A short note about what idVer is.
idVer was a feature to allow people to create semi-verifiable, consistent IDs on this site.
This site has no user database. So how can we tell if someone is who says they're "johnk" is really "johnk"? You can't.
So by filling out the "secret" field, you can produce an idVer value.
Nobody understood this.
Then, I must have shortened the author field at some point, causing a bug, that prevented idVer from being used.
Original: Random Update Notes