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Posted: 17-Oct-2014 | 12:37PM · 16 Replies · Permalink
When I reply to a thread the edit time starts counting down from minutes.
If I click on the Subscribe link from the first post in that thread, the timer for the Edit time starts counting down from seconds, and after 1 minute, I am unable to edit the post.
Posted: 17-Oct-2014 | 2:20PM · Permalink
Hi Peter,
I am replying to your post to reproduce your issue.
I think what you say, to me it never happened 
edited for test
2nd edit:
After I edited my post, the counter continued to count from 59 minutes.
So for me it works fine
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Peter,
What you said is correct. I forgot to click the Subscribe button 
Posted: 17-Oct-2014 | 9:17PM · Permalink
Posted: 17-Oct-2014 | 9:40PM · Permalink
Posted: 18-Oct-2014 | 12:53PM · Permalink
Peter I think this is an issue that was noted in the test period but it does not seem to impact the actual edit period.
Some actions trigger the timer from its normal minute measurement to a count in seconds which rapidly descends to zero. I have never waited for it to hit zero and so do not know what happens then... it may then block editing. However what I have found is that after I select subscribe, the timer shows just 60 seconds remaining. But if I browse away and come back I still have what I would have originally expected e.g. 55 minutes left.
So in summary I think this is a cosmetic problem, with the possible exception if you wait for it to count down all the way to 0...
[Edit - I just subscribed to this thread and then waited for the counter to get to zero. It showed that I could no longer edit this post. So I moved away and came back... 58 minutes remaining and I produced this edit. Are you happier now? 
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Posted: 18-Oct-2014 | 5:23PM · Permalink
Mike
interesting observation. I see the same now that you mention it. Going away and coming back does still give you the remaining edit time back.
I guess it is not as bad as I first thought.
Posted: 19-Oct-2014 | 10:05AM · Permalink
Posted: 19-Oct-2014 | 11:55AM · Permalink
geek47 in my view this is a cosmetic issue. Everyone can continue to edit their posts for the full 60 minutes whether or not they decide to subscribe to the thread.
There are a number of non-cosmetic issues with the forums which we will all benefit from having fixed and which it appears will be some time in the coming. I would not press for this issue to be dealt with until all the others have been.
I recognise that you may have a different point of view.
Posted: 21-Oct-2014 | 5:31PM · Permalink
peterweb wrote:
If I click on the Subscribe link from the first post in that thread, the timer for the Edit time starts counting down from seconds, and after 1 minute, I am unable to edit the post.
It's not only clicking the Subscribe link in the original post that triggers this behaviour. I've observed that clicking the "Add Kudos" link on any reply in the thread also changes my edit time countdown from minutes to seconds.
Even if refreshing the page resets the countdown back to minutes, I don't consider this a "cosmetic" issue. I'm guessing there are quite a few newbies posting in this forum for the first time who don't know how buggy this new forum software is and now believe a 60-second countdown is all the time they're allowed for edits.
Posted: 21-Oct-2014 | 6:20PM · Permalink
There are a number of non-cosmetic issues with the forums which we will all benefit from having fixed and which it appears will be some time in the coming. I would not press for this issue to be dealt with until all the others have been.
Andmike: I agree with you.
Posted: 22-Oct-2014 | 8:34AM · Permalink
I've observed that clicking the "Add Kudos" link on any reply in the thread also changes my edit time countdown from minutes to seconds.
I confirm this, Imacri, I had made the same observation in my post sent on 17-Oct-2014 | 2:46PM
Posted: 24-Oct-2014 | 1:56PM · Permalink
Thanks! Our team is looking into it.
Posted: 10-Jun-2017 | 11:14AM · Permalink
Just a reminder for the forum mods that the issue where the time to edit a post expires in 60 seconds (not minutes) if the user clicks a Subcribe or Add Kudo link in the same thread is still outstanding more than two years after it was first reported by peterweb.
To reproduce the issue:
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.1.2 * NS Premium v22.9.4.8 * MBAM Premium v3.1.2
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