Thursday December 16, 2021; 2:05 PM EST
- Okay -- I've put aside a few days before the holidays to try to get to the bottom of why outlines are being overwritten, in the hope of catching it in the act, and then being able to see what the actual problem is, beyond the horrific behavior. Losing data is just simply not acceptable. #
- Toward that end, I have created a little stress tester, an OPML file that updates every ten seconds. It's an instant outline of course, run by a single-purpose server I set up just to do this and nothing else. The URL of the outline is this.#
- http://pingmonster.scripting.com/cluelessnewbie/pingmonster.opml#
- Only do this when you aren't going to be using the computer for a few hours. Let's find out if it'll trash files on its own, without you doing anything. #
- Before opening the outline, please do this.#
- Choose Download My Files from the Tools menu. You're about to be a crashtest dummy, so you kind of want to be sure you can survive a crash. #
- Open the JavaScript console as a reminder to yourself that if you discover a file has been overwritten the first thing you're going to do is look there for any diagnostics.#
- Then...#
- This applies only to web Drummer, not Electric Drummer.#
- Do a hard reload of the Drummer app. Be sure the version is 2.0.12.#
- Choose Open URL from the File menu.#
- Enter the URL and press OK.#
- Wait..#
- Here's a place to report problems.#