Dan Gould Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) I recently install a new Mozilla Firefox update, so I wonder if that's what is causing my current situation, which is that when I open a thread, the first post shows as normal, but below is that is a list of subsequent posts, like the once common really old BB software would show. And even weirder, if I click on a post by someone I've put on Ignore, its like it defaults to the first post in the thread, with no "click here to see this post" link. Is this weird or what? I did launch IE and discovered that the board looks perfectly normal on that browser. Did Jim do something to the board? Edited March 23, 2007 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I recently install a new Mozilla Firefox update, so I wonder if that's what is causing my current situation, which is that when I open a thread, the first post shows as normal, but below is that is a list of subsequent posts, like the once common really old BB software would show. And even weirder, if I click on a post by someone I've put on Ignore, its like it defaults to the first post in the thread, with no "click here to see this post" link. Is this weird or what? I did launch IE and discovered that the board looks perfectly normal on that browser. Did Jim do something to the board? maybe (!) this is the same problem, randy twizzle had in a recent thread... click on Options on the upper right corner of the first post in the thread; the last three options on the card that opens switch between three different display modes; "Standard" is the one you want, Linear+ or Outline is the one you currently have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I had the same problem a couple of days ago. I reran Mozilla Firefox and restarted from scratch. Works very fine again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I recently install a new Mozilla Firefox update, so I wonder if that's what is causing my current situation, which is that when I open a thread, the first post shows as normal, but below is that is a list of subsequent posts, like the once common really old BB software would show. And even weirder, if I click on a post by someone I've put on Ignore, its like it defaults to the first post in the thread, with no "click here to see this post" link. Is this weird or what? I did launch IE and discovered that the board looks perfectly normal on that browser. Did Jim do something to the board? maybe (!) this is the same problem, randy twizzle had in a recent thread... click on Options on the upper right corner of the first post in the thread; the last three options on the card that opens switch between three different display modes; "Standard" is the one you want, Linear+ or Outline is the one you currently have Thanks, Niko! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 No problem here, with Opera 9. I didn't know what the ignore function does, so I need to try that out. Don't be offended, it's nothing personal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I didn't know what the ignore function does, so I need to try that out. Don't be offended, it's nothing personal That's because you never posted in the political section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 No problem here, with Opera 9. I didn't know what the ignore function does, so I need to try that out. Don't be offended, it's nothing personal I'm sorry, did you say something, Claude? Nothing appeared in the post ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 (edited) That all looks like Firefox sets your options to default when installing an update instead of keeping your personal setup ... Next time before updating, copy your setup file to some other folder and try re-inserting it at the proper place after updating in case the same problem occurs. At least that's the way it would work with Opera, which always keeps one's personal setup options when updating. Edited March 27, 2007 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 At least that's the way it would work with Opera, which always keeps one's personal setup options when updating. It should work like that with Firefox as well. I never had a problem with updating Firefox, on several computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've now figured out why this changed for me. Its GOOGLE! I had searched for something on the board using Google because I knew the search function here was worthless. When I clicked on the link, that was when the thread appeared in the "linear" format, and it was as if the settings had been permanently altered. Now, I just went back to Google, and the same thing happened. I've got no idea why Google is displaying hits on this site in that format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari S Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Should it be the "tree view" or not? Because I hated that and my forums look like that... Using Mozilla Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Same thing happened to me a few days ago... I figured my computer had reset the board for some reason and found the "Options" solution that Niko mentioned. I hate the "tree" display...much prefer the standard BB format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Weird, I had the same problem start up last night. It's a maddening click-intensive problem. Thanks to all who posted here about the fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Mine went out of whack for the same reason that Dan mentions above - using Google to search for something on the o. Camino 10.3.9 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I use firefox and get that annoying "tree" structure when I search the forums using google. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 It comes from searching with Google. The search results come up, and some of them might be from the GoogleBot looking at the forum in "tree" mode. Whatever mode you come to the forum using resets your cookie(s) and it stays that way until you manually change it. Pretty simple, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 (edited) i think it's deeper than that, Jim, at least with the Mac Tiger <---> Camino bc 1) the trees came up without any search stuff at all, just regular view & 2) this is NOT the only site with quirky behavior... anybody else messing w/ Camino 1.0.4 besides edc? No experience with Camino. I have been happy running Firefox on OS X 10.4.8. The only issues I have here are the previously mentioned issues when using google to search. What advantages is Camino suppose to have over Firefox? Edited May 15, 2007 by (BB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Jim Alfredson is right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Example: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...p;mode=threaded Note the parameter 'mode' and its value 'threaded'. EOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 (edited) What advantages is Camino suppose to have over Firefox? I rounds off the edges on some buttons that appear as squares & rectangles in Firefox. Honestly, that's the main reason why I use it instead of Firefox. Mr. Superficial, that's me. There was a time when Safari & this board didn't seem to get along, though I imagine that passed quite some time ago. Also had problems with Java apps & Safari, so I added both Firefox & Camino. I use Firefox for Zillow and a few other sites that don't seem to be Camino friendly. If I recall right, Safari hired away a bunch of programmers away from Camino way back when (when Camino was went by another name.) Edited May 15, 2007 by Quincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 friend, nobody said he was wrong but for some mac/camino users like edc there's other stuff happening too. i try to spend as LITTLE time as possible on technical shit so mozilla, firefox, camino... ??? Camino is based on Mozilla. Don't try to spend as little time as possible on technical shit - spend NO time on technical shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 For a year, the O-Forum was the only thing that crashed Safari on me - constantly...consistently...about every 5 to 10 minutes. So, I changed over to Firefox and all's been great. I love the Firefox add-on called Yoono, so I don't see myself going back to Safari (unless I want to save a YouTube movie, then Safari is ace!) R~~ --- Now playing: Terry Riley with Don Cherry - Untitled I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 (unless I want to save a YouTube movie, then Safari is ace!) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2390 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Great! Thanks for that! It seems pretty easy, so I'll be giving it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I recently install a new Mozilla Firefox update, so I wonder if that's what is causing my current situation, which is that when I open a thread, the first post shows as normal, but below is that is a list of subsequent posts, like the once common really old BB software would show. And even weirder, if I click on a post by someone I've put on Ignore, its like it defaults to the first post in the thread, with no "click here to see this post" link. Is this weird or what? I did launch IE and discovered that the board looks perfectly normal on that browser. Did Jim do something to the board? I'm seeing the same thing now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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