Feeds hanging up
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wine curmudgeon
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Not often, but periodically, when I load a page, the feeds won't load. They'll get hung up on refresh, and the page will actually say it's done loading and the feeds will say refreshing. I'm using Firefox 3.5.3 on Vista. |
Matt Kruse
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Thanks for the report. I've noticed this every so often too, but I can't figure out why it's happening. I think it's because there is some Google code in there that randomly gets executed before my code, and the two try to do conflicting things. I'm still trying to debug that and put in a fix. If anyone has a clue, please let me know! Until then, a refresh of the page always fixes it for me. |
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Matt Kruse
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Okay, after another look I suspect it is indeed because this code gets injected and executed before the iGoogle environment is all setup and ready. Especially if their js files are not cached and take a couple of seconds to retrieve. It turns out to be tricky to figure out when it's safe to start executing my code. If I put in a delay of 2 seconds, it works consistently, but that's an ugly hack! I'll keep checking on it. |
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wine curmudgeon
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Thanks, Matt. I'll keep an eye on it. |
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Matt Kruse
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Note: I believe this is now fixed with the latest release |
IanT
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Hi Really like the script however I think the problem highlighted here still persists. Since I found your script I have been unable to access a number of my RSS feeds. Vanilla without the script and with Super iGoogle I am OK which suggests that it is something with your script not just google as the super script seems OK. One of the feeds is http://www.ft.com/rss/companies/food-beverage Some of the FT scripts work a number don't. Not sure why. Otherwise great script. Ian |
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Matt Kruse
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Ah, I got it. The feeds with problems don't like to have parameters put on the end. For example:
That fails. I put a random value on the end to break thru Google's caching mechanism. If I turn off the caching option, the feed works fine. I am putting in a fix for this right now. I am going to make it so if a feed doesn't load the first time, I enable caching on it and try again. This should fix the issue for you. Update when the new version is posted and let me know if it's fixed! |
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Matt Kruse
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Fixed! IanT, your example feed now works correctly. It will take 2 seconds to load, because it has to retry. Or, you can go into the options and uncheck the option to avoid caching for this feed and it will work on the first try. Hope that helps! |
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IanT
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Matt Once I worked out I had to reinstall the script to update works great, many thanks. I am trying to avoid caching which is what brought me to Google, as Netvibes seems to be someway behind the page you are trying follow. Are you able to implement a key based system to show the tabs similar to Super iGoogle? I have also found that if I book mark google.com/ig I get tabs on the top but once the page refreshes to .com/ig?hl=en&t=0 then I lose the tabs on the top. Is this something you could script? Anyway, thanks for the script, really appreciate it. Ian |
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Matt Kruse
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Is there a trick to install the updates? Since I develop on my own machine, obviously, I don't actually install the updates. I modify my existing script then paste it up here when I am ready. I've wondered if the "New" icon and update process is clear to everyone. What does a key based system mean? I don't know of any way to get the tabs on the top other than through script that rips apart the existing structure and replaces it with something different. At present that's not something I want to tackle. You can minimize the tabs on the left in the Better iGoogle options, then click on the bar to expand it if needed. |
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IanT
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Sorry. By key based system I meant if you choose alt and a number it toggles visibility of the tabs. The install option is clear once I worked out it wasn't automatic, or was because at the moment clicking on the 'Better igoogle Options' link does nothing.... not sure if that is the script or my machine. Ian |
