the firehose" what URL exactly are you looking at?
In particular slashdot.org/firehose.pl [slashdot.org]
After I load that page, I can't get the front page to load without the firehose decorations around it (+/- for stories, color-coded search at top-right), unless I manually type in slashdot.org to the address bar in my browser.
I also see that the front page that I should see when I click the top-left link shows up with an url of slashdot.org/firehose.pl in my browser, even though hovering over the logo indicates an url of just slashdot.org
Re:how about fixing the firehose bug? (Score:3)
did you happen to use the left hand custom section menu to make a different section your default section? If so, you will land there when you click the logo.
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well, first off, don't use firehose.pl. use /recent or /popular
I didn't know I wasn't supposed to use firehose.pl. However, when I get the link on the front page "you are invited to take a drink from the firehose", it points to firehose.pl.
/recent and /popular and on my current browser setup they both look like the regular front page.
Where should that link send me instead? I tried
did you happen to use the left hand custom section menu to make a different section your default section? If so, you will land there when you click the logo.
I don't recall having ever looked at such a menu, so I would guess that I have not.
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I don't know what to say about that corner logo: I redirect to my default slashdot filter. But I'll look into it and see what's up. I know there are some issues with like foo.slashdot.org and the logo on those pages linking to slashdot.org vs foo.slashdot.org, as well as proper mechanisms for navigating back and forth, but I thought it was mostly logical.
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When I'm on the firehose, the logo has
I presume this is what he's talking about. Without that onclick, it would load the main page, which for me is nearly identical except for two things:
1) The article title is a URL pointing to that article on the index. On the firehose, the firehose_set_options() javascript (and the automatic update javascript) sets the firehose URL (or no URL at all?). I can't use the title link to read the story. (Note: the "many m