lodgebarn

Yes and no, these filters were to pick off specific types like Owner logs and New Caches of various types and put them in different folders. In order to avoid false positives I was filtering by the from address and subject. Using Thunderbird the filter process lacks the ability to have a list of valid addresses. However I could have been smarter and used "ends with" to just process geocaching.com at the end of address. So thanks for making me think better .

Ha ha, that will teach me to change my filters too soon.

I would agree all of your comments and a great summary of the current status. The main problem I have had is temporary issues with the app locking up when mobile coverage is flaky. I think more work definitely needs to be done with remembering where you are on the app screens, specifically which lab you were doing. The app seems to take ages trying to reload all local labs and takes an age to time out which is very frustrating. As to whether they are good or bad the jury is out for me but it certainly allows you to be taken to loads interesting locations that would not be suitable for a physical box. One question for me is whether the number of ALs should be limited. Also in the current troubled times I find it great to be able to get out and find some "caches" without the physical boxes. I am certainly against trying to over complicate in the future. Keep it simple and get the basics working should be the only priority.

What I don't get is the need to put symbols there in the first place we all know the format by know I reckon without degrees and minutes symbols i.e. N51 23.200 W 1 42.000. Keep it simple and problems like this just will not happen.

Thanks for the quick fix. I was out in the big wide world this afternoon when it all went pear shaped. Recovered just in time for me to complete the set I was working with before I had to head home.

Hopefully this will be swiftly corrected, I really can't understand the omission.

I have a cache that was a small box in a dead end gap between two fences. It went missing, I replaced it with another box. A few days later gone again. Third time lucky I replaced with a bison on the fence and it is still there.

I am and I do find it amusing, along with other similar unintended consequences I may have perpetrated during my career. Now the key measure of an organisation is how quickly it is resolved, not that it happened in the first place.

I have been playing with the new search screens recently while holed up at home. I have 2 issues with the Limit Search To.... list box. 1. The ordering is reverse alpha numeric. This is counter intuitive all similar lists on the internet are sorted in alpha numeric order. 2. If I do a partial search e.g. United then ordering is lost and becomes random, this should maintain alphabetic order.

Really, that is just a load of nonsense in my opinion.........

Brilliant all good now, many thanks for the quick fix.

I am running the same type of api call as have done for the past few months. For instance Other, State West Midlands. Sort descending, Get 250 caches. I can see the API call has the correct sort order at the end &Sort=id- but I am always being returned the earliest caches not the most recent. This was working fine yesterday. A resolution would be most welcome. Thanks

The headline point was "making it more convenient" i.e. a benefit for everyone. In my world it is common to maintain existing functionality when doing radical changes. Experience suggests that Groundspeak like to do the exact opposite, thus end up upsetting existing users. Moreover this is done without any initial communications and seemingly without a care in the world. We are surely used to this approach by now.

It all started out about protecting key data like Address, Email, Phone, Financial info which I totally agree with. There is no way on this earth that logging a cache forms part of this. Organisations are encouraged to be paranoid and invent ever more ridiculous ways to make you click more buttons. And let me also add that the more sites you keep havng to click buttons for the less likely you are to read anything just click it to make the pain go away.

This whole topic would be a good motivating factor for giving up completely, what a fuss about finding a few boxes for fun. Highlights how rubbish the modern world has become.

The world has gone completely bonkers, every web site I visit nowadays has a cookie button to click, drives me nuts. Now we have all these extra restrictions added by big brother on a whim, a very extreme interpretation driven by fear. As far as I know nothing in GDPR or anything else forbids sharing stuff I have willingly posted as a log. It mostly relates to personal data such as emails, phone numbers etc etc. Also how many companies make radical changes at New Year during the holiday period. Most organisations forbid changes at such a time. Finally how did we survive 5 years ago without this so called "protection". It is just a game folks that is sadly turning into a sinister business.

In the great scheme of life https is of course better. However for Wherigo.com was that really an issue, is there any transmission data that required protecting?

I don't know whether this has always been available but at least you can see your logs now on a PC and copy\paste the name. https://labs.geocaching.com/logs

Me too

Just now I tried to add a FP using Chrome. It just took me to my list of previous favourites which was not what expected. IE exhibited the correct behaviour, added the FP and returned to the cache page. However after deleting the FP and trying to add again all browsers are now just going to my list of favourites. What on earth is going on?

It is total and utter madness not to be able to see my recently favourited caches. I need to check whether I did indeed award that FP. Whoever designed this screen should do a hasty rethink and allow sort on all columns. I expect more from a company I pay money to. It is never a good plan to remove functionality when implementing new features.

Interesting I selected a cache from another users public list and the Delete button pops up enabled. I did not wish to try this out but I suggest this should not happen.

I agree with all of these comments. I would also add that the found by me date is not on the screen anymore and I found this most useful on lists where I want to see that that cache has been found by someone else. There is plenty of white space where it would fit very nicely.

Brilliant thanks for the update!

Can we have another update now it has been about 5 weeks. This problem is a cause of major problems for all who answer ECs/Virtuals and is more important than new features.