Auction Site Stress Test : Part 2, The electric boogaloo!

[aitong]

Hey everyone - I think we've fixed most of the bugs that got reported last night with the auction system. If you have some time, please try the auction site again ( url below ), and this time...

* Please use Firefox - I can't be sure if the site works with other browsers
* The maximum allowed bid is 3500 bucks, so try and make your bids more realistic

The url is http://www.cmubuggy.org/2010auction/login.html - let me know if the bugs you saw yesterday are fixed, and if you find any new ones, please tell me

* Which auction you were in
* Whether you were making a max bid or an immediate bid
* The steps you went through to get to the bug

Thanks!

[McCue]

We should reevaluate our Firefox-only stance. 60% of visitors are using another browser (actually a surprisingly even split between Safari/Chrome/IE).

What kind of crazy Javascript/CSS are you using that's Firefox specific?

[McCue]

Also why does the page keep refreshing every couple seconds

[McCue]

Lastly, whomever was the 1 visitor to use an iPad recently, that's gangster and I'm jealous.

[aitong]

Also why does the page keep refreshing every couple seconds

So newer bids will show up without you having to hit reload

[hvincent]

should people be able to outbid themselves? ie:

http://www.cmubuggy.org/2010auction/auc ... e3=SigNu-C

$17 was bid by DeVos on 04/07/2010 00:56:53
$16 was bid by DeVos on 04/07/2010 00:56:22

[aitong]

should people be able to outbid themselves? ie:

http://www.cmubuggy.org/2010auction/auc ... e3=SigNu-C

$17 was bid by DeVos on 04/07/2010 00:56:53
$16 was bid by DeVos on 04/07/2010 00:56:22

Probably not, but because of how things work under the hood, it would not be super easy to fix, and I think it's reasonable to assume that people won't bid against themselves.

[abordick]

. . .and I think it's reasonable to assume that people won't bid against themselves.

Clearly you haven't met enough of the people who use this site.

[Carsen Kline]

This is obvious to most of us, but in case someone has their browser set to High security, the site won't work. Maybe the intro could use a "Cookies and javascript are kinda important."

Chrome looked and worked as well as Firefox so far.

[TommyK]

In the finals heat there are only 2 bidders right now - the rules say the top 5 bidders get to pick ... but I can't enter a bid that is lower than the top bid ... even if I only to be one of the 5 for the lowest possible price ...