Per my post yesterday A note about WUWT fonts, readability, etc I’m going to try turning off the Google ads for a few hours. Those that have had font display issues, please advise if this cures the problem. Then I will know what to report to wordpress.com technical support. – Anthony
UPDATE: as of 4PM PST I’ve turned ads back on – those who reported problem cleared up when ads were off, please advise if the problem returns – Anthony
UPDATE2: 6PM PST OK Google ads are the problem, thanks to everyone who provided feedback. I’ve advised wordpress.com tech support. In the meantime the simple solutions you can do are:
- Run Internet Explorer in “compatibility mode”
- Use FireFox or Chrome, which are superior (and free) browsers
I chucked IE long ago, and I advise everyone to do the same.
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It’s back. This post was fine until the comments section and the fonts changed. Same with the main display of the site, the first article shows fine, the rest don’t. I thought it was just me.
It starts at the ” Rate this:”
Looks like right in here:
I chucked IE long ago, and I advise everyone to do the same.
GA_googleFillSlot(“wpcom_sharethrough_viplite”);
I’m using IE8 without any issues. I would use Firefox but it takes forever to load and crashes frequently on my fairly plain vanilla laptop (yes I’ve uninstalled what few addons I had).
I refuse to use Chrome in the same way I refuse to use any Google products,
Mike.
Third Jeef and Karl Maki: No probs with Safari – on a IMac (of course)
I have not experienced this problem. I use either Safari (IPad) or Firefox (MacBookPro).
Is your iMac of the powerPC variety? How is it still working?
Which is why I’ve always referred to it as Internet Exploder.
Factual part
The problem is nothing to do with compatibility mode. IE is thrown by a Google ad rotator.
WUWT sometimes works OK on normal IE8, always gets messed up using ‘InPrivate’ browsing.
Same for CA.
Opinion part
The slightest problem with IE and the fanboi hordes of Firefox, Chrome, Opera et al swarm out to tell us that how terrible IE is. Boringly predictable.
I use IE8 day in, day out. I can’t remember the last time I had a problem on a website. It works for me.
Google/Wordpress messed up. Period.
What is so bad about expecting web developers to make their product work on IE, the second most used website in the world?
Get it fixed.
Quite frankly, I resent Anthony Watts telling me to change my browser just so his (and CA’s) website works.
I don’t know if the problem I am having is caused by google ads or what, but WWT does not finish loading (the churning never stops) and if I scroll down far enough, the browser window eventually goes white and I have to reload the site for it to come back. Hitting the stop button to cancel the churning seems to help, but it is still doing it today.
Also, I am using firefox, but an older version because my company is too cheap to buy a current version of linux.
woodNfish said on March 12, 2012 at 11:57 am:
Screen going white? Please read this comment of mine, last paragraph. This can be diagnosed by right-clicking a Forward or Back button or the little arrow next to them, whatever shows you the list that shows where you’ve been and where you actually are when the white page shows up.
woodNfish said on March 12, 2012 at 11:58 am:
Debian GNU/Linux remains free, and while the current Stable version spans over 50 CD’s, that’s with all the many many free packages and programs that are part of the official distribution. Rather than download and burn the entire set (CD or DVD available) or buy a set (only one copy needed per architecture for an entire office), with a fast internet connection you can download a small “net install” version that’ll download and install just what you need and want.
But that means providing your own tech support or buying it elsewhere. Personally I was “on my own” with Windoze for so long I’ve found Debian to be remarkably easy to maintain, no need to defrag or “reinstall” to fix problems, don’t need Norton to keep the OS stable. All the help I’ve needed for Linux I found free on the internet. But many people and organizations are comforted with the idea of ready OS tech support, despite the reality, and opt for buying the Ubuntu brand of modified Debian, or Red Hat.
Just let them know they can get Debian for free and convince them to try it out on one machine, see if they like it.
Browser usage statistics, as at the end of February 2012 : –
Browser Version Total Market Share
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 27.85%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 12.60%
Firefox 10 8.44%
Chrome 16.0 8.09%
Chrome 17.0 8.06%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 6.87%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 4.69%
Firefox 9.0 4.45%
Safari 5.1 3.61%
Firefox 3.6 3.10%
Opera 11.x 1.48%
Firefox 8.0 1.38%
Safari 5.0 1.09%
Firefox 4.0 0.62%
Firefox 6.0 0.57%
Firefox 7.0 0.51%
Firefox 5.0 0.50%
Chrome 14.0 0.45%
Firefox 3.5 0.44%
Firefox 3.0 0.44%
Chrome 15.0 0.39%
Chrome 12.0 0.34%
Firefox 11 0.27%
Chrome 18.0 0.25%
Proprietary or Undetectable 0.24%
Chrome 13.0 0.21%
Safari 5.0 – Maxthon Edition 0.20%
Microsoft IE 8.0 – Maxthon Edition 0.15%
Chrome 11.0 0.14%
Safari 4.1 0.14%
Safari 4.0 0.14%
Chrome 10.0 0.14%
Microsoft IE 6.0 – Tencent Traveler Edition 0.12%
Microsoft IE 8.0 – TheWorld Edition 0.12%
Microsoft IE 8.0 – Tencent Traveler Edition 0.11%
Opera 10.x 0.11%
Firefox 2.0 0.11%
Chrome 16.0 – Maxthon Edition 0.10%
Opera 9.x 0.10%
Chrome 18.0 – Maxthon Edition 0.10%
TOTAL 98.72%
Note: – does not include Internet Explorer 10.
With Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP (I am limited to using Windows XP on at least one system because the later versions of Windows do not support a required software functionality provided by Windows XP) I have experienced occasional extreme page-loading delays on this website beginning around the first of the year. The latest version of Fire-Fox has no such problem.