Can anyone tell me why i can't see pics when i am reading through posts?

 

Can you provide a link to a thread or post that can serve as an example of the issue?

I checked your account and you do show you've got the Show Images set to Yes.

If there is attachments in the post, you should see them. If there is any images remotely served, and if the owner of those images, or the host, makes any changes, the images may disappear. The latter is an issue whenever content is hosted outside of the community.

However, please provide a specific example so that we can double-check.

Thanks.

 

Here is a link for a large thread for posting pics that i tried to view.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...nt-c5-pic.html

 

Are you saying you cannot view any pictures at all in that thread? Or just some? Please provide an exact link to a post in that thread where you cannot see images as that thread is very long and I can see several images in that thread when I did a quick browse through. In the upper right corner of each post is a post ID for that particular post in relation to that particular thread. Right-click and copy/paste that link if you want us to investigate.

I see a lot of the images in that thread are remotely hosted outside of CF. So the explanation I provided above (images hosted outside of CF are outside of CF control and may disappear without any notice) may be the issue.

 

He was probably speaking to the same issue that I asked about last year. Thiis forum is the only forum I know of that "breaks" the version of IE6 that comes stock on the Windows XP-SP1 disk.

All you have to do is come *here* with that browser (at its defaults) and you lose all ability to view any pics at all in that instance of IE. It stays broken until you close that window and open a new one (just don't open it here)

I've duplicated this strange thing - on four different PC's now.

-W

 

I recall the thread you posted in here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help...-behavior.html

You were running unpatched, no upgraded, IE 6. No others reported any similar issue in that thread, or since then, that I can recall or am aware of. It's too early to say that this new thread is the same issue, however, if it were the same issue it would be only the 2nd one in 9 months. All this suggests this issue is unique and isolated. Regardless where the issue may originate, we try to help. I tried to help in the above mentioned thread but I believe you were set on running certain software and versions and we was unable to resolve the issue because of that.

Although Firefox is my primary browser, I, too, have IE 6 and I don't experience the issue you described. Mine is "default" with appropriate patches and no other changes.

Such software is usually in continuous development with bug updates and security patches. You are talking about a piece of software that was initially released in 2001 (IE 6) and SP1 released in 2002. In software, that's ancient.

Despite IE 6 is known to have CSS, and other, issues, it is really difficult to expect outdated, unpatched, software to function correctly despite so many changes in the industry since it's release. If I recall correctly, you did not want to patch your IE 6 and only run from a default installation that is dated back in 2001-2002. In my opinion, this is not wise and is difficult to support.

 

I agree.
Except that this is the only site I've ever encountered on the entire internet that hoses that version of IE6 in that manner. The problem is not just unique to that IE6 - it's unique to here as well.

I had to update my main computer to IE-8 specificly to view this site.
(just saying)

Changes were made to this site after the "attack" - one of those changes is behind what I've ovserved.

-W

 

It is difficult to compare any two sites to each other. Even taking two IB owned websites and comparing them will show differences in software and setup. That's not even counting routing and hosting environment differences. I know it's common, when there is an issue, to say that the issue is only one X site and not the other, but there is just too many variables at play to really use that as point to suggest the site with the issue is responsible. Not to mention they are just 2 of hundreds of thousands of websites out there to make a conclusion on. Some sites are more complex and will require more from the client's machine, which could trigger the issue while a lesser complex site may not trigger the issue on the client's machine.

As I mentioned, we try to help despite where the issue may be (client side or host side), but your case was one where I don't think progress could be made. It's difficult to assist when it appears that outdated software is at play. IE and SP1 having been released in 2001/2002 are quite ancient software, atleast in their unpatched form that you were running, in this industry that can change daily with security and bug issues.

In fact, some of the software on this site wasn't released until quite some time after 2001/2002 when IE6 and SP1 was released. So much has changed between then and now. It's difficult to use software on the client side, without upgrades, to be fully compatible with software on the host side that would be released several years later. Software cannot exactly look that far into the future and be fully compatible.

 

I agree there's no ready solution.
It remains odd however that of the 100's of sites I've browsed - this is the only one that porks my version of IE6.

Other sites may not work properly with the old outdated software - but they don't hose it so badly that the the only recourse is to close the window if I want to view another site.
Some command is blocking the display of ALL pictures, JPG's, GIF's etc etc.
It's very odd indeed.

-W (still using Office 2000 as well - LOL)