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Re: Something odd about S@H web site
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:24:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Barnes writes:
> I don't know if anybody else has noticed this, but;
> 
> I was trying to figure out what's different between the S@H bulk bricks list
> for UK as opposed to US which is 3 pages shorter.
> 
> If you open up two explorer windows into S@H bulk bricks one specifying UK
> and one US, as soon as you browse in one window at the bulk bricks, the
> little nationality flag on the other window promptly changes to be the same
> and the list becomes the same!
> 
> Is this deliberate? To stop people easily comparing? I can't even imagine
> how the two explorer windows can interact like this....

It's programmed to do that via script.   I suspect it isn't for so nefarious
a purpose as you suggest, but rather to prevent some fairly nastly program
bugs/loopholes.  If it does a forced refresh on all open windows,, you can't
do things like order something in one window, remove it from your cart in
the second window, and then complete the now-corrupt order in the first window.


James



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I don't know if anybody else has noticed this, but; I was trying to figure out what's different between the S@H bulk bricks list for UK as opposed to US which is 3 pages shorter. If you open up two explorer windows into S@H bulk bricks one (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)

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