+The Other Stu Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I can't find it in any of the topics. Has anyone picked up the "Rich Text" issue with The Colorado? I can't see it in the "issues" list. For instance......... Here is a cache. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...f9-b4fbaa18a0e6 Here's what it looks like on the Colorado http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/0e5328...701261a952d.jpg I've got a couple more like that! I went to do a multi too (which required getting clues from A thru P) and it only showed me up to C!!! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'm not a Colorado owner (yet)... but I noticed the lack of replies so far and thought I'd see what I can do to help. I'm not clear as to what that has to do with Rich Text. It seems to me to have something to do with HTML's "bold" attribute. Regarding the multi issue, I think you could probably clarify the problem. Not sure anyone understands what you're saying. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I can't find it in any of the topics. Has anyone picked up the "Rich Text" issue with The Colorado? I can't see it in the "issues" list. For instance......... Here is a cache. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...f9-b4fbaa18a0e6 Here's what it looks like on the Colorado http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/0e5328...701261a952d.jpg I've got a couple more like that! I went to do a multi too (which required getting clues from A thru P) and it only showed me up to C!!! Looks like an issue. If you can characterize exactly what the issue is a little better I'll add it to the Issues List. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
+qlenfg Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Could be the reference to the trebuchet font or the rainbow graphic. The rainbow graphic is a jpeg and its URL is copied to the GPX file -- not sure how the Colorado deals with this. Try this cache (GCNA2W) and see how it looks -- it has a jpeg down towards the bottom of the page, but no alternate fonts. Quote Link to comment
+RRLover Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) I'm not a Colorado owner (yet)... but I noticed the lack of replies so far and thought I'd see what I can do to help. I'm not clear as to what that has to do with Rich Text. It seems to me to have something to do with HTML's "bold" attribute. I've seen web sites in Safari that look like that, I think it's an HTML (page formatting?) issue too. In my browser it sometimes loses the overlap if the window is expanded, sometimes not. Norm Edited February 26, 2008 by RRLover Quote Link to comment
+The Other Stu Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Could be the reference to the trebuchet font or the rainbow graphic. The rainbow graphic is a jpeg and its URL is copied to the GPX file -- not sure how the Colorado deals with this. Try this cache (GCNA2W) and see how it looks -- it has a jpeg down towards the bottom of the page, but no alternate fonts. Nup, that just shows the HTML formatting instead..... G-O-Cashers: I'll try and sum it up. If you have a cache page which includes (it appears) Bold Text, the Colorado just jumbles all the text up and causes all the text to be overlaid. The best way to show you was to simply copy and paste the image in! Quote Link to comment
+SnoWake Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have also experienced this: Both the bold text 'gumming things up', as well as certain formatting / text that cause the Colorado to lock up 100% of the time when viewing the description - e.g. the following cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...8a-f21640c45230 I've no idea how much of the XHTML, CSS, etc actually make it all the way into the GPX file (haven't done the research) - but I know there's a series of caches from this hider, all with the same look and feel - and they all hang the Colorado, consistently. All the more reason to find them, and have them 'off my list'. ;-) Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I've seen some such issues too. The sensible thing for a limited parser is of course to just disregard anything it doesn't understand. Sometimes it's tricky to understand what you don't understand. Quote Link to comment
+The Other Stu Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 I've seen some such issues too. The sensible thing for a limited parser is of course to just disregard anything it doesn't understand. Sometimes it's tricky to understand what you don't understand. I agree. I just don't think that we should need to be manipulating text just to appease the thing! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 It's probably that the Garmin doesn't process HTML tables well and has nothing to do with bold text. I didn't use the word "correctly" because there is no correct way to parse HTML tables as text. Most HTML to text parsers will choose to separate each table cell with a newline, which is usually fairly readable. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 It's probably that the Garmin doesn't process HTML tables wellFortunately for us, it's a very small percentage of hiders that use HTML tables in their cache descriptions. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Could be the reference to the trebuchet font or the rainbow graphic. The rainbow graphic is a jpeg and its URL is copied to the GPX file -- not sure how the Colorado deals with this. Try this cache (GCNA2W) and see how it looks -- it has a jpeg down towards the bottom of the page, but no alternate fonts. Nup, that just shows the HTML formatting instead..... G-O-Cashers: I'll try and sum it up. If you have a cache page which includes (it appears) Bold Text, the Colorado just jumbles all the text up and causes all the text to be overlaid. The best way to show you was to simply copy and paste the image in! How are you downloading the gpx file? I tried downloading this through Communicator on a PC and I don't see the overwrite issue, I just see a bunch of raw html. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have also experienced this: Both the bold text 'gumming things up', as well as certain formatting / text that cause the Colorado to lock up 100% of the time when viewing the description - e.g. the following cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...8a-f21640c45230 I've no idea how much of the XHTML, CSS, etc actually make it all the way into the GPX file (haven't done the research) - but I know there's a series of caches from this hider, all with the same look and feel - and they all hang the Colorado, consistently. All the more reason to find them, and have them 'off my list'. ;-) SnoWake, how are you downloading this cache? Is it through a PQ, GSAK, communicator? I downloaded the cache directly from GC.com using communicator on a PC and although it doesn't look great (i.e. a bunch of raw html) it didn't hang my Colorado. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
+The Other Stu Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 How are you downloading the gpx file? I tried downloading this through Communicator on a PC and I don't see the overwrite issue, I just see a bunch of raw html. GO$Rs Eek. You're right. I guess I need to take GSAK out of the equation..... I'll raise it on the GSAK board. Cheers Stu Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 How are you downloading the gpx file? I tried downloading this through Communicator on a PC and I don't see the overwrite issue, I just see a bunch of raw html. GO$Rs Eek. You're right. I guess I need to take GSAK out of the equation..... I'll raise it on the GSAK board. Cheers Stu It would be good to find out what the gpx file looks like coming out of GSAK and compare that to the untouched gpx file from communicator. I still would like to be able to use GSAK and not have to worry about the CO hanging on some caches. If you isolate the issue please post it here! The CO shouldn't hard hang no matter what you throw at it in a gpx file. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
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