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I've often thought that would be a nice feature for GC to have. It shouldn't be too intensive; if I have 50 finds and you have 500, the operation should only need to iterate through my 50 to find what's in common within your 500. I agree that it should be a MO feature, though, and on the plus side it would give ppl something more to gripe about when it's not working to their satisfaction. EDIT: typo

Looks like perhaps someone is working on it. I just saw the cache names go from static to popup in 1 refresh. Perhaps icons aren't far behind? WRT icons, GE4 also broke its own KML style in a KML I use for local parks. The static icons looks OK buit when you hover the popup icon reverted to a pushpin, so this is a Google issue and not a GC issue (in case that wasn't already clear). EDIT: Spoke too soon. This is really weird, actually. On even-numbered refershes the cache names are static, and on odd-numbered refreshes the cache names are popup. Most peculiar, momma.

Yes, and also the cache names are now static instead of popup on mouse hover (KML style attribute).

Most excellent. Thanks for the fix, and now I can use hints again

Trivial fix or not, apparently this isn't going to change. My solution has been to stop adding hints to my caches.

Try right-clicking the TB link and save the KML file on your Desktop. If GE can open that then the problem is with your browser settings. BTW: you can't see folders under Temporary Internet Files with Explorer, but you can from a command prompt: Start -> Run -> CMD C: CD "\Documents and Settings" CD Jackson CD "Local Settings" CD "Temporary Internet Files" CD "Content.IE5" If you get an error along the way, your tempfiles path doesn't exist all the way out to "Content.IE5" which could be the cause of your problem. You could try reconstructing it with the MD command (ie: MD Content.IE5). If the path exists, that should reveal the hidden folders, not that it matters since your problem would then appear to be with the IE settings. Also, you might want to check the Windows Registry for this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths

Ummmmmm, pretty simple, really: 1. In GE, open Temp Places / GPS Device / Tracks / ACTIVE LOG ### 2. Uncheck Points. No more triangles.

So, are there any plans to fix this or is this the way it will remain?

FYI... CBS has now updated the video segment with the actual report instead of just footage.

Interesting but I didn't find it particularly useful. Doesn't seem to have LAT/LON data accessible from the interface, even if you add a pushpin. With Google Maps I can double-click anywhere to recenter and then parse the LAT/LON data from the link URL provided.

This thread was started 4 minutes earlier. EDIT: werdsmything

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/10/...in1487111.shtml The video of the segment is just footage so far, maybe they will update it with the report soon...

As an ex-owner of an eTrex Legend I would say that I wish I had saved my money and went right to the Legend C. Not (just) because it is color but because the improvement in features and speed is night and day. The Legend C is not just a Legend with color, it has a completely different firmware, tons more features, a better antenna, USB connectivity and is many times faster. I was never happy with the Legend under trees and frequently lost signal, even sometimes in an open field. No such problem with the Legend C. If you can get a Legend for $100 (or less) then obviously that makes good sense, but if the difference in price between the Legend and Legend C is 50% or less, I would suggest you consider making the invesment for a far better GPS. The Legend C is currently on Amazon for $209, merely $40 more than their price for the "blue" Legend. But $169 is way too much to pay for the Legend (I sold mine to a friend last month for $100). The reason the Legend C has come down in price is probably because Garmin just released the Legend Cx, so you may be able to find even better prices on new Legend C units in the near future.

Superb, I like the manual-refresh method much better even though it's unlikely I'm going to burn through all my daily quota of views. That said, I am wondering if there is a way to shorten the text of the folder with the title "Geocache Name (Difficulty/Terrain)" as this name is so long that it either truncates or wraps depending on GE's mood/mode. Also the message "You have xxx views left today Viewing xxx caches." does the same. While this probably isn't an issue for those running higher resolutions, I am only running 1024x768 and the default width of the left panel wraps or truncates the above.

All one-way streets where you live, eh?

FYI I am seeing " in a TB: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...af-e26e09875e31 I read where & was fixed, so thought I would pass this along.

Agreed. A direct attack would have named names; I didn't do that. But I still maintain that an Ignore User feature would be a welcome addition.

Jeremy, how about an Ignore User feature here in the forums so we don't have to sift through all of the crap from someone who has an axe to grind and believes logic is equally as elastic as the underwear band circumscribing his forehead? I'd even pay money for that non-commercial aspect.

Looks to me like the coods are randomized within a certain radius every time the view is changed (zoom/pan), even if only slightly. I just measured one of my caches and the deviation was .2 miles from 400 feet up. That's quite a lot. Otherwise this new feature is most excellent. Great work guys.

Seems to me that perhaps the webserver got restarted because things are FAST FAST FAST this morning. 30 minutes ago I came in without ID/Password and then upon returning was prompted to login, but the server is responding wayyyyyy faster than it has in a long time. Autologin has been working just fine until today and what a small price to pay for the kind of speed that encouraged me to become a premium member 6 months ago. Just conjecture but seems to make sense.

@tossedsalad: I am quite capable of being offended on my own; I don't need your help, thanks. As it turns out I wasn't offended and took the comment in the good nature that Keystone intended.

Well for "no apparent reason" when it comes to the few items I've cited, but I do understand the need to police some of the potential abuses of HTML. I just don't think using a "depricated" <P> tag or expecting <FONT> attributes to flow through the Long Description (regardless of list or other constructs) should fall into that realm. This morning I got up and was startled to find a robot waiting for me in my shower. Even though I've been successfully showering for many years, the robot monitored my shower and told me I was doing things all wrong; the use of a washcloth had been depricated and that I should now use a sponge. When I wasn't looking, it swapped my Irish Spring to Lever 2000 and adjusted the water temperature to the currently accepted norms. I wanted to wash my hair but the bot advised me embedding a comb in my hair while in the shower was no longer acceptable, and then told me if that concerned me maybe I didn't know enough about washing my hair to take a shower. Finally I gave in and did things the way the bot wanted, and while I may be clean on the outside, I feel dirty on the inside. @robertlipe: Thanks for the <DIV> syntax, I used it to correct the problems with my <OL> (you know -- the ones I shouldn't be having). There is no good reason why <FONT> attributes shouldn't flow through an <OL> but it's nice to have a workaround. I expect I'll need quite a few more.

Actually, it does (or did to me). That was the first thing I tried and TIDY removed them in both standalone <P></P> configuration and also <P>paragraph block</P> configuration. However it left <BR><BR> alone. My question is why mess with <P> at all since <P> and <P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P><P> result in the same rendered output? My point is that IMHO the modifications made by TIDY are too aggressive.

@Keystone: If it looks fine to you that's only because I've edited the listing about 20 times trying to work around the "favors" HTML TIDY did to my listing. However IMHO it doesn't look fine because I have yet to go through the <LI> items on the <OL> ordered list and insert <FONT> attributes since TIDY decided it would only do this for my first <LI> but none subsequent. Considering one <FONT> tag at the top of the Long Description and a </FONT> at the end worked perfectly fine in the past (aka pre-TIDY), I am at a loss as to why I should have to do this at all. Thanks for publishing my listing. I'm sure you can appreciate my right as a premium member to express aggravation with a bot altering HTML for no apparent reason. If it weren't for the fact that TIDY breaks things (like FONT attributes spanning an ordered list, for example) I wouldn't be frustrated. @dogbreathcanada: If <P> is depricated someone better tell TIDY because it still inserts <P>...</P> tags in the modified listing.

Did I mention I hate it? OK, I understand the desire to standardize (aka "regulate") cache pages, but this stupid module... what's the word? Oh yeah -- sucks. I have been coding HTML by hand for years and this thing breaks more than it fixes. What is the point of stripping out <P> tags? So now I have to use multiple <BR> tags to break paragraphs? What's that about? It's not like the <P> tag can be "abused" anyway. Put one <P> or 100 <P> tags together and the rendered page is the same. And now if I want a <FONT COLOR=blue> to span an <OL> ordered list I have to have a <FONT> tag on every <LI>? Otherwise TIDY in its infinite wisdom places a </FONT> tag after my first <LI> and the text color reverts back to default (black). I'm sorry but this is a major PITA for the sake of uniformity. In another thread someone cited HTML TIDY as the reason for retiring from caching. Well, that's kind of extreme, I suppose, but I can certainly see where it would keep me from submitting new caches to save myself the aggravation. Granted some people don't even notice TIDY because they type some basic text and they are done. File under "Ignorance is Bliss". But some people like to polish their cache listings, and HTML TIDY makes this a monumental effort. I suppose I'll get flamed with a lot of "well you obviously don't know enough about HTML if TIDY is a problem for you". I don't claim to be a bleeding edge web designer and I would never consider using a 3rd party program to design a cache listing. I am suggesting that TIDY is too aggressive in control HTML basics like <P> and <FONT> tags, etc. It needs to be relaxed. In the meantime I am discouraged from listing caches because, frankly, it's just a hassle. *RANT MODE OFF* plook