All Things Motorcycle - Odds and Ends

Board Enhancements or Problems - Multiple bikes in user profiles

Gs82Seca650 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:06 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 11/20/2009 at 6:32 PM by Gs82Seca650

quote:
Originally posted by James R. Davis

I can certainly accommodate that request, though I do not expect to provide the ability to list an unlimited number of bikes. Probably at least three, however.

Excellent,

Thank you Sir!

Agree with limiting the number of entries to three as well. [8D]

How to use the forum - Adding multiple avatar pictures to your profile

twc — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:28:44 -0500

I'm copying Jim's announcement of the multiple avatar feature from its original location (here) as a convenience to new forum users. Key points are:

How to add avatar pictures
How to enable forum members to click your avatar and see a larger image
How to size your avatars
How to select which avatar forum members see

Original message from James R. Davis:

You may now have as many as four different pictures in your profile.

When a new person registers he is not allowed to include a picture until that registration is complete - that is, until he/she confirms the registration request via using the link provided in the confirmation e-mail.

Then, and it is true for all existing members now as well, that person can use the 'profile' link in the main menu list at the top right of each screen and add pictures to their profile (one at a time).

Whenever a member has at least one picture in his profile it will be seen next to any message he posts (if the reading member has elected to allow the showing of avatars).

But which picture will be shown if there are more than one pictures? Why that is another choice the member can make using the profile link. The default will always be the first picture in his profile. But for a bit of fun our members may also select 'random' to be his picture choice and as a result of that selection the system will randomly select from his set of pictures the one that will be shown.

Indeed, even when viewing a thread where the member may have several posts in it, each and every picture shown of that member will be randomly selected.

Why this change?

Well, as many of you know I have been working hard to eliminate as many of the discrete files from the system as possible in order to improve performance. As a result of that effort I have converted all image files into database binary fields (sometimes called blobs) and now the system will always show images that it has seem before via the database instead of using file I/O. This has allowed me to remove about 12,000 discrete files from the system.

It has also made it possible to eliminate errors when those images are located on some other server and that server should happen to be down when this one tries to show the image.

As with any substantial programming change one can expect the unexpected. Please, if anything unexpected does happen I would appreciate a message telling me about it rather than having to discover that same 'unexpected' situation myself - or not.

Tired of your old avatar? Now you can add and delete pictures to your hearts content. Note, however, that if you delete a picture from your profile it is irretrievably GONE as I no longer store a copy of those pictures on the server.

Two more things ... in the past you were not allowed to provide pictures that were larger than 1 Meg in size. Now you can use whatever picture you want to use, regardless of size, because once I retrieve the picture for you I will automatically re-size it so that it is never wider than 700 pixels before storing the image into the database. Finally, do NOT use avatar sized pictures! Use a normal sized picture so that when members click on your avatar they will see that normal sized picture. My code will automatically reduce a normal sized picture to avatar size when it will be used as such. Actually, I store both the full sized picture and the avatar sized version of it when I receive that picture so that the resizing effort only needs to be done once.

Testing place - Test

Twtinkertoy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:50:05 -0500

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system...[:D]

Board Enhancements or Problems - Firefox forgets I'm logged in when I click a link

scottrnelson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:59:02 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 04/24/2009 at 11:59 AM by scottrnelson

quote:
Originally posted by greywolf

I've been logged out a number of times today. I'll click "Active Topics" and be logged out after going there. When I log back in, there are no longer any active topics.

You can always update the "Active Topics Since" value at the top to catch up on some of the topics you might have missed.

Things are still working fine for me currently, by the way.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Parentheses in a URL link get "translated"

James R. Davis — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:23:01 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 04/22/2009 at 12:23 PM by James R. Davis

While it is true that the '(' and ')' characters are 'unrestricted', and therefore usable in a url, I will not write (or re-write) code to use them as they are, by convention, non-typical and actually quite rare.

I will, however, insure that the new site software that I am writing will handle those characters properly.

How to use the forum - Instant messaging accounts

James R. Davis — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:38:22 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 03/16/2009 at 9:38 PM by James R. Davis

Since this feature has not been used by virtually any of our members, and because there have been several abuses of the feature attempted (like trying to input a delete files command as an injection hack), the feature no longer exists here.

How to use the forum - unsubscribe?

James R. Davis — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:56:17 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 02/28/2009 at 6:56 AM by James R. Davis

Puddle,

I have unsubscribed to everything for you to save you some time. You can resubscribe to what you want.

Glossary - Camber Thrust

James R. Davis — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:21:08 -0500

When your bike is traveling in other than a straight line, it is leaned over. That changes the location of the contact patch from the middle of the tire to the side.

Because the tire profile is a curve, the distance from the inner and outer edges of that new contact patch to the center of the wheel axle is different. It is that difference that causes the tire to generate what is called a 'camber thrust' - meaning an attempt to make the bike turn a tighter radius than it is currently traveling. (The outer edge of the contact patch IS traveling faster than is the inner edge.)

Glossary - Out-tracking

James R. Davis — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:36:03 -0500

When in a turn your front wheel is instantaneously traveling in one direction while it is actually pointing toward the outside (relative to the curve) of that direction.

This results, because of the 'righting force', in a slight torque of the steering stem toward the inside of that turn. In other words, it is the bike's way of trying to align the direction its front wheel is pointing and its actual instantaneous direction of travel. The result, your bike attempts to go in a straight line and you must, in almost all cases, MAINTAIN counter-steering pressure on the inside grip in order to continue along your chosen path.

Board Enhancements or Problems - search

James R. Davis — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:56:53 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 01/23/2009 at 1:56 PM by James R. Davis

Yep. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have corrected the problem.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Safety Tips page

James R. Davis — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:59:35 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 01/17/2009 at 12:59 PM by James R. Davis

I write a new article about twice a month - sometimes more, sometimes less.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Do we need so many sticky threads in General?

James R. Davis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:06:33 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 01/07/2009 at 4:06 PM by James R. Davis

Indeed. I will look at how to organize such messages when I get a chance but I have removed the sticky status of most of them.

What I think I will do is set a sticky 'life span' function in place so that I do not have to remember to retire old messages that happen to have been important at the time but have since become stale.

There is never an end to 'enhancements'.

Thanks.

Board Enhancements or Problems - You Tube

BadaBing — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:18:00 -0500

Does anyone on the board know the code to embed a You Tube Video in a post.

I thought it would be [youtube][/youtube] but it didn't work.

Ciao,

BadaBing

Board Enhancements or Problems - Problem with "reply to topic" page

dogdoc427 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:46:40 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 10/29/2008 at 9:46 PM by dogdoc427

Thank you, gentlemen, for your time and replies. The problem vanished after my second re-boot. I assume it was my computer.

Regards, Dogdoc427

Board Enhancements or Problems - Peer Review Options not showing

magnaman — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:22:33 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 10/29/2008 at 8:22 AM by magnaman

Thank you gentlemen. I am now better informed, and understand this site better.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Posts with many images

scottrnelson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:24:39 -0500

When I click the little blue arrow to see the last post on a thread with a whole bunch of images in it, like the current one about the National D-Day Memorial, the browser initially shows the bottom post, then immediately jumps all over the place as the images load and it tries to figure out where to display. In looking at the source code, I notice that the html
How hard would it be to include at least the vertical size in the

Glossary - Duck walking

James R. Davis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:51:01 -0500

The process of moving your motorcycle while straddling the saddle using your legs instead of the engine.

Board Enhancements or Problems - All Forums Collapsed Categories

scottrnelson — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:09:09 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 10/08/2008 at 10:09 PM by scottrnelson

I've already told you more than I know. [:D]

Board Enhancements or Problems - Horizontal scrolling

vprahl — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:43:45 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 09/29/2008 at 11:43 AM by vprahl

Same here.

How to use the forum - How do i make a Signature?

Daddio — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:32:31 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 09/13/2008 at 9:32 AM by Daddio

My Corps Lore and history are close - not accurate 100%. I cite encounters in the Ardennes. The actual lore refers to battles of Belleau Wood. Right war, right country, wrong spot. I should know better. It has been 33 years since I was closely introduced to Corps lore.

DevilDog - welcome to msgroup.org. Our host is a self described Curmudgeon. By my definition that means - old guy with lot's of experience, may not have been born with the Tact gene. We appreciate the experience. We appreciate the very good advice - safety related that happens here.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Forum forgets login

scottrnelson — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:14:58 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 09/11/2008 at 10:14 AM by scottrnelson

Maybe it's time to reboot windows again or something. I'll restart Firefox and see if the problem goes away. It's not doing it on my home system anymore.

There must be some way to blame it on Microsoft, right? [;)]

Board Enhancements or Problems - Grammar correction function

James R. Davis — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:42:23 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 09/07/2008 at 3:42 PM by James R. Davis

I changed the way text is saved between entry and posting in an effort to eliminate the possibility of lost messages.

What I found was that if during posting the message is previewed, then it is posted and an error is found in it (grammar, for example), the post screen was renewed without the previously entered message visible. If that happened, that message was totally lost and not recoverable. It did not happen all the time, even given the scenario I mentioned. So finding the problem took a great deal of time.

In any event, if lost messages happen again I certainly need to know about it soonest, but I believe that problem has been eliminated.

How to use the forum - Quotes

bkikkert — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:07:58 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 09/07/2008 at 9:07 AM by bkikkert

quote:
Originally posted by James R. Davis

If you merely copy part of another message and then paste it between a set of 'quote' tags, the author's name does not appear, of course.

I get it....Thanks..

Board Enhancements or Problems - After posting, board returns you to wrong page

Niebor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:25:18 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/19/2008 at 7:25 PM by Niebor

Same thing I noted in the Peer Review?

Board Enhancements or Problems - Canceling a +1 by closing the window

Niebor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:22:46 -0500

I had started to put up a positive Peer Review, and instead chose to post a supportive comment to the thread. Instead of properly choosing the provided "Close Window" link, I merely closed (the "X" box) peer review window. That returns a full-screen peer review, on which selecting the proper return link offers to close the site window, (actually Windows settings cause a protest pop-up, asking if I "really" want to close the window.

Never have understood that feature. Certainly, there are larger security issues, that don't offer such options... Anyhow, Not sure if there is anything to be done about it, other than perhaps making it clear in the window that this is a bad idea.

Ironically, at that particular juncture, the Windows pop-up IS actually helpful. The easy workaround is merely to choose "No" at the pop-up, and navigate back through favorites. Either way, of course you can always just open a new browser.

Also, On a computer with screen resolution set to 1024 x 768, the Peer Review window is not quite tall enough for the "Close Window" button to be seen.

Board Enhancements or Problems - They're gone

D R — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:43:57 -0500

There are 11 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/14/2008 at 11:43 AM by D R

I copied this from another thread, but if you notice all the apostrophes are missing.

quote:
Originally posted by MrDude_1

This isnt really a big deal, as ive already figured out whats happening, but its a bit annoying.

When Im browsing, I tend to open threads in several windows at once, one after the other.. I can then read each one and close or reply.

When I reply to a thread, sometimes the board forwards me from the "Thanks for your contribution" page to a different thread.

If Its no big deal to fix, that would be great, but if its a big hassle, dont worry about it, I doubt many people browse like I do.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Ex-members

Tburd — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:58:36 -0500

There are 19 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/13/2008 at 11:58 AM by Tburd

quote:
But the health of the site is largely determined by the quality of its messages, their informational content, the integrity of the threads, and the general attitude of civility that is exhibited.

That seems reasonable to me. This site is a unique place when it comes to safety and the physics of motorcycles. James has compiled a huge amount of information with 241 safety tips along with some very detailed technical discussions on the forums. The quality of many of the contributors postings is also very high.

Some have said that the site belongs to James and he can do what he wants, sometimes mentioned in an apparent negative tone. My view is that to maintain the quality of information and a consistent message there needs to be someone in charge, a person that puts an end to endless arguments that clearly aren't going any further. Hints are usually given the the end is coming but some of us sometimes can't give up.

Overall I'd say that this site is run pretty much as I would run my own site.

As I said previously, this seems reasonable to me.

How to use the forum - Uploading pictures?

dfpd273 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:10 -0500

There are 10 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/07/2008 at 8:06 AM by dfpd273

I found that if you go to photobucket, upload your pics, then copy and paste the IMG code to this forum, you can skip using the little icons. It fills in the photo automatically. Just hit preview to make sure you copied the correct code.

Board Enhancements or Problems - What does this message mean?

James R. Davis — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:49:55 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/06/2008 at 12:49 PM by James R. Davis

I have no idea what's happening with these errors. They appear to suggest a limited memory situation but I have monitored the server RAM, even today, and saw over 300 Megs of free (unused) memory.

I rebooted the server to see if that unlocks whatever happened and will check the system closely throughout the day.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Navigation added to Tip article pages

Cash Anthony — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:50:53 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/06/2008 at 8:50 AM by Cash Anthony

Pretty snazzy! [;^)]

Cash

Board Enhancements or Problems - Tip Articles page has been updated

Chloe — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:31:19 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 08/04/2008 at 6:31 AM by Chloe

Wow! The new tip site is excellent!

Board Enhancements or Problems - Latest Posts Since Last Log-on

scottrnelson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:42:59 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 07/29/2008 at 5:42 PM by scottrnelson

Click on the Active Topics link at the top.

It will have a box right after "Active Topics Since" and select Last Visit.

That doesn't quite limit it to just the recent posts, but to recent topics. You can then click on the "=>" arrow after the name of the person making the last post and get to the latest post in that topic. You might still have to back up a few to get all of the recent ones if there are more than one.

Alternatively, you can click on "Most Recent Posts" to get the last 25 posts.

These two methods aren't quite exactly what you've asked for, but they should be close enough.

Board Enhancements or Problems - What is the value of reading about yet another motorcycle death?

ColoRexer — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:39:48 -0500

There are 9 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 07/27/2008 at 8:39 PM by ColoRexer

quote:
Originally posted by scottrnelson

quote:
Originally posted by ColoRexer

I found a handy tool on another forum...

If there is to be a new section on this subject, maybe we could make this query into some kind of sticky.
I nominate you to start one thread listing these accidents, you update it once a day and give a one-line summary of each accident. Keep track of those for a month and we would have a much clearer picture of how many motorcycle deaths there are in a month in this country.

Are you up for that?

I'm game. This is a good time for it because it is peak riding season in most places. Tune in tomorrow!

Board Enhancements or Problems - Photo caching can save the wrong image

scottrnelson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:28:44 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 06/25/2008 at 12:28 PM by scottrnelson

The image in question already shows up correctly now, without me having to do anything. I'll have to invent a test case to check this.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Topic Notifications

James R. Davis — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:10:30 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 06/23/2008 at 10:10 AM by James R. Davis

My tests indicate that it is working properly again.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Embed Links to Common Words

scottrnelson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:08:51 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 06/02/2008 at 11:08 AM by scottrnelson

I dislike web sites that do that. This site has a glossary and a pretty good search function to help people get more information on topics that they might not understand.

I'm against the feature.

How to use the forum - Stars

James R. Davis — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:38:57 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 05/21/2008 at 11:38 AM by James R. Davis

The colors are merely another way to represent each category of members. They have the same meaning as the number of stars.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Message Preview Window (bubble)

jmerenda — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:54:27 -0500

Forgive me if this feature has been discussed previously.
On another board that I subscribe to the following feature exists.
Moving your mouse cursor over the topic item, causes a preview window (bubble) to open that allows you to read 3 to 4 lines of the message without actually opening it.
I wonder if others may find this feature helpful as well and whether it would be difficult to implement?

Board Enhancements or Problems - Group Rides

scottrnelson — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:31:04 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 04/06/2008 at 7:31 AM by scottrnelson

Group Ride information works well for local forums (e.g., Bay Area Riders Forum) but not so well on international forums where the members are quite spread out. I know that a few members have gotten together for rides in the Houston Texas area, where this forum is based, and in Colorado.

As long as members use accurate descriptions in their location field (you hear that, Rioguy?) other members can notice who lives in their area and contact them via a PM to see if they want to ride together.

I sort of expect that if a Group Ride sub-forum were added to this site, we would mostly see announcements with no replies, plus the occasional group get together in Texas and Colorado.

But I could be wrong. Does anyone else think this idea would work?

Board Enhancements or Problems - E-mail

bachman1961 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:34:00 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 04/05/2008 at 5:34 AM by bachman1961

Mr Davis;

Was not sure where to post this question; I don't have much experience on sites like this so I ~~may~~ am a real neophyte. Please tell me what the star means next to a name, gray or gold... and what is the context of high karma,,,? ... thanks for such a valuable resource !! I am awed by the respect for safe responsible operation ,,, you all rock !

~ brian

Glossary - Binders

James R. Davis — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:36:05 -0500

Brakes. When used in a sentence such as 'Grab your binders', the word means brake lever.

Glossary - Bullet Bike

James R. Davis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:17:05 -0500

Sport bikes come in various models that range from beginner models with relatively low power and speed potential to models with awesomely powerful engines capable of attaining top speeds well in excess of 170 MPH. The medium- to higher-powered sport bikes are often called “crotch rockets”. The most powerful of these models are known as “bullet bikes”.

Examples of two popular bullet bikes are the Suzuki GSX-R600 and the Kawasaki ZX9R.

Documented maximum potential speed for the GSX-R600 in each gear:

Documented Maximum potential speed for the ZX9R in each gear:

From the tables above, it is clear that both motorcycles are capable of attaining or exceeding the speed limit of any road in the United States while in first gear.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Peer review not showing positive

scottrnelson — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:55:26 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 02/15/2008 at 12:55 PM by scottrnelson

That fixed it.

Now that I look closely at the screen capture, I can see the faint cyan color.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Most Recent Posts

rioguy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:16:47 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 02/01/2008 at 4:16 AM by rioguy

The dreaded "Windows explorer must shut down this window."

I started typing a response to a posting and got this message a couple of times. I don't get it when surfing other sites.

Have others had this problem? It could be me as I was doing maintenance on my computer and maybe I deleted some necessary thing.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Long lines make every post extra wide

scottrnelson — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:08:37 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 12/31/2007 at 11:08 AM by scottrnelson

quote:
Originally posted by James R. Davis

I edited his message and it now seems to work fine.

I'm not complaining about his message in particular, I'm complaining that all other posts end up being very wide when any one on the page is very wide. I'm wondering if there is a way to limit the very wide posts to only the one offending post and not all of the other "innocent" posts.

And why don't I see the other text in my own message above, following the last (long) URL? Is it a special case of the being the last thing on the line or something?

Board Enhancements or Problems - Beyond Active Topics

scottrnelson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:14:19 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 12/10/2007 at 3:14 PM by scottrnelson

Oh, is that what that little blue arrow is for?

I think I'll start using it.

Thanks.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Search needs a little more work

James R. Davis — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:28:11 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 12/08/2007 at 11:28 AM by James R. Davis

Yep, from the two messages you have posted that include examples from the past (whew!) there is good reason I abandoned my earlier attempt to produce a spelling checker - not the least of which is that it demonstrated some of my snarkiness. [:I]

Board Enhancements or Problems - Poll change

gershon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:59:12 -0500

James,

Sorry I didn't thank you earlier for adding the red safety tips link up top. When I first saw it, I thought I just missed it until you mentioned it in another post.

Would it be possible to make a poll where you can check two answers and keep the answers linked so some sort of statistical analysis can be done.

Example question:

I regularly exceed the advisory speed limits by X mph and have/have not had a crash.

Board Enhancements or Problems - tips not working?

scottrnelson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:50:52 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 11/13/2007 at 6:50 AM by scottrnelson

quote:
Originally posted by James R. Davis

I changed the animation - the old one was hardly worth watching.

Hope this one meets your approval. [8D]

Not quite. The bike is already down at the start of the video. We need to find you one where you can see the bike upright with the back end coming around and then catching. Actually, that looks like the famous Gary McCoy highside video, but minus the first couple of seconds. Or maybe the first part is still shown too fast.

I have a better version of what I believe is the same highside as an MPG file that I could send. I have no idea how to edit it down, though.

Board Enhancements or Problems - Spell Checker dead?

James R. Davis — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:02:31 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one, shown below, posted on 11/11/2007 at 12:02 PM by James R. Davis

The spelling check function has been restored for the board.

This has been the most difficult debugging effort of my life. (I have been programming for over 40 years and that was not an exaggeration!)

System administrators: Caution-Warning-Danger! Be very hesitant to upgrade your msxml version. I had upgraded from msxml version 4 to version 6 a couple of weeks ago and all seemed to be working fine as a result. However, this spelling check problem led me to look very closely at some of my javascript code and sometimes it's right in front of your eyes but you can't see it.

For some reason any of my javascript modules that include multi-line comments (/* .... */) instead of using comments characters (//) for each line failed! The java interpreter no longer recognizes multi-line comments and the result was that when I referenced a java library of code (src= xxx.js) the html that was rendered would include lines of comments that looked to the java interpreter as if it was code - errors, of course - effectively making that library inaccessible.

That problem was easily corrected by replacing the multi-line comment flags with single line comment flags.

Then the next problem presented. I have built a getcookie() java function in my library. I haven't revisited that code for over ten years. However, any calls to a getcookie() function are now accessing what appears to be a built-in function of that name so my code would not be used. In fact, my code required a string cookie name as an input parameter but the built-in function expects an object instead. Thus, my code would throw an exception and that was the end of the program's functionality.

You saw that when the 'Spell Check' button disappeared from your display of text you were editing. You saw it earlier when using that button simply returned a 'No errors found' response.

Anyway, I have renamed my function and all calls to it and that restored the spell check functionality.

Again, sorry for the inconvenience, guys.