Comments on: General Discussion http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jford http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225929 jford Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225929 Hi to all–I’m a very occasional contributor, a year out as a solver, and this is a very general set of queries (and remarks) to General Discussion.

1. First, my thanks to those setters who tune in–thanks for setting–and to all those here who solve and parse for those of us who can’t. (Regrets for having no relevance to the petition.) Thanks to Eileen especially as the Guardian is where I’m cutting my teeth,
2. Is this where we come to chat?
3. Is it okay to Google on a prize? I’m from NY, and to do so on a NYT puzzle would be as good as not solving at all. I whipped through Crucible’s latest–in an hour, if that’s whipping–and, in spite of very affectionate familiarity with the less well-known of the subjects, I couldn’t have done it without Googling.
4. Are prize puzzles easier than late weekdays, or more tightly clued? I asked Hugh, but for some reason, can’t imagine, he didn’t get back. I find they are, but that may be because I’m willing to give them more time. Still, I tend to get through, and I can’t say the same for puzzles where I can guess and check. (Hello Arachne? I’m still unhappy about Split Personality, a beautiful surface but no amount of Googling….)
5. Following that: I think surfaces are part of the art (by which I mean phrases, clauses, or sentences that could stand perfectly well on their own in some context.) Am I alone in this? I see a whole lot of gibberish out there.
5. Can anyone get Crossword Compiler to work on a Mac without downloading Windows?
6. Is it me or does this wing of 225 run upside-down–last to first?

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225852 Sylvia Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225852 Thanks, Eileen, for alerting us to this dreadful situation. You also have my support and I look forward to news of the petition’s success.

]]> By: paul8hours http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225731 paul8hours Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225731 I signed. A worthwhile initiative, Eileen. Keep us informed of developments.

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225685 Gaufrid Wed, 15 May 2013 20:03:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225685 Hi Kristi
Welcome, as you are a newcomer. Please see my post and subsequent comments here:

http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/05/15/display-problems/

]]> By: Kristi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225669 Kristi Wed, 15 May 2013 17:47:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225669 (Until now silent lurker)
The blog has been displaying inconsistently for me too – I assumed changes were afoot and things would normalize soon. I use Google Chrome on Ubuntu, not Firefox – which is why I’m mentioning it.
For me, so far this week, Rufus’s (Monday) and Paul’s (today) were normal, while Philistine’s yesterday was the newfangled version. At the bottom of the new one it says “mobile theme” and there is an on/off toggle, which doesn’t seem to do anything. I thought it might be some option the blogger had.
Really enjoy the site by the way. (I also signed the petition and posted it on Facebook.)

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225651 Gaufrid Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225651 Hi sidey
Thanks for the feedback. The other visitor who was experiencing problems was also using Firefox, something I will not do as when it was installed on my last machine it was responsible for frequent crashes. I am therefore unable (or rather unwilling) to see if I can replicate the problem.

Your reference to the ‘Toggle Mobile Mode’ supports the suspicion I have that the cache plug-in is not compatible with the plug-in that generates a mobile friendly display (WPtouch).

]]> By: sidey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225649 sidey Wed, 15 May 2013 13:23:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225649 I’ll email you a screen capture next time it happens Gaufrid. I’m using Pale Moon (Firefox in disguise).

Last time I saw it I noticed a button at the bottom of the page, something like ‘Toggle Mobile Mode’. It didn’t do anything.

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225640 Gaufrid Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225640 Hi sidey
I’m sorry to hear that you are having display problems. This is the second report during the last few days (see the site feedback page). The only recent software change has been the addition of a plug-in to cache the site’s content. This has been necessary due to the large number of unwanted bots crawling the site and creating excess demands on server resources.

Would you please let me have a little more detail of what you are experiencing and which browser you are using as I have been unable to replicate the issue in IE10 (by email if you prefer).

]]> By: sidey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225637 sidey Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225637 Also signed.

And I feel a bit guilty about returning to a site matter now.

Some blogs are appearing in a different format, full page rather than the usual three columns. Is it me? Or is there some way to set one view rather than the apparent randomness at the moment? Thanks.

]]> By: Rorschach http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/26/general-discussion/#comment-225616 Rorschach Wed, 15 May 2013 08:13:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/#comment-225616 Signed. Thanks for bringing to my attention Eileen!

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