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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Some usernames are truncated
« on: October 09, 2023, 10:08:09 AM »
The question remains, how and why is that better?
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Some usernames are truncated
« on: October 09, 2023, 08:52:57 AM »
I'd like to think that allowing a 8-bit character set would be a considerable improvement.
Knowing of the problems that a normal keyboard layout causes, especially with notebooks and smartphones, a workaround for some of the most relevant characters could probably be offered as an addition to the format-and-emoji-button section, wherever applicable (such as for comments, (advanced) search, forum and, of course, upload). This addition could be a list, such as this below, so characters in question can be copied and pasted. Surely members can help to identify the most relevant list. It's a bit clunky, admitted, but I didn't design the keyboards.
æ Æ ø Ø å Å ä Ä ö Ö ü Ü ß ç Ç
Uwe
Knowing of the problems that a normal keyboard layout causes, especially with notebooks and smartphones, a workaround for some of the most relevant characters could probably be offered as an addition to the format-and-emoji-button section, wherever applicable (such as for comments, (advanced) search, forum and, of course, upload). This addition could be a list, such as this below, so characters in question can be copied and pasted. Surely members can help to identify the most relevant list. It's a bit clunky, admitted, but I didn't design the keyboards.
æ Æ ø Ø å Å ä Ä ö Ö ü Ü ß ç Ç
Uwe
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Some usernames are truncated
« on: October 08, 2023, 08:52:57 PM »
Well, simplicity one might call it.
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Some usernames are truncated
« on: October 08, 2023, 06:07:07 PM »
Shipspotting does not like a character set larger than 7 bit. This disrespect of other spellings than English is intentional. The reason is, I understand, the limitations of standard use of standard keyboards.
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Help and Advice / ANCONA 1888
« on: November 17, 2020, 11:27:23 AM »
In 1905 the Danish Sail Training ship GEORG STAGE (now JOSEPH CONRAD) collided just outside the port of Copenhagen with a British steamer, ANCONA. GEORG STAGE sank, 22 trainees drowned. GS was raised again (obviously), and was exonerated altogether. That's the story.
Now, I have in my piles of papers the attached copy of a copy of what was presumably a newspaper clipping. I have little doubt that it actually does show the ANCONA in question, but the quality of it, oh dear.
A little more about the ANCONA: She was built in 1888 as yard no. 85 by Ramage & Ferguson. 75,9 m x 10,1 m length x beam, 1207 t, 1168 Grt. Ownership seems a little more challenging to pin down. My notes say: Hugo & van Emmerik or Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. Ltd. (managed by James Currie & Co. (Walter Runciman & Co. Ltd.)). I know far too little about shipowner and management organisation in the UK in those times to make anything useful of this.
But my question is a different one anyway: Is anyone able to point me in a promising direction to find a better copy or picture of the ANCONA than the one shown here? (Btw, my notes even mention an IMO no.: 95205, but again, how could that help?)
cheers
Uwe
Now, I have in my piles of papers the attached copy of a copy of what was presumably a newspaper clipping. I have little doubt that it actually does show the ANCONA in question, but the quality of it, oh dear.
A little more about the ANCONA: She was built in 1888 as yard no. 85 by Ramage & Ferguson. 75,9 m x 10,1 m length x beam, 1207 t, 1168 Grt. Ownership seems a little more challenging to pin down. My notes say: Hugo & van Emmerik or Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. Ltd. (managed by James Currie & Co. (Walter Runciman & Co. Ltd.)). I know far too little about shipowner and management organisation in the UK in those times to make anything useful of this.
But my question is a different one anyway: Is anyone able to point me in a promising direction to find a better copy or picture of the ANCONA than the one shown here? (Btw, my notes even mention an IMO no.: 95205, but again, how could that help?)
cheers
Uwe
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Members suggestions for improvement of the website
« on: March 23, 2020, 04:51:54 PM »
Also to be desired seems to be this:
Sorting options (now: newest or popular) should be augmented to include sorting alphabetically by name, and possibly by capture date, too, if that can be made to work sensibly.
Uwe
Sorting options (now: newest or popular) should be augmented to include sorting alphabetically by name, and possibly by capture date, too, if that can be made to work sensibly.
Uwe
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Members suggestions for improvement of the website
« on: March 23, 2020, 04:49:27 PM »
High on my wishlist is this:
The character encoding standard should be extended to full UTF-8, at least (or whatever else it takes to send poor old ASCII into retirement). Correct French, Scandinavian, German etc. spelling should be possible and allowed. Encouraged, in fact. The current system is discriminatory and tends to lead to confusion.
Uwe
The character encoding standard should be extended to full UTF-8, at least (or whatever else it takes to send poor old ASCII into retirement). Correct French, Scandinavian, German etc. spelling should be possible and allowed. Encouraged, in fact. The current system is discriminatory and tends to lead to confusion.
Uwe
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Multipurpose vessels
« on: July 24, 2019, 02:55:57 PM »
It is easy to find examples of ships that might fit into more than one category simultanuously. I see for example squareriggged sailing ships (my personal hobbyhorse) categorized as auxiliaries, as passenger or cruiseships, as traditional sailing ships, too, of course, and what not else. (Incidently in some of these particular cases IMO numbers may not help to find them, either.)
Now, would it cause havoc if the concept of multiple categories for these were to be accepted?
I think not. The ship would still be unique (meaning uniquely identifiable), the category does not need to be exclusive.
Also, ships that change type and purpose in their career can already be found in one or the other category accordingly. That's as it should be. But only personal knowledge of the details can point you to "the other category". Showing relevant categories side by side might give much better information without any cost in functionality or clarity, I believe.
Just a thought.
Uwe
Now, would it cause havoc if the concept of multiple categories for these were to be accepted?
I think not. The ship would still be unique (meaning uniquely identifiable), the category does not need to be exclusive.
Also, ships that change type and purpose in their career can already be found in one or the other category accordingly. That's as it should be. But only personal knowledge of the details can point you to "the other category". Showing relevant categories side by side might give much better information without any cost in functionality or clarity, I believe.
Just a thought.
Uwe
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Is there a site problem?
« on: June 22, 2018, 06:36:08 PM »
The problem is certainly not gone away at all. It comes in a new flavour (now it's something about Windows font pack). This is Denmark, I use Firefox. Firefox leaves me in no doubt about the risk. It's not pleasant.
Maybe it's time to close the site for a while and give it a thorough scrub out, make it a safe site (https). Maybe even a cosmetic make-over while you are at it. It's beginning to show its age.
just my thoughts.
I wish you good luck with it.
Uwe
Maybe it's time to close the site for a while and give it a thorough scrub out, make it a safe site (https). Maybe even a cosmetic make-over while you are at it. It's beginning to show its age.
just my thoughts.
I wish you good luck with it.
Uwe
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Shipping News and information / Re: Up to
« on: March 21, 2018, 09:08:42 AM »
Restauration GORCH FOCK
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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Crappy Stuff on Shipspotting dot Com
« on: October 22, 2016, 06:36:20 PM »
Sad to say, the problem is very much alive and kicking on my android phone, based in Denmark.
Uwe
Uwe
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Trip reports / Re: Hamburg
« on: July 08, 2016, 07:41:54 PM »
Hamburg is a comparatively Shipspotter-friendly port. There are literary dozens of good spots.
It all depends on your preferences. A port cruise (Hafenrundfahrt) is always a good choice, if only to rest your legs for an hour and have a pint and still do shipspotting. It's a little overpriced, though.
For in-and-outgoing traffic Bubendeyufer is hard to beat. Take the ferry from Landungsbr
It all depends on your preferences. A port cruise (Hafenrundfahrt) is always a good choice, if only to rest your legs for an hour and have a pint and still do shipspotting. It's a little overpriced, though.
For in-and-outgoing traffic Bubendeyufer is hard to beat. Take the ferry from Landungsbr
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Shipping News and information / Re: Tall Ships Race 2016 Antwerp - any consequences for merchant shipping?
« on: July 08, 2016, 07:10:56 PM »
The City Council or equivalent body may be the decision taker for hosting a TS event, but the port authority will always have a say in it, and that will forever be that they will not suffer major disruptions of their money making activites, i.e. commercial traffic. In Antwerp no serious problem in this respect seems likely. In Lisbon they may have to divert a cruise ship or two to Doca Alcantara, otherwise no big problems either. (The departure parades however may cause slight delays in the Schelde and in the Tejo, something lik 2 - 3 hrs for a handful of vessels.) As for traffic in the busy Southern North Sea and the British Channel - the Tall Ships will not be racing there. The start goes from somewhere near Torquay. From Antwerp to there no racing Tall Ship will get in the way of the commercial traffic in any undue manner.
cheers
Uwe
cheers
Uwe
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Help and Advice / Re: DIGITAL STORAGE OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
« on: June 06, 2016, 05:29:07 PM »
Spot on Tom
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Help and Advice / Re: DIGITAL STORAGE OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
« on: June 05, 2016, 10:47:45 PM »
For some major libraries it is standard procedure to copy all their digital stuff every five years or so. A huge workload, and expensive, but ment to preempt possible data loss caused by deterioration of the media used.
We may be living in the "information age", but we won't be around to hear future generations comment on how we handle and store information - maybe just as well.
cheers
Uwe
We may be living in the "information age", but we won't be around to hear future generations comment on how we handle and store information - maybe just as well.
cheers
Uwe
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