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Indecent Act said :
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I just found an image that wont open in this thread The Paranoia of Teleporting

The forward slash "/" in the image ID throws things out since RS Linkify sees it as a directory delimiter. So I have pushed out a small update that will take care of that. Not sure if that was issue described above. However RS Linkify Version 3.1.9.65 fixes that particular issue Thank you for the quick fix and welcome to Linkify Subzero! Problem's don't stay problems long around here

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30-Jul-2016 05:13:15

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31-Jul-2016 07:52:52

Hey Indy my Linkify hadn't auto updated and I haven't bothered force updating it (until now) since there were no situations a select to reveal was broken for me (until now) so I just force updated it.

I guess I'm just wondering if it normally takes around this long or longer for Linkify's auto update to kick in or is that a Chrome server thing and not Linkify? I guess I'm just looking to gain some knowledge on how Linkify's auto updates work

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01-Aug-2016 04:02:08

Keighlea said :
-drops off a huge cuppa for Indy- Two recent visits from Keighlea, this thread must be blessed

Body btw said :
Hey Indy my Linkify hadn't auto updated and I haven't bothered force updating it (until now) since there were no situations a select to reveal was broken for me (until now) so I just force updated it.

I guess I'm just wondering if it normally takes around this long or longer for Linkify's auto update to kick in or is that a Chrome server thing and not Linkify? I guess I'm just looking to gain some knowledge on how Linkify's auto updates work


Good question

How extensions update and when isn't exactly known. I do know the browser periodically checks for extension updates. But there are other factors at play. Browser updates may throw a spanner in the works.

I run RS Linkify on a couple of computers and they never update at the same time. I'm guessing things are staggered to distribute server load evenly. I have seen it take well over 24 hours for a RS Linkify automatic update to kick in, and I've seen take even longer with some other extensions.

In general it should check a few times a day. But if your browser is closed or PC off then these things may also add to delays. Then there is possibility that an update request is rejected due to heavy traffic or other issues we have no control over.

This is a topic I'd like to know more about and its something I have looked into but the information available is vague at best.

Basically RS Linkify doesn't instigate the update process, that's left up to chrome. If takes a day or two, that not typical but I also know its not really that uncommon.

There are methods I can use to make RS Linkify check for updates but they are subject to rate limits and other limitations. I need to learn more about it, as checking for updates doesn't mean actually updating.

01-Aug-2016 07:50:49 - Last edited on 01-Aug-2016 07:51:32 by Indecent Act

Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for the very in-depth reply and I hope more information will come available for you.

My computer habits might be the cause of a delayed update, I never close the one browser I have open with many tabs (7-8 on average) and my computer is rarely off and at best in sleep mode while I sleep

So I can see how my chrome browser could have difficulty in determining an update is ready and/or executing said update... hmm, well. Thanks for letting me know

Edit: Actually my internet connection is intermittent throughout the day... something I can't seem to fix with this stupid wifi card. Maybe time for a new one.

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01-Aug-2016 07:59:47 - Last edited on 02-Aug-2016 02:58:04 by Body btw

Body btw said :
Edit: Actually my internet connection is intermittent throughout the day... something I can't seem to fix with this stupid wifi card. Maybe time for a new one.
That's something I hadn't thought about, my internet is flaky at best. I expect dropouts during the update check or the update download could prolong things considerably.

Your name change threw me out when I saw the last posted name

02-Aug-2016 09:46:56

Thanks Rowley

Not sure but something may have changed on their end. But the good news is it looks like this change is for the better. I just read their api docs and they have oEmbed support, something they didn't have when I wrote the original embedding routine.

I can't (I better rephrase that) I shouldn't look into it right now as no amount of caffeine will keep me awake (3:20 am here) and I fear I make silly mistakes when tired.

But tomorrow I have the day off (yay). After my sleep in, followed by the removal of any contaminates (blood) from caffeine system, I'll make some changes to get it sorted.

Thank you again for letting me know

02-Aug-2016 18:23:03