Archive > Technical discussions

Timetable pop-up\'s.... a necessity ?

(1/6) > >>

EHM-1123 Dejan:
Hi guys,
I was just browsing through class1 flights (been a long time), and found some popups appearing on a certain time interval.. Nice idea, but functionality....

They are too small, they are wrong on initial load, (I got Skopje, then Belgrade... Lugano then Zurich). When I close them, they appear again in, say 10 secs...

I am sure it's just technicality and do not intend to criticize anyone, only wanted to report.. If it's already known issue, then no harm done.:]

EHM-1199 Philip:
My problem is they produce an error popup as well in my browser. A 'line 21 null' something or other and that is really frustrating. Move the mouse the wrong way and I've got half a dozen error messages to close down.
Anybody know why this is or have the same problems?

EHM-1077 Emanuele:
Dejan, Plymyphil,

I wrote the pop-up script and it (one) appears
when you pass your mouse over one of the
ICAO code in the result page of a flight search,
providing information about the airport.

Plymyphil:
I had at least one other person mentioning
an actual error in the popup but I even if I
asked I haven't received further information
about it, especially the complete error
message that you mention as "line 21 null"
something.

That -something- is possibly what would a
allow to reproduce and debug the problem.
If it happens again, please click on the popup
window and then press Ctrl-C. It will store
the message in memory. Then, just paste
it somewhere (Ctrl-V) and make sure to
send it to me.

Dejan:
What do you mean they are too small?
Is it the font that is too small to read or
is it the window that is too small for the font?

The content of the popup is not wrong,
but the script behind it needs to query
a database and it is not an instantaneous
operation. This means that there might
be a short delay (few seconds, not more)
between the time you place the mouse
cursor over an ICAO code and the time
the airport informations appear.

For both:
the fact that in a specific circumstance
many popup appear is a known issue.
It happens when you sweep your
mouse over many ICAO codes before
the first popup appear. If you place
your mouse over one ICAO code and
wait a few instants for the popup to
appear, you'll then be able to sweep
as fast as you want over the others
but have only that first popup visible
at any given time.

The alternative to this would be to
have a popup appear only if you
click over the ICAO code.

Such change is technically pretty easy
but as it's a matter of taste I'd like the
opinion of more people.

Thanks for reporting this.
Please send me the information I just
requested to improve/debug this feature.

Ciao ciao!

Manu

EHM-1152 Thomas:
I think that it is a great feature which I find very useful.  But when you move the mouse across the screen it is very easy to open a window that you don't want.
Therefore clicking on the ICAO would probably be the better option.

EHM-1199 Philip:
Manu - the error message is:

'A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to debug?

Line: 21
Error: 'NULL' is undefined'

Hope this helps.
This message also appears elsewhere on the site, for example having entered my pilot number and password on the homepage and clicked login I get this message before my pilot information page appears.

I like the feature of getting information about the airports and don't much mind it coming instantly or after a click. It would be great to see the end of the error messages though although even they are not too intrusive, just a nuisance if more than one appears quickly in succession.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page