Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well did not work with latest Chrome or Safari here FWIW Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 29 June 2014 11:40, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > Doug, thanks, I think you may have the answer. flickr likes you to have > the most current browser versions, because it is constantly messing with > its user interface. At my old workplace we had to use Internet Explorer 8 > for all company stuff. flickr stopped working when they "improved" their > user interface the first time. Luckily I could also use Chrome, which did > work. > > It's possible that the people having issues with flickr are using older > versions of their browser. It's also possible that their email client is > not dealing with the embedded at-sign in flickr links (which is dumb, but > it's how they do things). The links can be mangled because they are > misinterpreted as email addresses, or truncated for security reasons. > > The browser world is getting more Babel-ish lately. I noticed that > Javascript and Java things (like picture links on Rangefinderforum, or the > Upload Applet at gallery.leica-users.org are breaking now. Sometimes > specifically enabling Java(script) for a particular site or "zone" restores > the function, and sometimes not. Life in the 21st century. > > --Peter > > > Peter Klein wrote: > > > >Recently several people have told me that they can't view my photos on > > >flickr, and instead get a sign-on page. > > > > Doug Herr wrote: > > > > These both fork for me (Safari). Flicker doesn't work at all with older > > versions of IE (the XP computer at the office). > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >