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Started by Mercury Nov 30, 2004 at 4:03 PM 13 replies 1.2k views

Original Post

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:03 PM

Sometimes when a thread loads, some dark mojo goes on behind the scenes and bad stuff happens, the following is a picture of what happens.

Sorry if this is a repost, just figured if it wasn't, you'd prolly want to know. I've had it happen a few times (once every few days or so) on the message boards, but never on the front page, if that's of any consequence. I can't remember if I saw it on the old boards or not, either. - Jordan

Drevay

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Drevay

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:08 PM

Happens now and then to me as well. Plus I get script time out errors and such, mostly at night.

Bound to happen now and then.

coldacid

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coldacid

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:09 PM

Looks like either your browser can't get the CSS, or decides not to utilize it. It happens to me some times too; generally it's just the request for the stylesheet timing out.

Mushu

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Mushu

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:12 PM

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[wow]Why the heck do you use firefox if you don't Adblock the ads?!!!!

I Like Bread

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:13 PM

Can't say that happens to me, but other browser weirdness has been...

For one, none of my forums can remember my handle. I click [remember my password] and [log in automatically] whenever I see it, but to no avail.

Also, I've had problems with tables misaligning(like how it moves under the previous table when there's no horizontal space), and for some reason Fark.com never loads the first time. It only displays the page after I click "refresh".

Coward

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:16 PM

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Original post by I Like Bread
For one, none of my forums can remember my handle. I click [remember my password] and [log in automatically] whenever I see it, but to no avail.

Did you check whether you've got cookies enabled?

Mercury

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Mercury

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:23 PM

Quote:
Original post by Mushu
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[wow]Why the heck do you use firefox if you don't Adblock the ads?!!!!

Whoa! You're right, man.[embarrass] That's about the sweetest thing ever, I'm definitely never touching IE again.

coldacid

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coldacid

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:24 PM

On that thing about ads... I don't use adblock myself because I've trained myself to ignore the ads. And even then, sometimes there might actually be a useful ad.

temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:29 PM

My guess is content negotiation between your browser and the web server. Mozilla sends a prefered "quality" level in the Content-Type property in HTTP requests. I assume that if Mozilla can't GET the content of a preferred quality in time, it lowers the default preferrence and sends another request. The lower quality page would then be returned. This would look like this in an HTTP Request:
Content-Type: text/html: q=1.0, */*, ...
*taking too long, lower the quality*
=>
Content-Type: text/html: q=0.7, */*, ...
So, the server, instead of sending you the for granted, nice-looking forum style, it sends plain, crummy html instead. This is only a guess. I have the same problem with Firefox. But it doesn't seem to happen because of how long it takes to get a page; it seems to happen at random times. It could be a bug in the browser :S

temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:31 PM

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Original post by Coward
Quote:
Original post by I Like Bread
For one, none of my forums can remember my handle. I click [remember my password] and [log in automatically] whenever I see it, but to no avail.

Did you check whether you've got cookies enabled?

The same thing happens to me. Cookies are enabled, or I wouldn't be posting this... Seems to continue to happen until I try "another way" or restart Firefox all together.

Mercury

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Mercury

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:32 PM

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Original post by coldacid
On that thing about ads... I don't use adblock myself because I've trained myself to ignore the ads. And even then, sometimes there might actually be a useful ad.

Yeah, I've trained myself to ignore the ads too for the most part, but they're still annoying, and the flashy ones still manage to piss me off. It helps speed up browsing too, not having to wait for the ads, I've had some pages just pause loading because the ad server is down.
Adblock gets my Stamp Of Approval®.

- Jordan

PumpkinPieman

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PumpkinPieman

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:32 PM

I have the cookies problem also, I specifically have my browser of except all cookies. This is the only forum that doesn't keep me logged in.

temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:33 PM

Quote:
Original post by coldacid
Looks like either your browser can't get the CSS, or decides not to utilize it. It happens to me some times too; generally it's just the request for the stylesheet timing out.

Agreed. But why does this happen. I can't pinpoint the exact factors that occur for this to happen.

ranakor

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ranakor

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:37 PM

same things happen to me (both the cookie thing & page loading weird thing) except that page loading bug also happens in thread list (don't think it hapened to me in forum list tho) & i'm using IE

Coward

Nov 30, 2004 at 4:37 PM

Quote:
Original post by temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name
Quote:
Original post by coldacid
Looks like either your browser can't get the CSS, or decides not to utilize it. It happens to me some times too; generally it's just the request for the stylesheet timing out.

Agreed. But why does this happen. I can't pinpoint the exact factors that occur for this to happen.

Focus on the last part [wink]
The forum script comes up alright but when the style sheet gets loaded the server is proberly overloaded and can't serve the file?

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