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Atherton25 · 07-12-2019, 07:36 PM

I have a request. It may be difficult to implement, if so ignore it, but please review it at least.

When I update my stories via email sometimes I can have several stories, sometimes 40+ stories due to multiple sites giving me updates and the amount of time between checking.

After I get the list, I run FFF to download them. Lately I've been getting several timeouts or bad requests for one reason or another (likely bad internet service is a large part of it). This isn't a huge issue because it's easy to run it again with the URLs and generally that will get most of the failed downloads.
What is annoying is getting those URLs. Because of the way duplicate entries are sorted (as bad) the actual bad entries and the duplicates are sorted together. Usually my list is half duplicates because I wait several days before getting my email updates. This means I have to go through and pick out, one by one any actual 'bad' entries, paste them into another window one at a time until I have them all, then bring them back into FFF. Also, a few times I've forgotten to check the table before updating calibre, so I have to go pick them out of the job log instead.

What I'd like to request may be a two parts request, depending on how calibre handles the job log.
First, on the table that shows how the jobs are processed can it be sorted better? Possibly having a 'duplicate' option or something like that instead of just bad/successful so that when the table arranges itself, the dups are all together. Or just arrange the table better, sorting by more than just successful/bad columns? Just want all the actual 'bad' requests together so its easier to copy them out of the table.

The second may or may not be able to be tied into the above. I'd like that same information to be reflected in the job log so all the actual bad requests are together. That way if I miss checking the table I can still easily pull the bad requests from the log. Honestly, it looks like the way it filters before the successful/unsuccessful note is the same as the table, just not with all the table info, so if they're arranged a little better, this will likely sort itself.

Anyway, as always I love FFF and really appreciate everyone that dedicates time to work on it and add sites, as well as fix those that change, JimmXinu particularly.

Secondary request @ JimmXinu and/or @nexusflamehart: Was going to mention this a week ago, but I've been out of town and wanted to try and get it myself. I have tried several times getting that story on QuestionableQuesting called Ninja Ninja Tactics, that was mentioned on 6/23 and my internet timed out again. If (and only if) you have a copy of it available, could you PM me that link as well? I attribute that failed download to my internet. I've tried 3 times and it's timed out multiple times for me, and yes I used the options (no images/extras threads) mentioned in your post to nexusflamehart.

07-12-2019, 07:36 PM	#3576
Atherton25 Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 3804 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	I have a request. It may be difficult to implement, if so ignore it, but please review it at least. When I update my stories via email sometimes I can have several stories, sometimes 40+ stories due to multiple sites giving me updates and the amount of time between checking. After I get the list, I run FFF to download them. Lately I've been getting several timeouts or bad requests for one reason or another (likely bad internet service is a large part of it). This isn't a huge issue because it's easy to run it again with the URLs and generally that will get most of the failed downloads. What is annoying is getting those URLs. Because of the way duplicate entries are sorted (as bad) the actual bad entries and the duplicates are sorted together. Usually my list is half duplicates because I wait several days before getting my email updates. This means I have to go through and pick out, one by one any actual 'bad' entries, paste them into another window one at a time until I have them all, then bring them back into FFF. Also, a few times I've forgotten to check the table before updating calibre, so I have to go pick them out of the job log instead. What I'd like to request may be a two parts request, depending on how calibre handles the job log. First, on the table that shows how the jobs are processed can it be sorted better? Possibly having a 'duplicate' option or something like that instead of just bad/successful so that when the table arranges itself, the dups are all together. Or just arrange the table better, sorting by more than just successful/bad columns? Just want all the actual 'bad' requests together so its easier to copy them out of the table. The second may or may not be able to be tied into the above. I'd like that same information to be reflected in the job log so all the actual bad requests are together. That way if I miss checking the table I can still easily pull the bad requests from the log. Honestly, it looks like the way it filters before the successful/unsuccessful note is the same as the table, just not with all the table info, so if they're arranged a little better, this will likely sort itself. Anyway, as always I love FFF and really appreciate everyone that dedicates time to work on it and add sites, as well as fix those that change, JimmXinu particularly. Secondary request @ JimmXinu and/or @nexusflamehart: Was going to mention this a week ago, but I've been out of town and wanted to try and get it myself. I have tried several times getting that story on QuestionableQuesting called Ninja Ninja Tactics, that was mentioned on 6/23 and my internet timed out again. If (and only if) you have a copy of it available, could you PM me that link as well? I attribute that failed download to my internet. I've tried 3 times and it's timed out multiple times for me, and yes I used the options (no images/extras threads) mentioned in your post to nexusflamehart.