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Weekly Vusfy update #29

Hello everyone,

How are you? As always, it is a pleasure to have you here.

Welcome to the 29th instalment of the Weekly Vusfy progress updates. Let’s dive straight in.

Dependency updates

To make Vusfy possible, I rely on code written by other people, which I then use in Vusfy. These dependencies regularly publish updates, and this week, I have applied the latest batch of them.

Fix time zone detection on the page to edit a user’s details

I have recently (Vusfy update #27) improved how I detect a user’s time zone when they are registering. What I failed to realise is that this also impacts the page where users can edit their details.

Say you visit this page while you are vacationing in a country with a different time zone from where you usually live. The relevant drop down now displays a different time zone, because Vusfy has realised it has changed. However, it is just a visual change, because the time zone Vusfy has associated to you has not changed. This is confusing and, frankly, wrong.

To rectify the situation, when your browser’s time zone differs from your time zone in Vusfy, I show a message explaining the situation, and a button to set your time zone in Vusfy to your current time zone. After you click on it, I show another message asking you to enter your password in the appropriate field, and save, to update your profile.

Various testing improvements

These are small and quite technical. Dedicating a section to each would have been too much, so I summarise them here:

• I have improved settings the time zone for tests;
• I have fixed some flaky tests;
• I have improved the tests for checking which pages a user without a subscription should still be able to see.

Conclusion

Thank you for your time, and until we meet again, take care of yourselves.

Cheers,
EpiHandle