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They seem fine for me:

Is it just me, or do PMs either take really long or just not go sometimes. I'm seeing messages in my outbox, but not my sentbox that I sent four days ago.

I keep getting logged out every time I close my browser, and then when I log back in it loses track of what posts are new.

Also, reading a post doesn't always make it list as read.

All of those happen to me sometimes. I always assumed that was a server-side hiccough, since it seems to have no relation to the state of my browser's cookies. If it's happening literally everytime you close your browser, you've probably done something to make your browser delete the cookies on exit.

Also, this is months late but since I noticed it:

radthemad4 wrote:Is it just me, or do PMs either take really long or just not go sometimes. I'm seeing messages in my outbox, but not my sentbox that I sent four days ago.

Messages move from the outbox to the sentbox when they are opened by the recipient. If a PM is lingering in your outbox, someone is not checking their PM's. Or just hasn't been to the site in awhile. Or whatever.

DSMatticus wrote:All of those happen to me sometimes. I always assumed that was a server-side hiccough, since it seems to have no relation to the state of my browser's cookies. If it's happening literally everytime you close your browser, you've probably done something to make your browser delete the cookies on exit.

On further analysis, it's not every time I restart the browser.

I don't know whose tags are messed up in this thread but could one of the mods fix it?

...You Lost Me wrote:I don't know whose tags are messed up in this thread but could one of the mods fix it?

Sure.

Game On,
fbmf

The first page is still fairly screwy.

Should be better now.

Game On,
fbmf

So I couldn't connect with this site last night? Any reason why?

You are a hero, fbmf.

Wiseman wrote:So I couldn't connect with this site last night? Any reason why?

I had the same problem.

Am I the only one whose popup blocker gets activated @ signin?
I've run every scan that software compatibility will allow, and I've got nothing. The only thing I can think of is if it is something with the site itself.

ACOS wrote:Am I the only one whose popup blocker gets activated @ signin?
I've run every scan that software compatibility will allow, and I've got nothing. The only thing I can think of is if it is something with the site itself.

Have you checked your messages?

-Username17

@ACOS - No, you're not. I do not currently have any new messages, am signed in, and have one request blocked for this page. But when I take my pop-up blocker off, I don't see anything different.

FrankTrollman wrote:

ACOS wrote:Am I the only one whose popup blocker gets activated @ signin?
I've run every scan that software compatibility will allow, and I've got nothing. The only thing I can think of is if it is something with the site itself.

Have you checked your messages?

-Username17

Huh; I have been trading some PMs the last couple of days. I'll have to pay better attention to that.
Thanks!

Maj wrote:@ACOS - No, you're not. I do not currently have any new messages, am signed in, and have one request blocked for this page. But when I take my pop-up blocker off, I don't see anything different.

Okay. I just wanted to make sure that didn't have to enact invasive action on my computer.
I know that some spammers sometimes try to get inventive here ... oh well; as long as it's not my system, and the site doesn't seem to be effected.
Thanks!

I've given this a little more thought ...

Maj wrote:@ACOS - No, you're not. I do not currently have any new messages, am signed in, and have one request blocked for this page. But when I take my pop-up blocker off, I don't see anything different.

Have you sent any PMs lately?

I've got a theory I'd like to test, if somebody here would be willing to help me test it: could someone please send me a test PM?

I figured out what I was blocking. It's the really annoying mouse pointer image in Wiseman's sig.

Maj wrote:I figured out what I was blocking. It's the really annoying mouse pointer image in Wiseman's sig.

Good to know. (that thing always messes with my eyes ... I think that's an intended feature, though)
I'm getting the blocked pop-up on the main page; so I don't think that's what's happening in my particular case.

FYI:
Okay, with Maj's help, I figured out what it was: Frank's assumption was indeed correct - for whatever reason, new messages was indeed the cause of my blocked pop-up message (I don't know if this happens with anyone else or not).



Further tests:
I was ready to accept Frank's assumption and move on, until Maj mentioned something to the contrary. So then I thought that maybe it could have something to do with PMs moving from Outbox to Sentbox (for anyone who didn't realize this: when you send a PM, it apparently stays in the Outbox until the receiver checks it; then it moves to your Sendbox .... at least, that's what seems like happens). Well, that test provided no results; leaving Frank's conclusion to be the only viable one (at least in my case).

Well, thank you Frank and Maj. Hopefully this can also be informational to others.

So, I noticed something about the bug where some threads don't update as read after you read them that I know at least Kaelik and I get. It has to do with ignored posts, opening the page doesn't tag ignored posts as read.

That isn't my problem, since this thread was not marked as read from me reading it.

Yeah, that happened to me too, so there may be a similar glitch in the sticky function, I'm thinking.

Edit- also it only happens on my desktop, not my laptop, but both computers use Chrome, so it's not browser based, nor is it settings based, since chrome runs the same on all my computers.

Prak wrote:Yeah, that happened to me too, so there may be a similar glitch in the sticky function, I'm thinking.

I can find a thread it doesn't work on that doesn't have an ignored poster or a sticky in like 30 seconds, because it happens to literally every single post of every single thread.

I've been getting horrific screen tearing, but only on this site and only in firefox. Any idea what's up with that?

Grek wrote:I've been getting horrific screen tearing, but only on this site and only in firefox. Any idea what's up with that?

I only ever use FIREFOX, and I haven't noticed anything.

Game On,
fbmf

Iceweasel here. No bugs.

The only problem I had were fonts (but that was me messing up my own browser settings).