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Why doesn't technet forum support Chrome AND defunct survey

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Every time I forget and try to post a question from Chrome the server throws an error. Isn't it a good idea to support standards? Here is the error:
<big> ICAP Error (icap_error)</big>
An error occurred while performing an ICAP operation: Internal error: 79 An unexpected error occurred. There could be a network problem, the ICAP service may be misconfigured, or the ICAP server may have reported an error.
I also just got asked to participate in a survey on the website and I said I would do so. I was already done with my visit so I next immediately exited the browser window and the survey window popped up saying that you already had enough surveys. That is a lousy way to treat users: do something stupid and then not give them opportunity to express how stupid it was.
- Moved by Mike Kinsman Monday, October 29, 2012 1:37 PM off topic (From:TechNet Website Feedback)
- Moved by Mr. Wharty Monday, October 29, 2012 10:44 PM (From:Off-Topic Posts (Do Not Post Here))
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As Ed indicated, this inquiry has been "answered" in the sense that it is a known failure and is in the support team's bug log. So as far as my original question in the title, I think the answer is: The forum doesn't support Chrome because there is a bug in the forum software. And for my second question I think the answer is the same: a bug.
Thanks Naomi, Edi and Mike for your participation. Since you have 2 to 4 orders of magnitude more points than I do, I think I'll give myself credit for the answer :-)
- Marked as answer by KevinBuchs Monday, November 12, 2012 4:10 PM
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THanks for your post Kevin. I post regularly from Chrome (I'm using it right now), and I dont have the same issues you're seeing. I'm going to move your post to the forums issues forum since those folks focus on it.
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crap, and then I accidentally moved this to off topic, rather than the forums issues forum. Sorry :( I was sort of on autopilot and forgot what I was doing.
Unfortunately, I'm not a moderator here so I cant move threads from off topic anywhere else. Can you repost your question here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/threads ?
I'll drop a line over there too and ask them to come post here.
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Except for unexpected error I got quite regularly in Chrome, I don't get the problem you're describing. I also luckily don't get prompted about surveys when I am logged in.
But the 'unexpected error' is quite annoying and another bug discussed in the thread below.
BTW, isn't it ironic? I got this famous 'Unexpected error' now. Trying to submit my post again.
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Got this error again, so this is my third attempt to post.
So, I was able to post after two 'Unexpected Error' in a row.
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog- Edited by Naomi N Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:28 AM
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:05 PM
- Unproposed as answer by KevinBuchs Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:06 PM
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Except for unexpected error I got quite regularly in Chrome, I don't get the problem you're describing. I also luckily don't get prompted about surveys when I am logged in.
But the 'unexpected error' is quite annoying and another bug discussed in the thread below.
BTW, isn't it ironic? I got this famous 'Unexpected error' now. Trying to submit my post again.
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Got this error again, so this is my third attempt to post.
So, I was able to post after two 'Unexpected Error' in a row.
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog
Naomi, were you going to link to a similar thread?
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Twitter, Wiki)
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Today I haven't gotten 'Unexpected error' yet.
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog- Unproposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:37 AM
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:37 AM
- Unproposed as answer by KevinBuchs Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:45 PM
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I got a few of unexpected errors on Sunday and today. BTW, the above post is proposed as an answer, but no history - this is another error.
I got the error right now trying to post this message.
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
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- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:37 AM
- Unproposed as answer by KevinBuchs Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:45 PM
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:32 AM
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Ed, Thanks. Your work is appreciated.
Note: I just tried to post this reply in Chrome and it failed. I came to IE. But later I could post a reply in Chrome.
I noticed another deficiency when using Chrome: I do not have the buttons to "Unpropose as answer" for those replies suggested as proposed answers.
I am planning to keep this question as unanswered until the reply that says "it is fixed!" comes.
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Guaranteeing a fix is out of scope of this forum. All we guarantee is getting it into the product team's bug log and back log.
Which is actually pretty good for a forum. You won't get something like that in an Office forum. The most you'd get is a workaround, not even a guarantee of getting on the team's back log.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Twitter, Wiki)
- Edited by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:34 AM
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As Ed indicated, this inquiry has been "answered" in the sense that it is a known failure and is in the support team's bug log. So as far as my original question in the title, I think the answer is: The forum doesn't support Chrome because there is a bug in the forum software. And for my second question I think the answer is the same: a bug.
Thanks Naomi, Edi and Mike for your participation. Since you have 2 to 4 orders of magnitude more points than I do, I think I'll give myself credit for the answer :-)
- Marked as answer by KevinBuchs Monday, November 12, 2012 4:10 PM