I'd nearly finished this and somehow lost it. Does anyone know how to get back to a puzzle in no these circumstances. I just keep getting a message that I've already got it open but it just comes up empty.
Posted 21st May 2015 at 17:25
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
Once I double clicked a link and two windows were opened. I didn't notice and solved one without aid. My result was listed in the right column, because I used more than one session - probably a related phenomenon. When you start a puzzle, the list shows a green arrow icon, and the list-window starts waiting for the response from the opened puzzle-window about what you did with it (solved, with/without aid, gave up, saved ...). Problem: If you close your puzzle-window the unintended way, using the "x" in the top corner of the window, the list-window doesn't get any response at all. The green icon remains - and I think there is a time-out eventually that makes it go away again. But when I open a puzzle again (e.g new window), it always shows up empty (see my double click-example). How should a new window know about another window that never responded back to anything (because it got lost by closing it...) So I think your previous effords remain lost.
I hope this makes any sense to anyone.
And: I never got a message about another open window. But again: I'm not a daily subscriber... (I ended up here looking for if there was a more recent continuation of the discussion about puzzle rating from May16th...)
Thank you Joerg. What you say makes sense but I didn't close the puzzle, just opened a new window then couldn' t find it again. Oh well, it's irritating but not the end of the world.
Posted 23rd May 2015 at 08:11
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
if your window just vanished, it must be a problem of your device/computer, not a problem of the puzzlemix webpage... unless the second opened window appeared in the same window as the first one.
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When you start a puzzle, the list shows a green arrow icon, and the list-window starts waiting for the response from the opened puzzle-window about what you did with it (solved, with/without aid, gave up, saved ...). Problem: If you close your puzzle-window the unintended way, using the "x" in the top corner of the window, the list-window doesn't get any response at all. The green icon remains - and I think there is a time-out eventually that makes it go away again.
But when I open a puzzle again (e.g new window), it always shows up empty (see my double click-example). How should a new window know about another window that never responded back to anything (because it got lost by closing it...)
So I think your previous effords remain lost.
I hope this makes any sense to anyone.
And: I never got a message about another open window. But again: I'm not a daily subscriber...
(I ended up here looking for if there was a more recent continuation of the discussion about puzzle rating from May16th...)
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.