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Re: personal feed file not working

 

I could not reproduce the problem to match the screenshot you sent i.e. a broken GoogleMap. However the GoogleMap I get does not allow selecting a site which is not my home location.

I fotgot now if this was intended or not i.e. whether by design users can or cannot use the GoogleMap to choose a site for Personal Predictions, may be not.

Personal Predictions are meant for observations from a fixed location and they are meant to be personal i.e. not to be shared with others. I know that this is not how people are using them but this is another story.

Are you interested in publishing predictions that are to be shared with other people?

The main idea of publishing preductions is find events which are somewhat special and have not been included in other feeds. So some questions to ask are:

- Why the events you have found are not included in other feeds
- If this is because they are somehow different or special, how is that?

OWC has an option for tagging events with 'community tags' that can be done by everyone that could be used for sharing events.

I am still trying to figure out what to do with Personal Predictions so understanding why you are generating personal predictions in first place will help me make a better decision for the long run.


Hristo.



On Saturday, August 28, 2021, 05:47:49 PM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:


The problem was occurring with all the Personal Predictions.

Attached is the latest file...

Thanks,

vince

Re: personal feed file not working

 

The problem was occurring with all the Personal Predictions.

Attached is the latest file...

Thanks,

vince

OccelmntSubsetForOW.dat
OccelmntSubsetForOW.dat

Re: personal feed file not working

 

What is the name of the object? In very rate cases funny characters in the name could break the HTML and cause something like that.

Can you send me your file generated by Occult to have a look at other potential problems?

Hristo.


On Saturday, August 28, 2021, 08:43:33 AM GMT+10, TriAstro <triastro@...> wrote:


Vince,

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OW works fine with my Personal prediction(s), so the issue may be with your default browser setting.? Are you using MS Edge or Google Chrome?? Those are the preferred default browsers.? I think OW uses an internally called version of IE.? That may be the issue, but it would be odd for it to work for me and not for you.

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Tony George

Scottsdale, AZ

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of V Sempronio
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 1:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OccultWatcher] personal feed file not working

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The Personal Prediction feed is working, but there seems to be an issue with the "show online map with stations" popup when viewing a "Personal Prediction" event.

The map extends to the extent of the popup and the the data at the bottom of the screen does not appear. The horizontal? path graph appears but it is not rendered correctly.
Re: personal feed file not working

TriAstro
 

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Vince,

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OW works fine with my Personal prediction(s), so the issue may be with your default browser setting.? Are you using MS Edge or Google Chrome?? Those are the preferred default browsers.? I think OW uses an internally called version of IE.? That may be the issue, but it would be odd for it to work for me and not for you.

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Tony George

Scottsdale, AZ

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of V Sempronio
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 1:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OccultWatcher] personal feed file not working

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The Personal Prediction feed is working, but there seems to be an issue with the "show online map with stations" popup when viewing a "Personal Prediction" event.

The map extends to the extent of the popup and the the data at the bottom of the screen does not appear. The horizontal? path graph appears but it is not rendered correctly.
Re: personal feed file not working

 

The Personal Prediction feed is working, but there seems to be an issue with the "show online map with stations" popup when viewing a "Personal Prediction" event.

The map extends to the extent of the popup and the the data at the bottom of the screen does not appear. The horizontal? path graph appears but it is not rendered correctly.
Re: personal feed file not working

 

Thanks, I finally got the predictions to appear!

V
Re: personal feed file not working

TriAstro
 

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Vince,

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See Hristo’s comment.? Now that you have created the Personal folder, close OccultWatcher (quit it),? restart it and then click on the feed and synchronize and see if it is now working.? Good luck.

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Tony George

Scottsdale, AZ

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of V Sempronio
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 12:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OccultWatcher] personal feed file not working

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Tony,

There wasn't a folder called "Personal" under the OW folder, so I created one. I then copied the subset file for OW.dat file from Occult to the Personal folder in OW.?

My instance of OW doesn't have a "Personal Predictions" feed on the menu. How/where do I enable/add this entry?

V
Re: personal feed file not working

 

You need to have the folder created before you can enable the feed in OW.

You may need to restart OW.


On Friday, August 27, 2021, 05:36:48 PM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:


Tony,

There wasn't a folder called "Personal" under the OW folder, so I created one. I then copied the subset file for OW.dat file from Occult to the Personal folder in OW.?

My instance of OW doesn't have a "Personal Predictions" feed on the menu. How/where do I enable/add this entry?

V
Re: personal feed file not working

 

Tony,

There wasn't a folder called "Personal" under the OW folder, so I created one. I then copied the subset file for OW.dat file from Occult to the Personal folder in OW.?

My instance of OW doesn't have a "Personal Predictions" feed on the menu. How/where do I enable/add this entry?

V
Re: personal feed file not working

TriAstro
 

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Vince,

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I have not seen a response, so I will take a crack at it:

  1. You create your "Personal OW feed" in Occult.? Save this file to the Personal folder in OccultWatcher folder
  2. Once the file is saved, you can open the OW Configuration/Prediction Feed page.? Scroll down to:

Check the box “Personal Predictions”

  1. Right click on Personal Predictions and then click on Synchronize.? Close and press OK.? Your OW will now synchronize to the Personal predictions you placed in the OccultWatcher Personal folder.

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Good luck!

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Tony George

Scottsdale, AZ

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of V Sempronio
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 9:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OccultWatcher] personal feed file not working

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I posted this on the IOTA forum but it probably belongs here...

I ran Occult and saved a list of events by selecting "Personal OW feed" from the FILE menu.

I resynchronized OW but they didn't show up.
I checked "LinOccult Personal Predictions" in the prediction feed tab but still nothing.

what am I missing?
Does OW know where to look for the file or do I have to copy it somewhere? Where is the file stored, BTW.

V

personal feed file not working

 

I posted this on the IOTA forum but it probably belongs here...

I ran Occult and saved a list of events by selecting "Personal OW feed" from the FILE menu.

I resynchronized OW but they didn't show up.
I checked "LinOccult Personal Predictions" in the prediction feed tab but still nothing.

what am I missing?
Does OW know where to look for the file or do I have to copy it somewhere? Where is the file stored, BTW.

V
OccultWatcher to move large part of search and sign-up functionality to the web (OWC), within 1 year

 

This seems to be a push from Google to phase out all 'old style' desktop apps that use an embedded browser control:



I have 1 year to replace OW Desktop's GoogleMap with a pure web version i.e. on OWC.

There is nothing else I can do and in Aug 2022 OW's old style GoogleMap will stop working. Until I release a full web version of OccultWatcher you also have no other choice but to press 'Dismiss'.

I will try to keep as much as possible in the Desktop version of OW as some features cannot be moved to the web (all add-ins and Occult interaction for example) but I see that a year from now the vast majority (possibly all) of the event searching and sign-up functionality will be only available in a web browser.

In the end I think this is good news for non-Windows users but will surely cause some disruption.

Hristo.




On Saturday, August 21, 2021, 06:05:57 AM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:


You are probably correct. I'm not sure what platform OW was developed on but if I recall from my coding days, most coding platforms provide for a browser object. It could be the object is too old and needs a refresh.

The issue didn't seem to cause any issues for me either, but the fact there is a warning could mean trouble down the road.?

I'm sure the authors will figure it out.?

V


On Friday, August 20, 2021, 08:13:35 PM GMT+10, Peter Nosworthy <yahoo@...> wrote:



I get the same thing.
I think it's referring to the browser built in to Occult Watcher rather than your usual default browser.
I just clicked "Dismiss" and it doesn't seem to cause any other problems.

Peter Nosworthy



On Thursday, August 19, 2021, 07:39:54 AM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:


I clicked the "show online map with stations" button and the map rendered but I am shown a message at the top that says...

"You are using a browser that is not supported by the google Maps JavaScript API...."

I haven't seen this before and I haven't changed my default browser.? I use the "Brave" browser, which is a derivative of Chrome, so why am I seeing this message now?
Has the map API changed recently?
Is there a way to configure OW to use a specific browser?
Has anyone else experienced this?

V



Re: New warning from v5.0.0.5

 

You are probably correct. I'm not sure what platform OW was developed on but if I recall from my coding days, most coding platforms provide for a browser object. It could be the object is too old and needs a refresh.

The issue didn't seem to cause any issues for me either, but the fact there is a warning could mean trouble down the road.?

I'm sure the authors will figure it out.?

V
Re: New warning from v5.0.0.5

 


I get the same thing.
I think it's referring to the browser built in to Occult Watcher rather than your usual default browser.
I just clicked "Dismiss" and it doesn't seem to cause any other problems.

Peter Nosworthy
Re: Decimal point issue reporting duration in the mobile application.

 

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Hi Hristo,

Thanks for the fast response. The mobile applications runs under Android 9.

Regards,
Carlos

El 19/08/2021 a las 13:26, hristo_dpavlov via groups.io escribió:

Hi Carlos,

I updated? the value for you.

Did you use Android or iOS version of OW Mobile to report the observations?

It looks like OW is not handling well the case where the initial report was done from OW Mobile.

Cheers,
Hristo.




On Thursday, August 19, 2021, 07:29:01 PM GMT+10, Carlos Perelló <rigilk436@...> wrote:


Hi,

I entered the duration of this event using the mobile application. It was not possible enter the decimal point (using comma nor point). When you are entering the duration, the app erase the decimal point after write it.

I tried to correct the mistake using the Desktop application OW (ver. 5.0.0.5) but the controls are disabled.


Regards,
Carlos
Re: Decimal point issue reporting duration in the mobile application.

 

Hi Carlos,

I updated? the value for you.

Did you use Android or iOS version of OW Mobile to report the observations?

It looks like OW is not handling well the case where the initial report was done from OW Mobile.

Cheers,
Hristo.




On Thursday, August 19, 2021, 07:29:01 PM GMT+10, Carlos Perelló <rigilk436@...> wrote:


Hi,

I entered the duration of this event using the mobile application. It was not possible enter the decimal point (using comma nor point). When you are entering the duration, the app erase the decimal point after write it.

I tried to correct the mistake using the Desktop application OW (ver. 5.0.0.5) but the controls are disabled.


Regards,
Carlos
Decimal point issue reporting duration in the mobile application.

 

Hi,

I entered the duration of this event using the mobile application. It was not possible enter the decimal point (using comma nor point). When you are entering the duration, the app erase the decimal point after write it.

I tried to correct the mistake using the Desktop application OW (ver. 5.0.0.5) but the controls are disabled.


Regards,
Carlos
New warning from v5.0.0.5

 

I clicked the "show online map with stations" button and the map rendered but I am shown a message at the top that says...

"You are using a browser that is not supported by the google Maps JavaScript API...."

I haven't seen this before and I haven't changed my default browser.? I use the "Brave" browser, which is a derivative of Chrome, so why am I seeing this message now?
Has the map API changed recently?
Is there a way to configure OW to use a specific browser?
Has anyone else experienced this?

V
Possible bug

 

I deleted a future event? a couple of weeks ago and today I restored the deleted events.
When the screen refreshed, I added the event to "My Events" and now OW shows an additional entry for the event in "My Events".
Re: Suggestion for a new feature

 


Thanks Hristo. The hide feature seems to work well.

Regarding filters, I have my filters set to show many more events than I actuially observe. Here's an example of why...

If there's a difficult event (low altitude, dim target, low probability, low mag drop etc.) at 4am I would normally reject it because it's a lot of effort which will probably be wasted.
However, if there's also an easy event 20 minutes before the difficult one, then I'll probably attempt both, as I'll already be awake and have all my equipment running. So it's not much extra effort to observe the difficult event.

That's why I don't filter out those difficult ones, but only reject them after looking at them in the context of the other events in my feed.

Peter Nosworthy
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