No quote/like comment options on mobile iOS.

[Vandalsquad]

Displays like this image below. Makes it a bit hard just jab at the screen until I get the comment box to come up but. 

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

20 minutes ago, Vandalsquad said:

Displays like this image below. Makes it a bit hard just jab at the screen until I get the comment box to come up but. 

 

What are you using? Looks like an iPhone to me...

 

It shows up in Android. Could 'maybe' that you have icons disabled... IDK

[adrynalyne]

29 minutes ago, Vandalsquad said:

Displays like this image below. Makes it a bit hard just jab at the screen until I get the comment box to come up but. 

It’s likely a race condition with the JavaScript. Refresh it a few times and it usually shows up.  It’s very annoying. 

7 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said:

What are you using? Looks like an iPhone to me...

 

It shows up in Android. Could 'maybe' that you have icons disabled... IDK

Nah it’s a bug.  I’ve not tried it on Android but it’s definitely an issue with iOS. 

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

2 minutes ago, adrynalyne said:

Nah it’s a bug.  I’ve not tried it on Android but it’s definitely an issue with iOS. 

No? hmm... I never use iOS, so that would explain it...

[adrynalyne]

@DaveLegg you confirmed this as an issue some time ago (a month or so), and mentioned it would be fixed. Any eta? It’s still an issue. 

[DaveLegg Developer]

I've borrowed an iOS device to take a look at this, but I'm unable to reproduce it. If you have any more information about when it's happening (specific articles, articles with a certain number of comments, only on every other Wednesday, whatever) that would be helpful.

[adrynalyne]

1 hour ago, DaveLegg said:

I've borrowed an iOS device to take a look at this, but I'm unable to reproduce it. If you have any more information about when it's happening (specific articles, articles with a certain number of comments, only on every other Wednesday, whatever) that would be helpful.

Linear mode, and only on articles with comments, it doesn’t matter what browser you use. I thought we had discussed this before and you confirmed it was an issue?  Anyway, try that. Eventually it will show up. 

[DaveLegg Developer]

I confirmed it wasn't a javascript issue, as there's no javascript involved in showing/hiding the icons. I've just switched to Linear view, as I was testing with the default threaded view previously. I'm still seeing the icons and unable to reproduce  the problem. If you see it again, and are able to plug it into a mac and look at it with the inspector, that would be really helpful in tracking down the cause. I spent two hours this evening attempting to connect to the iOS device from the chrome dev tools on a windows laptop, and had no luck - unfortunately I don't have a mac to connect it to

[Vandalsquad]

Still have the issue, is on my phone 24/7 with anything with comments, just checked my partners iphone who had never viewed the site same issue. 

 

Let us know if anyway to help. 

[DaveLegg Developer]

Just wondering, do you see the comment icon on the homepage next to the author line?

[adrynalyne]

On 9/18/2019 at 1:11 PM, DaveLegg said:

I confirmed it wasn't a javascript issue, as there's no javascript involved in showing/hiding the icons. I've just switched to Linear view, as I was testing with the default threaded view previously. I'm still seeing the icons and unable to reproduce  the problem. If you see it again, and are able to plug it into a mac and look at it with the inspector, that would be really helpful in tracking down the cause. I spent two hours this evening attempting to connect to the iOS device from the chrome dev tools on a windows laptop, and had no luck - unfortunately I don't have a mac to connect it to

Just as soon as this is updated for iOS13.x, I'll  get you what you need. Its happening in Chrome for me, so...

 

https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy

[NuriyaH]

I've come up with the same issue. 👀 Are there any other option how to deal with it? 🗨️

[adrynalyne]

2 minutes ago, NuriyaH said:

I've come up with the same issue. 👀 Are there any other option how to deal with it? 🗨️

Yep, they want us to troubleshoot it for them. I’ve not had the time to hook up a debugger because it’s chrome on iOS and it’s not just something you can plug into a Mac and debug. So I’ve not had time to get to it. Know that you are not alone in the issue though. 

[NuriyaH]

This fact cheers me up 🙄 hm

[DaveLegg Developer]

I've tried to reproduce this on the small variety of iOS devices I have access to, and have been unable to do so on any of them. If someone can reproduce it and hook it up to developer tools so they can send screenshots and help me troubleshoot, I might be able to fix it.  I accept that it's a genuine bug that affects multiple people, but if I'm unable to reproduce it, I'm unable to fix it.

[adrynalyne]

Ok, this is out of hand now and happening 100% of the time for me. 
 

I don’t understand how I can be the only one. While  I would love to help if I had the time, I do not. Don’t give your customers homework is my company’s motto. 
 

Latest version of iOS, latest version of Chrome. 
 

 

[Steven P. Administrators]

12 minutes ago, adrynalyne said:

Ok, this is out of hand now and happening 100% of the time for me. 
 

I don’t understand how I can be the only one. While  I would love to help if I had the time, I do not. Don’t give your customers homework is my company’s motto. 
 

Latest version of iOS, latest version of Chrome. 
 

 

Hello, this may be the dumbest question in the world but can you check if you are not being logged out or something?

 

I can't reproduce it using dev tools in Chrome and setting it to iPhone. It only looks like that when I am logged out of Neowin. I don't have an iPhone to test this but everything appears fine in the comments on Chrome for Android.

[adrynalyne]

3 minutes ago, Steven P. said:

Hello, this may be the dumbest question in the world but can you check if you are not being logged out or something?

 

I can't reproduce it using dev tools in Chrome and setting it to iPhone. It only looks like that when I am logged out of Neowin. I don't have an iPhone to test this but everything appears fine in the comments on Chrome for Android.

Are you thinking it’s a cookie problem? Because those buttons are still present, they are just transparent. 11 years of being here has taught me to memorize their location 😏. Also, I think it requires chrome on an actual iOS device if my past testing is remembered correctly. 
 

If you don’t have an iPhone, browser stack or a simulator may reproduce it. 
 

 

[shockz]

It's happening to me as well. It also happens on desktop Safari. I have to guess where the like and quote buttons are on the front page.

 

I can clear my cache and it's good for about a day, and then it starts showing up again.

[shockz]

 

The logo and icons on the header also will not load on Safari desktop. It'll stay this way until I clear my cache, so if you need me to pull a page source or something just let me know. And no, I'm not using ublock or anything.

[DaveLegg Developer]

The icons in the header and the comment area all come from the same 'sprite' image I believe, so it sounds like the issue might be there rather than in the css - and would explain potentially why clearing the cache resolves it temporarily. Could you look in the Network panel of the dev tools, and see the request for the sprite file, see if that's showing an error or some other useful info as to why it's not loading correctly?