| Current mood: |  annoyed |
| Current music: | (Madonna) - Express Yourself |
| Entry tags: | bugs, ebay, jbidwatcher |
eBay's changed the URL format their search and browse pages generate.
Greetings,
*sigh*
eBay changed the actual URL format. It's encoded a little bit, changing things like '&' to QQ and = to Z, for instance. The number is still in the URL, but for some ungodly reason so is the title.
This seems a really silly thing to do, but they've gone ahead and done it, so I've got to work up a new version to fix it.
In the mean time, adding items by item # works. SO FAR it appears that adding items to my Watch List, and then synching with eBay, then clearing my watch list, also works.
Seller Search also appears to be unharmed yet, but it's only a matter of time for both of those workarounds. Normal searches and URL searches are both broken, and drag-and-drop from eBay's URLs is likely to also not work.
Bidding appears to still be working fine, so sniping should also be working.
It's the summer months; things are slow at eBay, so they take advantage of that and make a lot of changes. Some years their changes don't affect JBidwatcher that much. This year, it looks like it'll be a little less easy-going.
I'll try to get this resolved this weekend. Until then, add auctions by item #, mainly.
-- Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!
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