Request for Help: New Hobbes Testing

[Dave Yeo]

Plus someone suggested me before to put all the FTP clients in one folder.
Comments?

Regards

Or depending on how many FTP clients there are, split between CLI and PM clients.

[Alexco]

Hi Martin,

I just noticed that when I use the sidebar on the left side to navigate to Win32/Apps, I always end up in OS2/Apps.

[David Graser]

Looking at the site, I am having a hard time finding where the os/2 drivers are located.

[Martin Iturbide]

I just noticed that when I use the sidebar on the left side to navigate to Win32/Apps, I always end up in OS2/Apps.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm checking this with Jason.

[Martin Iturbide]

Hello David

Looking at the site, I am having a hard time finding where the os/2 drivers are located.

They are in the same place that on the older Hobbes - OS2 » System » Drivers
Do you have a hard time finding something in specific?

Regards

[David Graser]

Sorry Martin, for some reason I kept thinking of OS2\drivers.  I must have had a brain fart.

[Martin Iturbide]

I just noticed that when I use the sidebar on the left side to navigate to Win32/Apps, I always end up in OS2/Apps.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm checking this with Jason.

Jason fixed it this morning.
Let me know if there any similar problema.
Regards

[Martin Iturbide]

Plus someone suggested me before to put all the FTP clients in one folder.
Comments?

Regards

Or depending on how many FTP clients there are, split between CLI and PM clients.

I will try to organize first the FTP clients, and later see it has to be split.

Regards

[Anton Monroe]

Martin,

I finally looked at hobbes.os-2.in. One of my files inherited from
HobbesArchive had lost its long description; I just uploaded a new version.
I did not see a field to specify what file it should replace. Is the short
description no longer needed? Or is that supposed to go in the "Title" field?
I also did not see a "proposed directory for placement" field.

The login screen works with Firefox, but with Seamonkey it just returns me to
the home page. I have had a similar problem with the login on the home page of
os2world.com-- Seamonkey works only if I log in using the form at the top of a
forum message. Maybe that's a clue.

The Search function seems to do something odd with a dot-- If I search for
"rexxtool.cmd" I get 1 hit, as expected. If I search for "nosuchstring" I get 0
hits, as expected. If I search for "nosuchstring.cmd" I get 233 hits. It acts
like it does a second search for "cmd", if and only if the original search
failed.

I like having a choice of themes, but they all have some elements that are hard
to read because there is not enough contrast between text and background. A
high-contrast theme would be nice, whenever there is nothing more important to
work on.

I like the A-/A+ to change the font size.

[Martin Iturbide]

Thanks for the reply Anton.

I had approved your uploaded file and it should show now on the site.

I will check the rest with Jason.

Regards

[Dave Yeo]

The login screen works with Firefox, but with Seamonkey it just returns me to
the home page. I have had a similar problem with the login on the home page of
os2world.com-- Seamonkey works only if I log in using the form at the top of a
forum message. Maybe that's a clue.

Bad Cookie? I take it you're talking about the Mozilla apps that run on OS/2.
In SeaMonkey, go to Tools-->Password Manager-->Manage Stored Passwords. Scroll down to os2world.com, hilight a cookie and choose delete. Repeat.
Do the same with  hobbes.os-2.in.
Afterwards you will have to relog in but hopefully the problems will clear up.

[Anton Monroe]

Bad Cookie? I take it you're talking about the Mozilla apps that run on OS/2.

Yes, a cookie problem. Thanks, Dave.

[pagetelegram]

ha just explored a bit to find this thread that Martin has been telling me about. I am Jason Page.

...
I agree to maintain all the versions of old software, but not to be directly shown at Hobbes, because it looks bad in the page. But l will discuss with Jason to see if he had some ideas. I wanted to keep all the older versions on OS2Site, as a bigger repository, but I haven't finished the idea.

Regards

I believe a simple way to do this, if moving forward is to allow inclusivity of earlier versions of software in the same listing for the software and offer the earlier version as a drop down download option rather than a separate page. Kind of like revision history for wikis. Or like revision history for git.

Thoughts before I green light the effort?

Some other work to put on the plate from this discussion:
2. Allow editor file replace.
3. Linking & URL Stability: Prefer stable/search-based links for files (e.g., https://hobbes.os-2.in/search?q=usbdrv) over direct paths, as file locations can change with reorganizations.
SEARCH FIXED: 4. Browse/Search Improvements: Enhance the search functionality and browsing experience.
5. Upload & Contribution Workflow: Feedback on the upload process, contributor/ editor roles, and approval system. General testing of guest access, uploads, and moderation.
6. OS/2 Agent compatibility (I intend to keep this OS/2 browser compatible with http access optional)

[pagetelegram]

All features implemented including the release date in titles to field function.

[Martin Iturbide]

Hello Jason

Thanks for the update.

Do you think that the "Release Date" field should be also includes on the "upload form" as optional ? So the person uploading the file can also include the release date of the file.
- https://hobbes.os-2.in/upload