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After clicking on a hi-lited MF a box appears listing different sites. Using Yahoo finance , the above is what shows. Other sites seem to be okay. Has anyone other than myself had this experience? Thanks for your time, Derf
For those who have joined MFO relatively recently (i.e. any time after 2011)-
I realize that this is going to sound a little strange, but many parts of the MFO platform were designed by a fellow who called himself Accipiter, if I remember correctly. He worked from a remote geographical location with only a dial-up modem for communication. His record shows that he had made 2,350 visits to MFO before 2015, and most of those "visits" involved his programming work here.
2,350 visits, via a glacially slow dial-up modem to construct the underpinning of MFO. Who among us would have the dedication or patience to do something like that?
He was positively brilliant and worked his butt off for a very long time to design many of the MFO features which we still use today. Due to the wear and tear of time, there have been changes in web addresses and such which have rendered some of his gadgets somewhat flaky.
Remember that MFO is pretty much a volunteer operation, and has only the resources available which can be supported by our infrequent financial contributions. It's a real wonder that MFO is still here at all.
Hi @Old_Joe To add, that the coding Falcon/Accipiter used was very comprehensive for the time period. It is my/our understanding that the MFO site host has had to make changes on their end for upgrades. The original coding stills functions, but with a few pieces of older functions found in some 'title bars' no longer operational. One host upgrade that took place before Covid ??? eliminated the highlighting of 3 or 4 letter tickers for etf's. If a 3 place ticker is a 'CEF', it generally will highlight and is right clickable for more choices. My understanding is that there is not a fix for the 'old' 3/4 place etf to become highlighted. AND, April, 2011 was a fun period of testing and trying the NEW system.
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MFO Failed Link http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BAGIX
Correct Link https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BAGIX/
Note that there is a slight change in the URL.
It's like several other problems at MFO, like the nonexistent ETF that forces people to use etf or ETf.
MFO site does need some maintenance.
@David_Snowball
I realize that this is going to sound a little strange, but many parts of the MFO platform were designed by a fellow who called himself Accipiter, if I remember correctly. He worked from a remote geographical location with only a dial-up modem for communication. His record shows that he had made 2,350 visits to MFO before 2015, and most of those "visits" involved his programming work here.
2,350 visits, via a glacially slow dial-up modem to construct the underpinning of MFO. Who among us would have the dedication or patience to do something like that?
He was positively brilliant and worked his butt off for a very long time to design many of the MFO features which we still use today. Due to the wear and tear of time, there have been changes in web addresses and such which have rendered some of his gadgets somewhat flaky.
Remember that MFO is pretty much a volunteer operation, and has only the resources available which can be supported by our infrequent financial contributions. It's a real wonder that MFO is still here at all.
To add, that the coding Falcon/Accipiter used was very comprehensive for the time period. It is my/our understanding that the MFO site host has had to make changes on their end for upgrades. The original coding stills functions, but with a few pieces of older functions found in some 'title bars' no longer operational. One host upgrade that took place before Covid ??? eliminated the highlighting of 3 or 4 letter tickers for etf's. If a 3 place ticker is a 'CEF', it generally will highlight and is right clickable for more choices. My understanding is that there is not a fix for the 'old' 3/4 place etf to become highlighted.
AND, April, 2011 was a fun period of testing and trying the NEW system.