thanks to danpost's post, i just realized the error with the source code, is not limited to scenario sites...
I am not sure how my post helped you. The 'get data' link has nothing to do with code in general and the user images are not addressed offline (and UserInfo is not available from an executable jar file).
Now, the number of new notifications is not being zeroed when they are viewed by clicking on the star (and page is changed or refreshed).
Evidently, this is something that just happens every once in a while. It just happened again to me. I logged off and logged back on; but that did not fix it. So I closed IE and reopened; that fixed it. I should have tried changing sites first to see if that would have been enough.
I tested it and found that going to a different site and returning does not fix it. Closing IE and reopening fixes it.
Because browsers tend to cache page content, you'll in general need to 'refresh' or 'reload' to fix the issue if it occurs (eg in Firefox, click the circular arrow icon in the navigation bar). Restarting the browser shouldn't be necessary (though having said that, I don't know how to force a refresh in Internet Explorer).
I still can't open the .csv. "Open" doesn't do anything and saving creates a 'storage_csv' file (_ instead of .), so it is no use.
Well, it works for me. The file name is not really chosen by this site, more so by your browser. In any case, a filename is just a filename. Can't you just rename it?