Cookies and other update issues

[BigRedX]

Since the last update I've started receiving a message asking me about accepting cookies. I am quite happy to accept those which keep me logged in on Basschat, but not so keen for any for 3rd parties like advertisers. When I click on the Cookie Policy tab at the bottom of the screen I get the following message:

Sorry, there is a problem
The page you requested does not exist
Error code: 1S160/2

If you are going to have a Cookie Policy it needs to visible and ideally if there are Cookies beyond those required for the basic functionality of the Basschat forum they need to be individually listed with what they do, and the option for users to opt out.

Also since the recent update when I view a thread on my iPad the column width defaults to portait width even when I have the screen in landscape orientation, which means that a third of the screen is wasted with blank space and I because the width stays as Portait I don't automatically get the increased text and interface size,.

It would be great if you could find a way of re-instating the old way of displaying the site. Thanks!

[charic]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

Since the last update I've started receiving a message asking me about accepting cookies. I am quite happy to accept those which keep me logged in on Basschat, but not so keen for any for 3rd parties like advertisers. When I click on the Cookie Policy tab at the bottom of the screen I get the following message:

Sorry, there is a problem
The page you requested does not exist
Error code: 1S160/2

If you are going to have a Cookie Policy it needs to visible and ideally if there are Cookies beyond those required for the basic functionality of the Basschat forum they need to be individually listed with what they do, and the option for users to opt out.

Also since the recent update when I view a thread on my iPad the column width defaults to portait width even when I have the screen in landscape orientation, which means that a third of the screen is wasted with blank space and I because the width stays as Portait I don't automatically get the increased text and interface size,.

It would be great if you could find a way of re-instating the old way of displaying the site. Thanks!

I think that display thing is because a sidebar ad is being forced in even if there is no sidebar.  It's another thing on my grievance list with the advertisers at the moment

[BigRedX]

Thanks, good to hear that you are on it.

Any news about the cookies?

[BigRedX]

I see the cookies tab has now gone. Does that mean that Basschat is back to the standard log-in cookies and nothing else?

I also notice it is not longer possible to log in invisibly. Why is that?

[Silvia Bluejay]

Dunno about the cookies, but regarding the signing in anonymously, it's my fault it's been deleted! 😮

I mentioned to the admins that it wasn't working properly, in that it would only hide the name of the person from the big list of logged in users on the home page, but still show their name at the bottom of any thread they were reading or contributing to. So the whole function was scrapped! I would have much preferred for it to be fixed, but apparently not an easy job.

Edited April 9, 2019 by Silvia Bluejay