Also, the trucker had icon is good too, is it dirty?
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Thursday, 30 July 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
haha i cant use this on my work computer but this looks hilarious and amazing
― max, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not making long-lived connections is it, Stet? I shouldn't have thought so, but if it is, it's likely to make 'poxy fule' type errors pretty quickly. Just noticed the length of time it took to connect after I stop/started there.
― Keith, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
oooh, fun!
― carson dial, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa, i'm posting from this now!
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
No, there's quite a lot of caching and stuff in there to stop it being boisterous. It should just appear like a normal browser session. xp
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
So it's making an HTTP connection to the server, getting the data and dropping the HTTP connection?
― Keith, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
lol trucker hat icon
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway, got to head out - looks cool.
― Keith, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
(Although when I fixed one bug earlier, it fired off a request for every thread in the table if you scrolled down it. Which wasn't great.)
xp Yep. Though It won't make a connection at all if it's previously loaded a thread or recently polled a board etc.
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
hey stet, may i suggest putting something in that allows u to see the thread's URL in case you want to email or IM a link to a thread
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
If you do shift-apple-O it'll open the thread in the browser so you can copy it, but yeah should do that.
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
how cool! using this right now. at least i hope
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
oh also... is there any way to make links to threads in threads open in zing instead of the default browser?
sorry i know it's probably too early to be making feature requests!
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
can you hear me? yeah this is cool.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't hear u, speak up
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
wheres the suggest ban link
― generic xanax order cialis buy viagra cheap tramadol (Dr. Phil), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
how about a refresh button?
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
geuess papers app
― generic xanax order cialis buy viagra cheap tramadol (Dr. Phil), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
there's a few different ways to refresh things. If the thread's in a separate window, you can refresh with the weird button at the top right. Otherwise it's shift-apple-r to reload a thread, and option-apple-r to reload new answers. Do you want buttons for them?
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
t-t-t-totally duuuuude @_@
― air crut (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
this is amazing stet
(also things do refresh themselves automatically -- it can just be a bit slow if a thread's moving v. quick, but I don't want to poxy fule the server)xp tx!
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
STET FOR PRESIDETN
― tehresa, Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
gonna d/l when i get home, awesome
― cutty, Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
we need this ON IPHONE
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Tried to post --
"Failed: For Mysterious Reasons"
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Otherwise, very cool!
How do I post from it?
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Can you make a new thread from it, too?
Looks way cool. The icon's a trucker hat!
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
iPhone app of this would, of course, be the coolest motherfucking thing ever. I'd sling 59p your way for it.
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
are you gonna post the code anywhere?
― bnw, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
so maybe you are aware of this but the auto-refresh affects the thread you are currently reading and makes the thread jump down to the bottom so you have to scroll back up to catch your place again.
― tehresa, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, now posting from zing...
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
cool!
Nick: no new threads yet. Press the pencil to show the post box, or double click thread to show in new window
WmC: that's usually the not-clicked remember me that causes that.
Tza: shit, thought I'd fixed that. Is it doing it in the main window or in a pop-out?
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
My post attempt timed out?
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a new one, not seen that before. Are you on a slow connection?
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
in the main window
― tehresa, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Jesus, this has grown legs somewhat since I last saw it. And arms. And got itself a hat.
Huge respect.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Broadband; uploads can be slow but I've never had a problem with posting or emailing without attachments.
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
tza: am finding it hard to replicate that scrolling bug. Is it doing it every single time?
Nick: that's very odd. I'll go on modem later and see if I can make that happen. Sorry!
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
You rule, stet. Love this.
― never name anything coolpix (kenan), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
tza: got it! It scrolls to end when the boards refresh, weirdly. will fix.
― stet, Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
plz port to windoze
― the stain specialist (Viceroy), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Can I post from Zing now, I wonder?
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 31 July 2009 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
It seems that I can!
Huzzah!
plz to finish ifone app k thx.
― Jack Battery-Pack, Friday, 31 July 2009 07:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a fucking awesome little tool. Any way I can increase font / fontsize?
― I can't make my face turn into a heart (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 31 July 2009 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Make America Gear! Again
― Alba, Monday, 28 June 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
If I were home I could whip this up quickly, but I’d like to see an icon with hundreds of tiny mouths talking to Raul how other, with twice as many ears - at ILX, we sure do talk a lot. But we also listen.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 28 June 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
That garbled by my lord Raul, but hopefully the meaning comes through
― Karl Malone, Monday, 28 June 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
The view previous page Poxy Fule bug went away on MacZing when I updated my OS this morning.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
So I never noticed until today that I could click on a timestamp and the relevant permalink to the post would show up in Safari.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
Similar to Facepalm permalink trick I also just learned.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
Would like to request a hide threads feature whenever you have time to look at zing again, would make the zing experience that much better I feel.
― gyac, Thursday, 16 June 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
sure – just checking, zing for mac or iphone?
― stet, Sunday, 19 June 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
I’d like to request the hide tags being added to the iOS apps formatting list.
― Alba, Sunday, 19 June 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link
― gyac, Sunday, 19 June 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
Has anyone else had a problem where as it's left open, accounts appear to duplicate, and bookmarks with them? I'm not sure if they're doubling every time, but so far I have had 2, 4 and 8 accounts showing.
screenshots:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3u0y6yflfkbh9o/Screenshot%202023-07-27%20at%2014.14.55.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ggvnvw9xkrb5zz2/Screenshot%202023-07-27%20at%2014.15.04.png?dl=0
if I delete any of these extra accounts and restart, I have to log in again.
― toby, Thursday, 27 July 2023 12:17 (eight months ago) link
What build are you on toby? There was a bug in older ones that caused that but I thought it had been fixed
― stet, Saturday, 29 July 2023 10:10 (seven months ago) link
I had that problem for a long time on my desktop.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 11:16 (seven months ago) link
I *think* the way I solved it was by staying logged off in certain browsers and only using the app.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 11:17 (seven months ago) link
(For reference, the latest build is "101".
― stet, Saturday, 29 July 2023 13:32 (seven months ago) link
Like in 1984 or the pre-Clash Joe Strummer project.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 13:36 (seven months ago) link
Where does one even get the latest build? I tried the link in the first post and it seemed to be an older build.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 13:56 (seven months ago) link
I've just uploaded the latest build to that same address - https://ilxor.com/MacZing.zip - and if it's stable enough I'll push it to existing users soon.If you are still seeing the multiple-accounts bug, you might need to quit Zing and trash the ~/Library/Containers/MacZing folder before trying again
― stet, Saturday, 29 July 2023 16:21 (seven months ago) link
Thanks. Downloaded. I keep getting a color wheel of death when I try to load threads, both with the old build and new. Not sure if it is a proxy issue or some cache I need to clean or restart. Also having some problems loading virtual backgrounds on Zoom, maybe it’s related.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 19:46 (seven months ago) link
Aka Spinning Wait Cursor or Spinning Beach Ball of Death (SBBOD)
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:00 (seven months ago) link
Got rid of all my bookmarks to see if that would help. Wonder if there is some other cache I can clean or delete. Before I resort to trouble-shooting 101, restart your machine.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:03 (seven months ago) link
The only cache relevant to Zing is that folder listed above, if you delete that you should be all set. It does use the system networking so if you have system-wide problems I can see that affecting it. What version of macOS are you running?
― stet, Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:06 (seven months ago) link
Monterey. Can't upgrade this old mac much further. But restart did the trick, restart was the ticket, fixed my other problem as well. Thank you for your support in this matter.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:15 (seven months ago) link
Build 101 has a NOT sign on top of the grayed out red trucker cap. Assuming that means it's not considered production yet.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:18 (seven months ago) link
One thing I love love love about MacZing is the persistence of the last search term.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:21 (seven months ago) link
Doesn't persist through a restart but I'll live. Any new features I should check out. I see "History works a bit better" when I click Help>What's New? not sure what it means exactly.
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:23 (seven months ago) link
It’s a euphemism for “the old history was incredibly buggy”
― stet, Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:38 (seven months ago) link
Lol
― Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:38 (seven months ago) link
So now it should work as expected. I think.
I seem to remember that but had just stopped using it for ages.
I just redownloaded from the link above and reinstalled (now build 102), I still have the excess of bookmarks but I'll delete the account and see if it happens again. Thanks!
― toby, Sunday, 30 July 2023 13:10 (seven months ago) link
Oh also: don’t run it from the Downloads folder, drag it literally anywhere else first - there’s a special quarantine state for apps in there
― stet, Sunday, 30 July 2023 17:29 (seven months ago) link
I think deleting the cache was the key, thanks - it seems to be doing OK now.
― toby, Sunday, 30 July 2023 18:59 (seven months ago) link
Really enjoying using this now - thanks for making it! Stupid question: is it possible to navigate completely with the keyboard? e.g. I can go up and down the bookmarks list, and once I've clicked on a bookmark and then on the answers pane I can scroll up and down, but I don't know how do this from the keyboard (I tried hitting enter, for example).
― toby, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 05:17 (seven months ago) link
That’s the ambition, but it has proved a bit trickier to implement than I expected. I’ll have a think about how to do it.
― stet, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:53 (seven months ago) link
Great, thanks!
Also - any chance of killfile? I miss it from the phone.
― toby, Saturday, 5 August 2023 11:11 (seven months ago) link