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I got an update of Microsoft Internet Explorer a couple days ago, and now if I use it to look at BigCloset, I don't see any pictures.
I'm using Firefox right now, and it looks fine. It's also fine in Chrome.
Does anyone else have this problem? Or did MS add some new setting to IE I need to turn on to make pictures in BC work? Of all the sites I browse, BC is the only one that seems to have this problem.
So for now, I'm just following the advice of the old vaudeville routine: "It hurts when I do this - so don't do that."
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New IE broke BC
Typical Microsoft.
Don't use it and don't have auto-updates switched on. Its my computer and I decide what is installed on it.
Win 8 and IE 10 Here
I only use IE occasionally (when a page isn't working properly in Firefox). I just tried IE with Big Closet. Pictures work fine. My IE version is 10.0.9100.16635. Installation is very vanilla. It's set to auto-update, otherwise it has the settings that Lenovo loaded in April when the computer was built.
IE is the perfect browser
For downloading a better browser.
A past Netscape Navigator user comes out of the closet
I don't use IE at all. The only time I used it on my two-year-old laptop was to download Firefox.
Daniel, author of maid, whore, bimbo, and sissy free TG fiction since 2000
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.- Oscar Levant
You should try Waterfox
You should try Waterfox Mozilla's new browser it seem quicker than Firefox, so far at least.
Big hugs
Lizzie :)
Bailey's Angel
The Godmother :p
Waterfox is a Mozilla based
Waterfox is a Mozilla based browser, the same way that Google Chrome is based on Apple's Webkit browser.
Waterfox is built from Mozilla source, with code improvements meant for high-memory, high-performance machines with a 64bit OS (x86_64 not true 64bit).
Waterfox however, is not actually at current, a "Mozilla" funded/supported project.
Somehow, I really don't think
Somehow, I really don't think that the appropriate response to Jenn's question is to dump on her about IE. Especially since she mentions that it works in the other two she has access to.
Whether you like it or not, IE is still one of the number one browsers out there, and for many people the only one they have access to, and therefore if there is a problem with it, perhaps Erin might want to know about it.
Jenn - I have not tried the new one yet, but I remember a problem a couple of years there was an issue with certain theme settings.
Hugs,
Kristy
New IE broke BC
I wasn't dumping on Jenn for using IE, afterall its supplied with most store bought computers and laptops these days.
But every so often Microsoft drops a real big smelly one that costs people a lot of time and effort to put right, do they learn anything from these, NO.
I still use XP Pro, and IE7 which was the most stable of the recent IE upgrades is installed but very rarely used. Firefox is preferred for browsing.
Usually when IE messes up, the settings in the tools tab will need to be tweaked, it could be that the tab to display background pictures and graphics needs to be reset.
MSIE
Although it used to be *the* major browser, it is no longer, hovering at around a quarter (or a bit more) of the market share in the USA and most of the developed world, depending on how you look, and how you count.
In the USA, Chrome is the favourite browser.
The places where MSIE is still the favourite browser tend to be places where a lot of people are still using old equipment (and browsers) and/or places where software piracy is rampant.
You'll notice, of course, that the trend for MSIE is steadily downward.
MSIE is also one of the most difficult browsers to test during web site development and maintenance, because various versions of it broke this or that W3C standard for "proper" browser behaviour for reasons of backwards-compatibility with *other* broken versions of MSIE, so one has to chose a few from amongst *many* candidates and post a little notice about which choices might be best.
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Chrome not working either.
I gave up on IE a few months ago and started using Chrome. It was great until last week and then it starting halting. So I am back to Firefox and thankful for it, though the menus feel funky.
IE, IMHO, the worst possible choice in browsers
As a professional software developer (40+ years) I have to say that IE is IMHO just about the worst browser in regular use today.
Microsoft's recent update to IE-10 broke a whole slew of sites that worked perfectly before AND are totally standards compliant.
I use Firefox with NoScript and Adblock-Plus as my browser of choice.
The ONLY time I use IE is to use Microsoft's web sites. For my sins, I develop sofware that runs on Windows so I am an MSDN subscriber.
At home, I use a MacBook again running FireFox.
IE & FB
I E and my facebook account does not like each other , therefor I have a nes FB account the I use on firefox as the browser & only friending BCTS so it is secure and I have been send friend request out fro R.S. M---d so if you get 1 from me pls accept
Poor choices all
I run Vista on my s.h. lappy, Android on my tablet and phone, and XPpro on other computers. Obviously the latest version of IE is not gonna play. I tried Chrome and seriously it is not even a player for me, I don't like everything hidden away. So by default I'm stuck with FF and FF-beta.
But I wish there was something better, both versions are pathetic. Every time I get an update something new gets screwed up as a result, and I have to scramble to change some program around until it works, or locate a new app or extension when something gets turned off as its no longer compatible with FF.
The same with FB, Google, and a few others. Always messing with shit that already worked fine before, just to make dubious "improvements" to the look and feel. Just leave things alone visually, concentrate on performence issues.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
One thing I know is that the
One thing I know is that the pictures on this site register as ADs, and ad blockers also block ALL pictures on this site. If there is an ad blocker running, set it to ignore the site and they will return.
unlikely
I don't think that's what's happening for me. As far as I know I don't have an ad blocker running, and I can see the pictures in the actual ads on the site fine. It's just the images in stories and comments that aren't there.
Missing Images
I'm using Firefox, with a whole slew of Add-ons: NoScript, BetterPrivacy, Ghostery, QuickJava, ShowIP, Wappalyzer and WOT. With NoScript, I basically only allow JavaScripts directly from BCTS to run and a few other sites I trust. I don't, however, allow 3rd party scripts to run unless I absolutely need them. In the case of images on BCTS when all the bugs with CloudFlare were sorted out there are no more images from BCTS, not even the site logo. I have a feeling that was to do with not allowing CloudFlare to run scripts in my browser. Better privacy is used to wipe out browser cookies and and flash cookies. Many sites use flash cookies to backup browser cookies in case of people clearing their browser cookies for privacy. Ghostery is used to block beacons, advertisements, analytics services, page widgets, and other third-party page elements, that a user may not want snooping on their activities. Basically I use it to block everything and only turn on what I need when I need it for as long as I need it. QuickJava gives me a set of buttons on the status line of my browser so that I can quickly enable and disable a bunch of web features or annoyances. I also use Firefox's own built in security features. The thing to remember is that any one of these can break a web page. It's up to the individual to decide how much broken they can live with for their privacy. Conversely, how much information about yourself and your browsing habits are you willing to throw away for the sake of having things just work and look pretty.
Personally I value my privacy and don't use the cloud for much of anything. I certainly don't trust google, or facebook, amongst many others, to have my best interests in mind, their only real concern is their own and that of their share holders. They are businesses trying to make money out of any information they can get their hands on. The majority of that comes from targeted ad revenue, but in order to target those ads they need to analyse everything they can about you and your friends or any other information you provide them. As we have seen recently there are government bodies all around the world that have realized that this information and analysis is a boon to snooping into peoples private lives; supposedly in the name of protecting us, but there is no guarantee that is only how it is used or will be used in the future.
I have nothing to hide, but value my privacy very highly. I don't want search results that filter out what someone else decides I don't need to know or doesn't suit my profile. I don't want targeted ads directed at me, I'll go looking for what I want, when I want it. I especially don't want governments poking their noses into my life, not unless they have a reason and a court order, and not from some secret court, to do it.
Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now.
new information
I've learned that if I choose "run as Administrator" for Internet Explorer, the pictures are visible. Strange.