Re: [EVDL] How cum zit? cid #'s added to nabble-archived URLs > fail to open links
I did some further investigation of this. I am NOT seeing the extraneous glop on the end of the URL which Bruce describes in the status bar of the following browsers: Seamonkey 2.33.1, Firefox 45.0.2, Opera 12.16, and Midori 0.2.2. I AM seeing the ";cid=" junk in the status bar of the following browsers: Chromium 27.0.1421.0 and QTWeb Portable 3.7.3. I expect that Safari, Chrome, and newer versions of Opera (all Webkit-based browsers) would act like the latter two browsers. Oddly, when I view the source of the page in ANY browser, this garbage doesn't appear in any of the links. I suspect this junk is being generated in the browser by a tracking script on the Nabble server. Speculation here, I admit, but maybe we normally wouldn't notice it but for the fact that someone at Nabble has accidentally introduced a bug into their script. I'm under deadline for a project right now and can't spend any more time on this tonight, but I'll look into it later this week. In the meantime, here are a couple of things you can do. One is to use a Mozilla based browser at the Nabble archive. Mozilla seems to strip off the garbage after the semicolon. (I think.) Webkit browsers such as Chrome and Safari apparently don't. (I think.) Or, be safe and just don't click directly on any links in a Nabble post. Instead, highlight and copy the link text as displayed, open a new browser window or tab, and paste the link text into the URL field on the new window/tab. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] How cum zit? cid #'s added to nabble-archived URLs > fail to open links
On 10/29/2016 10:56 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: Spending the time to be more through on an upcoming news item posts, I found a [dated] post in the archive: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Varsovia-pl-s-2018-e-mobile-office-concept-EV-r-350km-td4683702.html When I clicked to lauch the page's URL in that post [ https://electrek.co/2016/09/02/varsovia-motor-electric-concept-car-mobile-office/;cid=1477596389281-127 ], it failed. My observations using LinuxMint/Thunderbird/Firefox: The nabble link worked. The electrek link on the nabble page worked and did not seem to have the "cid=" cruft. The above electrek link failed. Manually removing the tail end cruft allowed the link to work. I don't know where your "cid=" is coming from but apparently not all see it. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] How cum zit? cid #'s added to nabble-archived URLs > fail to open links
On 29 Oct 2016 at 20:56, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > Spending the time to be more through on an upcoming news item posts, I found > a [dated] post in the archive: > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Varsovia-pl-s-2018-e-mobile-office-concept-EV-r-350km-td4683702.html > > When I clicked to lauch the page's URL in that post [ > https://electrek.co/2016/09/02/varsovia-motor-electric-concept-car-mobile-office/;cid=1477596389281-127 > ], it failed. > Works fine for me. The article's title is "New electric concept car with `mobile office´ promises to redefine luxury interiors." > Answer: the nabble archive attaches a cid= number to the end of any > link in a post. I don't see any extraneous characters on the end of any of the links. I checked several other EVLN posts, and all the links worked for me. You might try a different browser or computer to see if that makes a difference. Total WAG: I suppose it's possible that Nabble was tinkering with their back end scripts when you tried that link, and you just happened to catch it at the wrong moment. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
