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On 14/06/2015 12:56 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote:
>> On 12-June-2015 6:48 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>
>>> felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote:
>>>> On 12-June-2015 11:57 AM, felix_unger wrote:
>> I've updated the index to show all the pics I've taken:
>> http://ausnet.info/pc
> Thanks.
>
>>> Ah of course, I should have seen this earlier. This is actually more like
>>> how I see the web on this computer I'm using now. I'm actually typing
>>> from a 120MHz Pentium 1 with ~80MB RAM ^.
>> I can top that, lol!. I have a 486 with 2 mb ram with ISA and VESA bus
>> running DOS. of course It doesn't get much use these days, needless to
>> say. In fact I can't even remember the last time it was used, or for
>> what purpose, but it's still fully functional
> Oh, don't get me started on the ones I don't use.
>
>>> Now the point is that I don't get the Google logo and the main images on
>>> the Auslogics site (it turns out I can't even get the Herald Sun website
>>> to load in this browser). On the Auslogics site the only images I get are
>>> two Norton logos and the "Green Seal" pic, that's because the're the ones
>>> specified in plain HTML with the <img> tag in the webpage's code. I think
>>> that's what you had in your picture of that page displaying.
>> correct
>>
>>> Now an interesting point is that I _do_ get the picture on the Telstra
>>> site, but below the text that is meant to be in front of it because my
>>> browser is ignoring all the script stuff designed to do that. It's a
>>> complicated page to reverse-engineer (and just like my browser, I know
>>> HTML, but not web scripts), however I think javascript (etc.) browsers
>>> still read the HTML bit with the image, but the output is modified by
>>> the script. That way it still displays on devices that don't do scripts
>>> well (I think some phones might be like this).
>>>
>>> So at a half guess, I think your javascript might be running, but
>>> there's something wrong with it displaying images and they just aren't
>>> showing up. So if you disable javascript in your browser (not Java,
>>> javascript is different and built-in to the browser), you might get
>>> the picture to appear on the telstra site and prove that the problem
>>> is somewhere in the Javascript processing.
>> disabled java but no change
> You're sure you mean Javascript, not the Java plugin? There should be
> an option in FireFox's preferences window to disable Javascript -
> under "content" in my version.
>
>>>    If you save
>>> the Auslogics page and check files from Win 7 that didn't appear
>>> on XP, see if they contain something that looks like a image file
>>> name. If there's lots of text any you're lazy, try searching for
>>> common image file extensions (JPG, PNG, GIF) in it.
>> I am lazy, so what would that achieve?
> It would prove that the missing files contain the code that loads
> the images, and because they're missing the images are not loading.
> That points the finger at Javascript. Otherwise, the images might be
> loading, but something's wrong with the way they are displayed
> via Javascript - which might go somewhere towards explaining why this
> is happening in different browsers.
>
>>> Also, I should have mentioned before, try FireFox Safe-Mode if you
>>> haven't already:
>>> http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
>> still the same
> In theory that should mean that the problem is not due to your
> plugins. Safe-mode disables all of them. The page doesn't say if
> it disables javascript though.
>
>>> If javascript is the problem, we can get to head scratching on
>>> what to do about it.
>> what if I uninstall java from the system, not the browser, and see what
>> happens?
> That won't disable Javascript. As I said, it's included as a
> part of the browser. It's a different thing to Java and the
> Java plug-in.
>
> Of course uninstalling all your plug-ins might fix whatever is
> interfering with Javascript, then you can narrow down which one is
> the culprit.
>
> If you don't mind loosing your settings, you could also try a FireFox
> "refresh":
> http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings
>

thanks for that. I haven't back to this problem yet, but when I do I'll 
post a follow up


-- 
rgds,

Pete
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