AZcachemeister Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hey gang! I got three instant notifications today, and the last one included the owner's handle, date placed, and the co-ordinates. COOLNESS! Of course, now I want to know if it's a trad or multi, and the container size, but I guess we can't have it all (at least not all at once)! Link to comment
+treasure_hunter Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I say give it some time, eventually we may get to see the size and type of the cache. This is a very ingenious idea indeed. Link to comment
+Thrak Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I got several instant notifications today and they didn't include any of that information........ Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I think that some volunteer cache reviewers are adding the information manually. If you like getting the extra info, write your reviewer a thank-you note because it is above and beyond the call of duty. Link to comment
+gof1 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Not being computer literate to any great degree I have a question. Would this info in instant notification help reduce the loads on the servers? Link to comment
+The Jester Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 If they want to limit the load, they could include a link to the GPX file for the cache and save opening a web page... (I'm only being half serious here) Link to comment
The Legend of Fena Dweller Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Oh Lord I hope this is true. What I would really like is the waypoint so I could go from the email on my phone to the wap page and actually be able to look at the cache. But I guess this is better than nothing. Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 So far it seems to have been a 'one hit wonder', and not repeated. Maybe an experiment, not likely an accident. Link to comment
+caderoux Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'd like them to be shorter (shrink the URLs) and more compact - right now Cingular sends my phone 5 messages for each cache. About once a week I am awoken at 2am by mtn-man's approvals (x5) terrified that it might be a server down at work... Link to comment
+Adrenalynn Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'd like them to be shorter (shrink the URLs) and more compact - right now Cingular sends my phone 5 messages for each cache. About once a week I am awoken at 2am by mtn-man's approvals (x5) terrified that it might be a server down at work... I'm with you there! I don't need to know what state or country. I think I can figure out safely that it's in my preset radius. How far? Super. Reviewer? I'll check the webpage for that, thanks. Date/Time? That's cool. The reviewer's "published" entry? Ummm... No. New Caches edit page? Naw, thanks. Reviewer's Profile? Oh, you've gotta be kidding me! How about: Automated message from geocaching.com SomeNewCache (Trad. 1.5/2 Small) 3.9mi N 12 32.456 -121 32.456 http://www.geocaching.com/pseudorandomjunkurl [Published 22:30 4/5/06] Now THAT'S useful, and doesn't require me to parse it out, fetch the stuff I actually need with a php script (putting additional load on gc), format a new message, then send THAT to my cell! Link to comment
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