Issues with MacBook

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Issues with MacBook

1MWGuild
Set 12, 2021, 4:42 pm

We just discovered that folks with MacBooks are getting corrupted views of the catalog. Two columns for authors and an extra one that says Google Books. Does anyone know why this is happening and if there is a cure?

2hailelib
Set 12, 2021, 5:37 pm

>1 MWGuild: Not seeing this on my MacBook Air.

3CtrSacredSciences
Set 12, 2021, 5:40 pm

>1 MWGuild: Your catalog looks okay to me on a MacBook Pro using Chrome for a browser.

4LadyLo
Set 12, 2021, 5:58 pm

I have a MacBook Pro and I am seeing the Google" column on your catalog and on my catalog when I view it from the "D" option of viewing choices. It something I had not seen before - but I usually don't view my books from "D" so I have no idea how long it has been there.

5AnnieMod
Set 12, 2021, 5:59 pm

>4 LadyLo: What is the name of the column where you see it (My D style had been customized so I cannot see what it is). :)

6gilroy
Set 12, 2021, 8:21 pm

>1 MWGuild: >4 LadyLo: Could you offer the version of your operating system and the browser that you're using so the developers might be able to hunt down the glitch easier?

7kristilabrie
Set 13, 2021, 9:39 am

>1 MWGuild: Are you able to send over a screenshot of what folks are seeing, re: the corrupted view? What about it seems corrupted, exactly? I'm curious if this is a simple display Style issue or something else.

8LadyLo
Set 13, 2021, 10:11 am

>5 AnnieMod: I thought all catalogs came with different styles - from A to E. I don't recall ever choosing that option. It is the "D" style of viewing that shows a column called "Google Books".

9LadyLo
Set 13, 2021, 10:12 am

>6 gilroy: I have a MacBook Pro and use the operating system MAC OS Catalina - version 10.15.6

10AnnieMod
Set 13, 2021, 10:13 am

>8 LadyLo: They do - but you can customize any of them (https://www.librarything.com/settings/styles) - and mine had been changed so no clue which field you may be seeing there:)

11LadyLo
Set 13, 2021, 10:19 am

I can't send a screenshot but it is a column between Ratings and Swap (all sites) in the D option of viewing.
I have to admit, I seldom change my viewing mode so don't know how long that column has been there. I didn't even realize there was a "Swap" column.

12inmalitia
Set 13, 2021, 10:22 am

>1 MWGuild: I don't notice anything on my MacBooks either

13lorax
Set 13, 2021, 10:29 am

Tip:

For those of us like me who have changed our styles, we can see the "default" Style D by using an incognito browser window. With the latest Chrome on a Macbook and logged out, I can confirm that I see this but I don't know what's supposed to be "corrupted" about it. The "two columns for author" are First Last and Last, First.

14LadyLo
Set 13, 2021, 11:51 am

Well, what is the "google Books" column supposed to mean? Why is it there?

15gilroy
Set 13, 2021, 12:26 pm

>9 LadyLo: And Browser?

16AnnieMod
Set 13, 2021, 12:27 pm

>14 LadyLo: I think it is a left-over from an older system of linking works to external sites... Why is it still in the default styles is unclear though

>1 MWGuild: It has nothing to do with them being on MacBook - they just selected the "D" style in the catalog or it defaulted on it because that's the last they used on a catalog in LT.

>13 lorax: D'oh. Of course. Or a clean browser. :)

17lesmel
Set 13, 2021, 1:54 pm

This is what I see in >1 MWGuild:'s catalog when I'm not logged in



FireFox 92.0 MacOS 11.5.2

18MWGuild
Modificato: Set 14, 2021, 9:43 am

>Yes, this is what my readers are reporting.

Re: the D option. I didn’t realize the options were not all the same. Should I set it up on Option A?

19lorax
Set 14, 2021, 9:52 am

I still don't understand what is "corrupted" about this. I haven't used the default styles in years, but they do change periodically. Help?

20AnnieMod
Set 14, 2021, 9:57 am

>19 lorax: There is no corruption - it is just a separate style.

If there is a question here it is - why do we still have the Google books as a default column. :)

21AnnieMod
Set 14, 2021, 9:58 am

>18 MWGuild: Yes bit any user can just switch to D if they want to while looking at the library.

22lorax
Modificato: Set 14, 2021, 11:31 am

AnnieMod (#20):

So I guess it was just a poor choice of words on the OP's part then? I am perfectly aware it's just a (rather odd) style, but the OP seems to view it as a very serious problem.

23AnnieMod
Set 14, 2021, 11:42 am

>22 lorax: Not understanding that there are multiple views or why the author is there twice for some users is how I would put it - as opposed to poor choice of words. :)

If you did not realize that there are different ways (see >18 MWGuild:) to see the catalog and someone reports something that looks weird (Google books references and the author name twice) and you do not seem to be seeing the same, it does sound like something is broken and/or corrupted. Once it became clear it is just good old D style, I think everyone realizes it is not corrupted.

24norabelle414
Set 14, 2021, 11:46 am

>18 MWGuild: Make sure you have a "default style for visitors" set here: https://www.librarything.com/settings/styles. It won't prevent some visitors from occasionally seeing the site-default style D, but at least if they do there will be a banner at the top of the catalog with a link to use your suggested style.

25kristilabrie
Set 14, 2021, 2:27 pm

>18 MWGuild: I second what >24 norabelle414: notes! Let us know if you have any other questions. And yes, perhaps we can tackle the default Styles once we work on the LT2 version of "Your books".