Englishinny - Blog

So for a while I had a problem with the way certain pages on this site were being served. That means the layout was not exactly correct. Probably most users did not notice, especially users with large screens or resolutions above 1024 x 768. However for those users with smaller screens - not so many these days - things didn't look right.

I couldn't understand what was wrong, neither could some of my team, everybody said there is no programming problem.  So we just could not figure out what was wrong. 

So time passed with the problem unsolved and suddenly there was a new problem. This new problem I did not know how to fix - but I knew how to turn it off - so that's what I did. No big deal about this problem, it was an easy one and my programmer could fix it in a day or two. It was just a small bug...

So I turned it off and guess what - a magical moment - my eyes could not believe it. The sizing problem that we could not figure out - Presto - it was fixed. SERENDIPITY. The problem was solved - GONE !   We solved our problem by accident.

It turns out that the code of one area was infecting another areas spacing. When I turned off that program the infected code was no longer an issue and presto things were perfect. Now that problem no longer exists and how interesting it was to find out, and solve the issue this way. 

 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS BELOW SPONSOR BOX (Scroll Down)

Resolution is term used for referring to how much size a computer monitor screen has, where a bigger number is better as you will get more clarity and more into the space of screen you are looking at.  Most monitors allow you change your resolution to fit your eyesight based on the distance you like between your eyes and the monitor.

Presto - think of snapping your fingers, click, snap, there you have it. Just like that, presto. 

Serendipity - now that you know what it is - have you have ever had it ? Can you think of any famous stories about this ?

I) In this story what was the problem ?

2) How did it get fixed ?