I seem to be unable to "@" mention esri staff in a post. Simply seems like they are invisible and never come back as a possible choice.
Anyone else see this behavior?
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Okay, it just turns out that the "@" mention is just twitchy, to the point of being persnickety.
If I am looking at a blog https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis/announcements/so-long-internet-explorer-11/ and hover over the author's name, I see kgerrow in the link to the author's blog page. Seems reasonable to me that this would be usable as an @kgerrow mention, but it is not. Ok, fair enough, Esri wants me to put the person's entire name in. @KellyGerrow-Wilcox Nope, that isn't good either. Okay, that is a married, hyphenated name, so ignore that. @KellyGerrow Hey, it worked!
The thing that was really throwing me was that if you put in a mention that fails, like @kgerrow , you cannot then go back and fix it. It seems like as soon as you "leave" the active "@" it cements itself and you can't go modify it into something that would work.
Verdict: Functional, but very klunky.
Just tried with Xander Bakker and you are correct, he's not a choice. Neither is Chris Fox. These guys have been vital to me!!!
Okay, it just turns out that the "@" mention is just twitchy, to the point of being persnickety.
If I am looking at a blog https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis/announcements/so-long-internet-explorer-11/ and hover over the author's name, I see kgerrow in the link to the author's blog page. Seems reasonable to me that this would be usable as an @kgerrow mention, but it is not. Ok, fair enough, Esri wants me to put the person's entire name in. @KellyGerrow-Wilcox Nope, that isn't good either. Okay, that is a married, hyphenated name, so ignore that. @KellyGerrow Hey, it worked!
The thing that was really throwing me was that if you put in a mention that fails, like @kgerrow , you cannot then go back and fix it. It seems like as soon as you "leave" the active "@" it cements itself and you can't go modify it into something that would work.
Verdict: Functional, but very klunky.
Thanks for my first mention on the new platform @JayJohnsonWashoeCounty
I guess my gig is up that I haven't fully changed my last name yet 😉
Happy to officially be tagged now and am not the 3rd Chris Fox @ChrisFox
Joe,
See my other post in this thread. It works, it is just fussy.
This works: @Anonymous User
Okay great! That's not too bad then. @ChrisFox is there too so I can still survive in ArcadeLand and AttributeRulesLand... 😌