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  On 10/11/2023 at 2:19 AM, bobthehobbyguy said:

There seems to be issues for Chrome users and the page advances. What browser are you using? There are several posts on the topic.

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I am using Chrome. This just happened for me. I think since the last update.

Can I clear my cach or something else to resolve this?

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  On 10/11/2023 at 12:51 PM, Tom Geiger said:

I have the same issue on both Chrome and Edge on my laptop. I have Windows 11. 

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Same here. Cleared cache, history, etc. makes no difference. I think we've beat this dead horse for awhile and I read they're working on it so I'm just gonna relax and give these guys some time. It is a goofy situation when it suddenly works for a day or two and then doesn't. Has to be tough to fix.

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  On 10/11/2023 at 11:57 AM, Len Woodruff said:

I am using Chrome. This just happened for me. I think since the last update.

Can I clear my cach or something else to resolve this?

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Exactly the same a happened to me. 

I did try clearing my cache but it didn't help, in fact, after doing that I had the pleasure of having to sign back in to everything I ever joined, including this forum and redoing settings on pages that needed it originally. A huge pain in the but for nothing. 

Funny that all our computers work normally on every other site we go to but it's our computers that have a problem, not this site.?

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  On 10/15/2023 at 12:00 AM, Can-Con said:

Funny that all our computers work normally on every other site we go to but it's our computers that have a problem, not this site.?

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This site works perfectly for me and many others. Funny how that works. ?

What mother board do you have, bet it is different than mine.

How much and what type memory do you have, bet it is different than mine.

What ISP do you use and what are all of their settings, bet it is different than the one I use.

What browser are you using and how many other programs/scripts are running in the background?

Clearing cache worked for some, but not you. Do you know why that might be? Yeah, neither do I.

Do you see the problem we face when trying to diagnose issues like this?

It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum.

How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?

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  On 10/15/2023 at 4:01 AM, Xingu said:

This site works perfectly for me and many others. Funny how that works. ?

What mother board do you have, bet it is different than mine.

How much and what type memory do you have, bet it is different than mine.

What ISP do you use and what are all of their settings, bet it is different than the one I use.

What browser are you using and how many other programs/scripts are running in the background?

Clearing cache worked for some, but not you. Do you know why that might be? Yeah, neither do I.

Do you see the problem we face when trying to diagnose issues like this?

It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum.

How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?

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I agree with what you said. But if the board is only 80% usable to the majority of users how long will they stay? In the world of computers change is going to happen. Even if we complain when change happens, we will get use to it and be happy as long as we have the functionality we need. 

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First off we don't know how many users are being affected. Maybe a poll would be in order.

Second as it has been explained Dave is working on the problem with Invision. The board uses Invision software and that limits what can be done by Dave without their help.

Third all of this takes time. Dave has suggested trying another browser such as  Bing on windows or Safari on mac  It shouldn't be that big of a deal to load another browser. It might be the quickest way to fix the problem at this time.

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Posted
  On 10/12/2023 at 10:13 PM, Dave Ambrose said:

We've had multiple problems reported with the forum.

  • moving between pages isn't working
  • The like button isn't working

This seems to have been cause by a recent update to Chrome. We're working on fixing it as quickly as we can. The underlying problem is complicated. If clearing your browser cache doesn't clear the problem. Please try another browser, Safari or Edge don't seem to exhibit the problem. 

Thanks,
Dave Ambrose

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  On 10/15/2023 at 4:01 AM, Xingu said:

This site works perfectly for me and many others. Funny how that works. ?

What mother board do you have, bet it is different than mine.

How much and what type memory do you have, bet it is different than mine.

What ISP do you use and what are all of their settings, bet it is different than the one I use.

What browser are you using and how many other programs/scripts are running in the background?

Clearing cache worked for some, but not you. Do you know why that might be? Yeah, neither do I.

Do you see the problem we face when trying to diagnose issues like this?

It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum.

How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?

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That's exactly the response I was expecting. Seems I've hit a nerve. 

My point is, the problems are as much on your end as ours, you as much as admit that in that post. 

" It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum. How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?" ,,  well, if the board is then working properly for everyone then I would expect everyone using it would be quite happy.

 

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  On 10/6/2023 at 2:09 PM, Xingu said:

Dave is working on getting an update to the software ready to go. No guarantee that it will fix the problem.

I do get a chuckle with these reports though. It wasn't that long ago that everyone was complaining and didn't want us to implement this feature. Now everyone can't live without it.

We'll see what happens after the update.

For those that are wondering, it isn't as simple as hitting the "Update" button. Dave needs to backup the system, which is rather large and time consuming, needs to schedule an outage, needs to set aside a large chunk of his time to monitor the update (it isn't all automatic and requires input), and then he needs to troubleshoot after the update to fix minor settings issues. When that is all done, and the board is live again, he needs to be available to look into all of the complaints and bug reports you guys will be sending over the following weeks. Add to that, most updates force us to use something we don't want to or removes something that we like. Which always leads to the "Why did you do away with ?????, that is why I was coming here in the first place" or "OMG, I can't figure out how to do ????, I hate change and am never coming back here again" or something like that. That is why we hate updates, thanks for attending my TED talk.

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An update is no trivial task and there is no guarentee that it's going to fix the problem.

As Dave has advised in forum problems try another browser. 

 

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  On 10/15/2023 at 4:20 PM, Can-Con said:

That's exactly the response I was expecting. Seems I've hit a nerve. 

My point is, the problems are as much on your end as ours, you as much as admit that in that post. 

" It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum. How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?" ,,  well, if the board is then working properly for everyone then I would expect everyone using it would be quite happy.

 

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You hit a nerve because your post implies that it our fault that you are having trouble. When in fact it could be that you are entirely at fault and clueless as to how to fix it.

The truth is neither of us have any idea what causes this, or any of the other issue.

Our end has been trying to fix this issue for over a year without having to completely revamp this site.

 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2023 at 12:24 PM, Len Woodruff said:

I agree with what you said. But if the board is only 80% usable to the majority of users how long will they stay? In the world of computers change is going to happen. Even if we complain when change happens, we will get use to it and be happy as long as we have the functionality we need. 

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Right now it is a small percentage of the users having issues, although that number is growing daily.

The process for this upgrade is going to take a month or so (at least) to complete.

This will probably get worse before it gets better.

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  On 10/15/2023 at 4:40 PM, Xingu said:

You hit a nerve because your post implies that it our fault that you are having trouble. .

The truth is neither of us have any idea what causes this, or any of the other issue.

Our end has been trying to fix this issue for over a year without having to completely revamp this site.

 

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Gee Michael, that kinda sounds like you're blaming me specifically for the problems, the same ones that have been experienced by many other members for weeks now.

["When in fact it could be that you are entirely at fault and clueless as to how to fix it"] 

, , BTW, I changes absolutely nothing on my computer in months, it was working fine on this site up until Friday.

 

If I had responded like that to you I bet you would have awarded me a special point for it. ?

Did I not say it was as much our problem as it is on your side?

["the problems are as much on your end as ours"]

But, hey, you have a great day. I'm gonna go and work on a model car now. ?

 

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  On 10/15/2023 at 4:54 PM, Can-Con said:

BTW, I changes absolutely nothing on my computer in months, it was working fine on this site up until Friday.

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Are you absolutely sure Steve?  Assuming you are using a Microsoft Windows machine, did you manage to totally disable all automatic OS or application updates?  That itself is not a trivial task.  If you aren't certain that you have, there are many things happening on your computer without you even being aware.  Automatic updates (of the OS and apps) happen all the time.

I'm reading this forum on a Windows 7 machine and a Seamonkey.  I know for a fact that all updates (except for virus definitions) are totally disabled, and I don't now or ever had the problems being described here.  How's that for some food for thoughts?

 

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Bob, I saw your confused emoji.

I was referring to a major software overhaul mentioned by Xingu in the post before mine when I used the phrase 'Maybe that's just what it needs' from the film Shooter as an analogy.

Posted
  On 10/16/2023 at 5:10 AM, peteski said:

Are you absolutely sure Steve?  Assuming you are using a Microsoft Windows machine, did you manage to totally disable all automatic OS or application updates?  That itself is not a trivial task.  If you aren't certain that you have, there are many things happening on your computer without you even being aware.  Automatic updates (of the OS and apps) happen all the time.

I'm reading this forum on a Windows 7 machine and a Seamonkey.  I know for a fact that all updates (except for virus definitions) are totally disabled, and I don't now or ever had the problems being described here.  How's that for some food for thoughts?

 

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Thank you Peter. That's a perfectly reasonable explanation.  If the Admin had of put it that way instead of ,what looked to me as blaming me.  for the problem that would have been much clearer. ?

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