Have You Lost A Question or Answer Today?

[AB Editor]

Afternoon,

It seems a few users have lost a question/answer today for some reason.

Could you let me know the OS, browser and the circumstances which lead up to losing the question (as best you can remember that is)?

TIA.

[vivandorron]

The word 'not' should be ignored in paragraph 2.

Sorry....Ron.

[Lie-in King]

Ron - I don't have previous versions saved, so think I'm stuck with FF 12 - it's my preference for AB, so I'll have to put up with faffing about to reload the screen every time :-)

[lardhelmet]

Almost afraid to ask - what's an FF?

[Lie-in King]

lardhelmet - abbrev. for Firefox

[vivandorron]

L-i-K.....Purely my opinion as a non-Techie.....You can still download FF11 and 'get shot' at this stage of 12 which we know is easy enough to re-download; if necessary.

It's no good going to the official FF site which is now only offering FF12. However the following might be the answer.:-

http://www.oldapps.co....php?old_firefox=7395

I am a little apprehensive about saying "Have a go" although I would if I were in your position.

You may agree that it is disappointing that our experts within AB have remained silent on this matter.

Ron

[vivandorron]

I hope this works:-

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1128210.html

Ron

[ChuckFickens]

I'd ask people to post who their ISP is too if they are experiencing problems. I've seen this sort of symptom being caused by caching proxy servers so it possible it's an ISP issue rather than browser.

[lardhelmet]

Thanks LiK. I learn something new every day.

[vivandorron]

Thanks Chuck for your response......I am with BT and, after downloading FF12, started experiencing problems. However, believing that I have successfully removed FF12 and reverted to FF11, my problems have been resolved; unlike other folk within AB.

Perhaps it is an opportune moment to ask if we should keep up-to-date with our browsers or adopt the attitude of, 'if it aint broke, don't fix it'. I say this because Firefox is programming No15 which i think could be with us by August of this year.

Ron.

[Lie-in King]

Thanks for the link, Ron - I should now be back to normality with FF 11!

Here goes...

[Lie-in King]

Hooray! :-)

[bibblebub]

I have been using both Waterfox and Pale Moon for the past several weeks and have had no problems. Both of those are based on FF11.

Today I am giving FF12 a go and the answers are not appearing when submitted but do appear when the page is refreshed.

[jno]

same as Bibblebub. I don't recall installing FF12, but it isn't causing problems anywhere else, only on AB. However, clicking the refresh button each time does the trick.

[vivandorron]

Congratulations L-i-K on your having taken the Bull by the horns. I only hope that everything is still working, satisfactorily.

It certainly appears to be the case that FF12 has a compatibility problem with AB (or vice versa). Consequently, as the Ed has refrained from commenting further within his thread, my advice to FF12 users is to do as we have done and revert to their earlier editions of Firefox.

Ron.

[vivandorron]

P.S......Anyone wondering how I was able to insert a phrase in italics, please read:-

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1128127.html

[vivandorron]

How dull can one get?.

About 10mins ago I had a simple 'up-date' message from Mozilla and, stupidly, clicked it. Result FF12 was installed in my computer, along with the problems associated with AB.

Consequently, I had to go into 'add/remove programmes' to get rid of it and the re-instal once again FF11.

Jno...Whilst you cannot recall having installed FF12, perhaps at some stage you also hit the 'up-date' button on a message from Mozilla.

Ron.

[Lie-in King]

Good afternoon, Ron - thanks, things seem to be ticking along nicely here!

[jno]

I expect so, Ron. I probably just thought it was some little update that would automatically deliver Belgian chocolate.

[AB Editor]

If you're having this problem with FF12, you can register your annoyance here:

http://support.mozill...n-US/questions/926043

[ummmm]

I was looking for this post...

What's happening with me is when I answer a thread my answer is not appearing unless I click out of the thread and then back into it.

Is this because I did the FF update then?