MaplePrimes - answers and comments on Question, mapleprimes forum display problems

much broken functionality on this site

pagan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:12:27 Z

There is much broken functionality on this site. Sometimes things get fixed, and then they break again, being broken more often than working.

Inlining images into posts is broken right now. Inlining worksheets into posts is broken right now. Reputation plots are broken. Maple output cut'n'paste produces nonsense like you show above.

The particular problem you show has been present, on and off (mostly on), for over a month.

The number of contributors of interesting posts (as opposed to tech-support level questions) and discussions has been steadily decreasing on this site for several years. I attribute this mostly to the dysfunction of the site.

sad

PatrickT — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:21:52 Z

I got a similar impression, I hope it's not a trend...

I just came across this new site (it looks new):

http://www.maplecomputer.info/

rehash/repost

pagan — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:30:55 Z

@PatrickT That site is reposting material from some other (legitimate) math forum, that was originally posted about 2006, but the posts are tagged as being from the period 2010-2011.

I would say that it is disingenuous for any site to be making it look like such old material is newly from 2010-2011.

That site is very heavily loaded with commercial advertisements. I wouldn't be surprised if advertising were not the site's principal purpose.

I wonder whether there is a trademark issue, with that site's name.

rehash

PatrickT — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:04:12 Z

Oh I see, it's certainly disingenuous. I did a little bit of googlevestigation, the site seems to be operated from Russia. No wonder? That takes care of the copyright issues, doesn't it...