Ok we upgraded to a new pc ,VISTA opperating system ! Allot of my programs do not work with this system ,I have had to apply patches to my digital camera ,mp3 player ,digital movie camera ,printer,scanner,and dvd player in pc.Well some of the patches will not be available till the end of Febuary or march .I was also informed that some web sites will not work with this operating system.My point is .i am wondering how that will effect atlas quest and letterboxing sites !Mainly the pda down loads !I was told by Micro soft that on my other pc ,that is xp operating system ! That with in the year my xp will be not enough to run the sites i get to now ! I know this is not the forum place to do this but ,If we all are aware of this early we can prepare for changes.

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My point is .i am wondering how that will effect atlas quest and letterboxing sites !Mainly the pda down loads

Assuming your PDA can interface with the PC, you are at the mercy of the program you are using to download. If it works without needing a patch, you will be fine. If not, there is nothing that the websites themselves can do to "fix" it.

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I was told by Micro soft that on my other pc ,that is xp operating system ! That with in the year my xp will be not enough to run the sites i get to now

This makes zero sense. I think someone was just trying to convince you to upgrade it to Vista as well. XP is just software, it can't "be not enough". The only thing that could be lacking is hardware on the other computer so unless you put XP onto a 10 year old machine, you have nothing to worry about.

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I was also informed that some web sites will not work with this operating system.

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Most websites will continue working just fine, and places like LbNA and AQ shouldn't have any problem at all. As for PDA downloads, it's possible the software you use to download clues to your PDA may not work with Vista, but that's outside of our control. The websites will keep on working, though, regardless of the operating system being used.

-- Ryan

Thank you all ! And the patch for pda file for my mp3 player not available at this time ! got at x mass so its 2007 ,microsoft says there will be a patch soon. The new printer that came with pc also needs a patch .But was more concerned with the atlas quest site and you all answered that . thanks

Would it be possible to have the most recent find show up in my log book. I know it shows the date I found it, but I like to see if the box has been found since I did (especially if I left a HH there) Hope that makes since. It's probably a bit of trivia that interests no one but me!!

Also - could the most recent find / attempt show up when you print out a list of boxes and clues. Now we go back and write that information in so that when we're out looking for it we know it has x number of attempts since the last find or was found last week or whatever. It would be helpful to us (and maybe others) if that information was printed along with the icons and clues. This information has been very uesful to us when we have to prioritize out on the trail (the park closes in 1/2 an hour - let's skip box a beacuse it has 2 attempts since the last find and instead focus on box b which was found on Tuesday)

Thanks!
Galaxy4

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Would it be possible to have the most recent find show up in my log book.

I don't think that would a particularly useful option for most people. Even if you just want to see because you left a hitchhiker there, it doesn't necessarily tell you anything. Most people don't log finds, so chances are, the hitchhiker would already be long gone before the box gets a find listed.

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could the most recent find / attempt show up when you print out a list of boxes and clues.

The "list" of boxes and clues you can print out is meant to save as much paper and ink as possible--it's the absolute bare bones needed to find a box. Knowing the most recent find or attempt isn't going to help you find a box, so it won't be added to that page. If you want all the extra information about a box that isn't necessary to find it (hike length, elevation gain, last found date, etc.), don't use the "print friendly" version of the clues. Print the clues directly from the clue page.

-- Ryan

I noticed the box that shows the date the box was last found shows both the date it was found as well as the date you found it. If it's a box you planted, you don't need a box indicating when you found it. A little nit-picky, I know, but is it needed?

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If it's a box you planted, you don't need a box indicating when you found it. A little nit-picky, I know, but is it needed?

Hmmm...I use it all the time. When I receive updates on letterboxes we planted from visitors who don't use AQ I add the latest status to AQ using the 'found it' function knowing full well we weren't the actual visitors to the box. For example--we recently found one of our boxes on the big island of Hawaii knowing full well we haven't left the East Coast in 6 months nor have we been back to Hawaii in almost 4 years! It's the only way to add an updated status on a box of ours that hadn't been 'found' in a year or two without constantly updating the clues themselves. Comes in handy for folks who may not seek out a box that appears 'stagnant' because it's located in an off the beaten path location. We also use the function to record the latest times we had actually personally checked on boxes we'd planted--although now that we're almost 3,000 miles from most of our boxes we're not using it in that manner all that much anymore. :(

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If it's a box you planted, you don't need a box indicating when you found it. A little nit-picky, I know, but is it needed?

Not really, I suppose, but it doesn't hurt anything either. There *are* times people record finds for their own box--such as when they've done maintenance on it or checked up on it themselves and they want the last found date to reflect the fact--so it's not like your own last found date will always be "Never"--even for boxes you planted.

-- Ryan

Hello,
I don't know if this is one issues or two or more issues. But currently, the sequence number of the participants and the sequence number of the planted boxes for the postal ring are different.
The found chart is very confusing because it is not a matrix. It displays the sequence number of planted boxes on the top horizontally and it displays the sequence number of the participants vertically. The two sequence numbers are sometimes different for the same person. So one could show up at the first position horizontally and show up at the third position vertically.
The way to fix it is to just use participant's number for both horizontal and vertical display of the found chart.
After fixing that issue, we need the ability to re-order the participant's number. This is often needed if we want to reorder it according to the order of mailing the letter boxes. One way to fix it is to add a button by the Tracker Participants says Reorder Participants, then the numbers in front of participants would turn into editable fields so we can enter the order number desired and then a submit button to submit the changes.
I think probably all the postal letter box ring leaders have already noticed this problem, some of them had to manually drop everyone and reenter them in the order desired.
Thanks
three headed dragon

The idea of an easier way to reorder the postal trackers has been brought up before, and I believe Ryan said that he was working on this.

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The found chart is very confusing because it is not a matrix. It displays the sequence number of planted boxes on the top horizontally and it displays the sequence number of the participants vertically. The two sequence numbers are sometimes different for the same person. So one could show up at the first position horizontally and show up at the third position vertically.
The way to fix it is to just use participant's number for both horizontal and vertical display of the found chart.

This wouldn't work if someone had more than one postal listed on the tracker, which does happen.

TG

If that's the case, It would be nice if box number is associated with participant's number such 1.1, 1.2 ..
I understand it takes time to change things. The site rightnow is wonderful and it is amazing so many people are using it.
Thanks for the good work.
three headed dragon.

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It would be nice if box number is associated with participant's number such 1.1, 1.2 ..

What if a postal box is used that was created by someone who's not a participant?

I do plant to make the list sortable at some point, but I don't see that associating the box number with the participant's number is going to happen. It's nice in concept, but there are too many exceptions that would require odd numbering systems. The list of boxes that say "Owner" I think is plenty. Well, for most people, at least. =)

-- Ryan

this request Is just purely a time saver for me and I am sure others. and I am sure it could be done easily. Would it be possible to add either a "mark all as read" or just a "delete new mail" (as they might just sit in the inbox until they get deleted anyways) button/link in the mail section of "my page". Often times with tracker announcments or virtual box announcements it is immediatley noticible that you are not interested in the rings listed (pms ring for an example ( no offense to any females in the ring)) and it would be nice to do a quick click to have them dissapear. much like there is mark all as read buttons for the message boards. Eh? what do ya say Ryan?

chadams

There is already a select all button. You could just select all and then click To Trash or To Archive.

I have the spring fever itch starting my seeds under grow lights... noticed there wasn't a gardening group. Surely there's other boxers with dirt under their nails out there?

~Queen Beeloved

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Surely there's other boxers with dirt under their nails out there?

If there are, now's the time to speak up. =) I'm not going to create a new message board unless I know there are people around who will use it. (And no, I don't mean Queen Beeloved talking to herself either--that won't count. *wink*)

-- Ryan

I would love to have a garden board here. The boards are so active that ?'s and answers and suggestions would be fun to participate in.

being new to the whole graden adventure, Im sure I would be asking mostly questions.

(installing a labyrinth this spring in my garden).

I was just thinking about weather I would have time to garden with the new letterpox I have contracted! If you all still have time I suppose I could use a place to chat about it!
Six stars

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(And no, I don't mean Queen Beeloved talking to herself either--that won't count. *wink*)

You know you do it, too!

:P
QB

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I would love to have a garden board here. The boards are so active that ?'s and answers and suggestions would be fun to participate in.

being new to the whole graden adventure, Im sure I would be asking mostly questions.

(installing a labyrinth this spring in my garden).

Ooooo I can think of an unlimited amount of letterboxes that could be plcaed in a layrinth ;-)

-Buxton Boxers

(who is jealous!!)

Ooo! Me too! When that first smell of dirt becomes evident in the Spring, DH just about has to tie me down! I think I already have 60+ packages of seeds waiting. A hobby board would be great, but I think what I really need is professional intervention. ;)
Stacy

Okay, then, there is now a board for "Garden Gnomes" available. =)

-- Ryan

Thank you, Oh Green One:)

~Queen Beeloved

Hello!

On the theme line of the postal tracker, the coordinator often puts a link to a post or another page where the tracker is further explained. The link is not "live" though -- it must be copied and pasted in order to retrieve the page.

Would it be possible to do one of two things:

1. Fix it so that the link can be "clickable" or (better yet)
2. Have another slot for the addition of a link to the explanatory information.

Thanks,
Mama Cache

ooh... yes! I love the idea of another spot where the host could put additional info!

Rhea

Thanx so much.

Hey, GT.
I remember way back when, when the logbook used to remember our preferences, such as sorting by whatever we'd last sorted by- for example, I like having my postal trackers organized by launch date.
But now, every time I go to the tracker page, I have to change it back to 'launch date'.

Would it be possible to change it back so it remembers what we like? If i recall, back then it had to do with the cookies, right?

CQ

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But now, every time I go to the tracker page, I have to change it back to 'launch date'.

It all works as expected. I assume after you leave the tracker page, you end up viewing somebody else's logbook at some point. Right? Probably defaults to the plant page. Right? You can't sort entries by the "launch date" because there is no launch date. So it sorts alphabetically (or something--I don't remember off the top of my head). Then you go to the tracker page and sure enough, it's still sorts by that same order--alphabetically.

Everything as expected! =)

-- Ryan

Oh Great Green One, I was wondering if there were possibly a way to make it easier to go directly to my list of trackers from "My Page". Currently, I have to go to "logbook" change box to "trackers" (then again, as CQ mentioned) sort by launch date. I know, not rocket science... but this is the one aspect of my logbook I use DAILY and it would be nice to cut some steps.

I tried to create a search so that it showed up on My Page, but the best I can do is search for trackers that I personally created, doesn't include ones that I am in but were created by others.

~HP~ feeling a bit lazy with this request, but decided it never hurts to ask!