Permanent link to this profile in Profile Stats no longer links directly

Question

Not sure if this is intentional or not, but I see the "Permanent link to this profile" functionality in the Profile Stats page has changed. It used to be a clickable link that took you straight to the page, but now it gives you a box to copy the URL. Whilst I can see the benefit of this, I would prefer having a direct link. Is it possible to restore this please (as well as keeping the copy URL box).

Answer 1

This was an intentional change, as the previous behaviour didn't really align with how "Share"/link functionality typically works on most websites (e.g. the coord.info/GCcode link on geocache pages).

We can add back a button to directly open the statistics -- but out of curiosity, is there any specific reason(s) you liked this behaviour?

Comments

Yes, if I use "Regenerate my statistics now", it's useful to have a quick link to display my stats page once it's finished.

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I'm not sure I follow. If you use "Regenerate my statistics now", the statistics that appear below should regenerate in-place and show you updated statistics there. If it's not, then that's a bug.

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I get the regenerated stats at the bottom of the profile stats page, and not as a new page.

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Right, and you want to see your regenerated stats as a standalone page?

We're discussing internally where to put the link exactly, but we can do this for you.

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Sorry, struggling to add a screenshot

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It's not a big issue, just what I'm used to clicking. Thanks.

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No problem, we'll add it back or an equivalent feature shortly.