posted on July 8, 2002 05:05:08 PM new
I faithfully read the TAGnotes and was alarmed to see what they said about ebay changing the way it shows the time left on an auction--instead of the "ends PT" they'll show InSTEAD the remaining "time left." (See the whole quote from TAGnotes below.
My question, though, is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set the default they're talking about to keep it on PT time. Can you translate for me? And here's the quote from TAGNotes:
"ebaY is changing the way it shows the time left on an auction in
the search and listings results. Instead of the "ends PT"
currently displayed, with the date and military time in the Pacific
Time Zone that the listing will end, ebaY will show the remaining
"time left". This will be displayed in hours and minutes, rather
than the specific hour of the day.
Users who prefer "ends PT" can set the results pages to show it.
Set the default via a link in the "show only" box in the left-hand
navigation bar. Once the default is set to "ends PT", it will remain
that way for that user. Users must set the default to "ends PT" for
search and listings separately.
To see a preview of time left go to -
http://pages.ebay.com/preview/time.html"
posted on July 8, 2002 05:30:34 PM new
Well, ebay still presents it as a "Coming Soon" feature which is probably why you can't locate the exact link.
However, it appears that ebay has implemented it in at least one place... Click on any seller's "View Seller's Other Items." Then notice that the word "Time" at the top of the "time remaining" column is a hyperlink. Click it, and it toggles your default over to the other time keeping method (if it's currently on Pacific Time, it switches to Time Remaining and vice versa). It retains whichever setting you choose, including in individual auctions listings.
posted on July 8, 2002 05:50:35 PM new
What I really want to know about TagNotes is why they spell Ebay with a capital Y on the end - EbaY? It makes their Notes email almost completely unreadable and I now just delete them when they come. When you look at the page is it a massive jumble where you can't tell where sentences begin and end. In case they missed 3rd grade English, capitals are used to start a sentence, not end a word. I'm sure they had something in mind that is supposed to be clever. Can anyone enlighten me?
posted on July 8, 2002 05:55:51 PM new
If eBay is going to put only the hour & minutes left on an auction, does that mean it will end on the East coast 3 hrs. ahead of the West coast? I don't understand this way of doing things. There has to be a time zone designation to know exactly when the auction ends.
posted on July 8, 2002 06:23:45 PM new
sanmar - if the time shows the amount of remaining time left in an auction, then the time zone doesn't matter. An auction with 3 hours and 10 minutes left to go has that same amount of time left no matter what time zone anybody's in. It simplifies matters, especially if you don't happen to live in the Pacific Time Zone.
InternetEdge - I always got the impression that the "ebaY" spelling TAG uses is a form of mocking the official ebay spelling of "eBay." However, it isn't without precedence - check ebay's logo and you'll see what I mean. TAG has always been suspicious of ebay, and I think it's just their way of thumbing their nose at ebay. Just my opinion of course.
posted on July 8, 2002 07:39:00 PM new
It's from their logo. As to the eBay spelling that eBay loves so much it is the proper way to spell their name if they decree it to be so. A company logo should be left as it is even if it starts a sentence. I sure the reason for the eBay and ebaY spelling variations is Madison Avenue based to make their logo different and stand out. eBay was the first successful online auction and it was a different concept and the logo would look old fashioned as a mere Ebay or [/i]ebay[/i]. eBay says that Pierre just came up the name but I think it stands for a combination of e for electronic and bay for San Francisco Bay Area, where eBay was born and is located currently.
posted on July 8, 2002 09:50:44 PM new
Holdenrex: Thank you! I'd never noticed that hyperlink at the top of the time remaining column. I did as you suggested, and it seems to have worked; I did however notice that now they've got the entire date as well as the time under that "time remaining" heading, so it's all wordy-looking, "Jul 02-2002-21:33 PDT starting (huh? starting?)" - a bit bulky. I wonder if they'll keep all that stuff there or just put the end time as I think they used to do?
