March 5 site update predictions

[+NYPaddleCacher]

According to the banner we're going to get a site update today at 8:00PM PST. Anyone want to speculate on what is going to change?

[+Beach_hut]

Probably not the amusing response you were after, but I read somewhere they're making changes today to make logs unicode-friendly...

 

Edit: Linky...

Edited March 5, 2013 by Beach_hut

[BlueRajah]

They are bringing in hamsters from around the world, and foreign cheeses for them.

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

Nothing we've asked for.

[+Semper Questio]

I've heard they are bringing in new Hamsters enhanced with HGH - Hamster Growth Hormone.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Nothing we've asked for.

If "we" means Americans, probably not.

 

But (per the linky), this'll be big for the rest of the world. At least, the parts of the world where they use accents, and umlauts, and alphabets that don't even resemble A-Z in the slightest.

 

GC.com has grown up. It's worldwide.

[+Harry Dolphin]

I think they're going to turn all the background colors to shades of grey.

[+T.D.M.22]

I think they're going to turn all the background colors to shades of grey.

 

I think 50 shades should be about right.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Nothing we've asked for.

If "we" means Americans, probably not.

 

But (per the linky), this'll be big for the rest of the world. At least, the parts of the world where they use accents, and umlauts, and alphabets that don't even resemble A-Z in the slightest.

 

GC.com has grown up. It's worldwide.

 

Agreed. We'll have to see how it goes. Internationalization is hard to get right, especially when you're trying to do it on a site that has been running for a long time.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Agreed. I've had to do some of that myself, and it's not as easy as it looks.

Edited March 5, 2013 by Viajero Perdido

[+SwineFlew]

Just a hardware update.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Just a hardware update.

 

Usually that's the case when there is actually some scheduled downtime but mobile device access is going to be unavailable as well so I'm think that the internationalization changes are more likely as the backend database might be changing,

[+ChileHead]

A new beer program? Free beer for every five caches you hide.

[+fizzymagic]

Nothing we've asked for.

If "we" means Americans, probably not.

 

But (per the linky), this'll be big for the rest of the world. At least, the parts of the world where they use accents, and umlauts, and alphabets that don't even resemble A-Z in the slightest.

 

GC.com has grown up. It's worldwide.

 

Agreed. We'll have to see how it goes. Internationalization is hard to get right, especially when you're trying to do it on a site that has been running for a long time.

 

Maybe they will finally fix the time-zone issues that plague everything.

 

or not.

[+K13]

<snip>

 

Maybe they will finally fix the time-zone issues that plague everything.

 

or not.

 

I'll let you know in UMT+4 hrs.

[+CamoriCouple]

The Myan calender will come true!

[GOF and Bacall]

My first question is never 'what are we going to get?' but rather 'what is going to get busted this time?'.

[AZcachemeister]

A new beer program? Free beer for every five caches you hide.

 

GOOD beer?

Or just Bud light/Coors light.

[AZcachemeister]

 

Maybe they will finally fix the time-zone issues that plague everything.

 

or not.

 

One can only hope...

 

The internationalization thing gets my second (reserve) vote.

 

Perhaps all cache pages will be rendered in your language of choice? (I dream, therefore I am)

[+The A-Team]

Maybe they will finally fix the time-zone issues that plague everything.

^Funniest thing I've heard all day.

[+ChileHead]

GOOD beer?

Or just Bud light/Coors light.

 

Those aren't beers.

 

Unicode friendly logs aren't a sexy feature, especially for those of us who never leave the first half of ISO-8859-1, but I can see the appeal for those who venture beyond 7 bit.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

GOOD beer?

Or just Bud light/Coors light.

 

Those aren't beers.

 

Unicode friendly logs aren't a sexy feature, especially for those of us who never leave the first half of ISO-8859-1, but I can see the appeal for those who venture beyond 7 bit.

 

But think of the puzzles you can create if we have unicode in cache descriptions.

[+Foothills Drifter]

They are bringing in hamsters from around the world, and foreign cheeses for them.

 

Howdy......

If the hamsters are happy.... I'm happy...

 

Vern / Foothills drifter...

[+edscott]

My first question is never 'what are we going to get?' but rather 'what is going to get busted this time?'.

 

We need a like button so I can agree with one keystroke instead of 70.

[+BAIN!]

GOOD beer?

Or just Bud light/Coors light.

 

Those aren't beers.

 

Unicode friendly logs aren't a sexy feature, especially for those of us who never leave the first half of ISO-8859-1, but I can see the appeal for those who venture beyond 7 bit.

 

But think of the puzzles you can create if we have unicode in cache descriptions.

 

Everybody knows PBR is the official beer of geocaching... at least in my home.

[AZcachemeister]

 

Everybody knows PBR is the official beer of geocaching... at least in my home.

 

I've drank a few of those.

 

Not sure I could tolerate another after meeting Sam Adams.

 

In any case, does anyone know what actually changed in the 'update'?

[Keystone]

In any case, does anyone know what actually changed in the 'update'?

Link to Release Notes. If you live and cache in Japan, Russia, etc., this update was a BIG deal. The work needed to prepare the system for unicode logging was considerable.

[+Off Grid]

They are bringing in hamsters from around the world, and foreign cheeses for them.

[GOF and Bacall]

GOOD beer?

Or just Bud light/Coors light.

 

Those aren't beers.

 

Unicode friendly logs aren't a sexy feature, especially for those of us who never leave the first half of ISO-8859-1, but I can see the appeal for those who venture beyond 7 bit.

 

But think of the puzzles you can create if we have unicode in cache descriptions.

 

Everybody knows PBR is the official beer of geocaching... at least in my home.

 

Around here we call PBR poser pee. We prefer some of Grumpy Old Fart Brewery's finest red ale. Come to think of it it's almost time to brew another batch.