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January 8, 2014
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Posted on January 08, 2014 at 06:05

This site is very unreliable for me, I get error pages asking if I want to debug Sharepoint issues. I've created a Google+ community for Cortex M Developers which might work a bit more smoothly. (or not)

#housekeeping #worst-forum-software-ever

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Tesla DeLorean

Guru

Posted on January 08, 2014 at 20:56

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108188369437001529317

I think it's unreliable for everybody, and unusable on tablets. Some quality Microsoft solution, nobody apparently looked/thought how good forums work, just look at the length of the bloody URL some time!

The site here has a couple of issues, mainly related to if it thinks you're logged on, timed-out, etc.

If you reply to a post, and just see ''New Item'' without the topic, your post is going to DIE for sure. If you see this, copy-n-paste your post into NotePad or something. With FireFox you can usually go back and recover the post, other browsers, perhaps not.

Some times the post succeeds, and it fails to display your new post, this is why you see people doing multiple posts. Always double check the thread in an ''Open New Window/Tab''

If you post took a long time to write, save it first. The forum is known to time you out, and will often eat long well considered posts.

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Andrew Neil

Super User

Posted on January 08, 2014 at 21:48

''This site is very unreliable for me''

Don't worry - you're not alone!

The place to report issues and/or give feedback is:

https://my.st.com/public/STe2ecommunities/e2esupport

But note that ST can be rather touchy on this subject...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

Andrew Neil

Super User

Posted on January 08, 2014 at 21:49

''This site is very unreliable for me''

Don't worry - you're not alone!

The place to report issues and/or give feedback is:

https://my.st.com/public/STe2ecommunities/e2esupport

But note that ST can be rather touchy on this subject...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

Andrew Neil

Super User

Posted on January 08, 2014 at 21:54

Ha! Ha! - thus proving the point!

My first attempt aparently failed, giving this nonsense:

''The 'CommunitiesAllForums' Web Part appears to be causing a problem. Control 'ctl00_m_g_8b5454ed_6d49_4840_a630_3dab64dd077e_MySTComCommunitiesForums' of type 'SPTreeView' must be placed inside a form tag with runat=server.

Web Parts Maintenance Page: If you have permission, you can use this page to temporarily close Web Parts or remove personal settings. For more information, contact your site administrator.

Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.''

Google Chrome did allow me to go back to my post and try to re-submit - and then we see that it had actually worked the first time, and there's another double-post.

To paraphrase the tag-line for a certain brand of lager, possibly the worst forum software in the world...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

Tesla DeLorean

Guru

Posted on January 08, 2014 at 22:05

That was probably me reading your first post!!

Also noticed recently that it does a reload of the sign-on screen, losing the auto-filled password. Not sure if it relates to new FireFox updates, or just an annoying new feature.

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os_kopernika

Visitor II

Posted on January 09, 2014 at 18:16

''This site is very unreliable for me''

Would you prefer ''Kitchen sales Liverpool'' as every second topic or Captcha on each and every post instead?

Believe me - this one is not that bad.

Is there any official STM forums tutorial / sticky on how to navigate in here, how to avoid pitfalls, double posts, disappearing posts etc? (Clive - thanks for sharing your experiences)

Tesla DeLorean

Guru

Posted on January 09, 2014 at 18:25

It's tolerable, but annoying. The Word-in-a-box thing seriously limits is usability on a large number of devices and browsers.

My biggest aggravation is when it just eats posts.

I have no admin/moderation rights here, otherwise I'd Lock and Sticky some things on the top of the page.

The lunatics run the asylum here, welcome...

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Andrew Neil

Super User

Posted on January 09, 2014 at 20:31

''Would you prefer 'Kitchen sales Liverpool' as every second topic or Captcha on each and every post instead?''

I guess you must be thinking of amateur sites run on freebie platforms? I must admit, I don't use any of those.

But this is (supposed to be) a professionally-run vendor forum - so maybe I should say ''possibly the worst vendor forum in the world''.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

os_kopernika

Visitor II

Posted on January 10, 2014 at 18:44

No, actually I am talking about

http://www.microchip.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=740066

forum. This week it is time for

http://www.microchip.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=760675

.

And of course the captcha fun

http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=137572

.