Tips for when AO has graphic problems.

Guys,

When AO has graphics problems like now (this happens from time to time) a little help could be saving some AO pages like the ones where you write threads, answer threads, view threads, etc. (obviously save this pages when AO doesn't have problems and all the graphics are OK).

At this moment if you want to post a thread you have no graphic buttons but you can move your mouse over the place they are supposed to be and in the status bar it says a line about what the "disspapeared button" is for.

But instead of being guessing this, i prefer to open an already saved AO page in another browser window and take a look at where are the grapchis of the buttons i want to press. It's just a little help to know where these buttons are while AO fixes the problem.

Hope it helps the most new AO members to post or edit threads.

Bye.

Thats a great idea, and will help those not used to the pages, like newbies and the sort. Thanks!

hey, dkrr, i use opera so when ao has graphics problems, i click on this little camera under the back button and it doesnt load pics. it shows where they are supposed to be and you can still use them, but you just cant see them. this makes loading pages much faster, because when AO has graphics problems it usually takes ages for a page to load

you could also set your cach size larger so that its more likely that the images will be preseved in the cache, i also use opera and usually when the images server is plying up i still get most of the images, but theyre just cached locally

Any idea of the problem origin? Is this related with the world wide Sapphir attack?
Is AO using windows 2000 SQL server?

I think these kind of info may be very valuable for AO members!
For learning what the reality of worms attacks are and how to solve the problem!

N.B. Please don't misunderstand what I am saying! There no sacial engineering behind that post. Just want to learn more & more & more & ....

well I'm pretty sure they aren't running any MS product here, but I could be mistaken and I don't think they will tell us one way or the other.

Most likely this isn't related to the sapphire/slammer worm that is floating around as AO has these graphics glitches on occasion like this. It should clear up in a few hours as JP and the crew get to cracking on this.




El Diablo

you know, if you hover over the buttons, it tells you what they are...

- Noia

THANK YOU! I almost reinstalled ie until I realised it was only this site.

Hi,

I'm very sorry to do it this way, but I don't seem to be able to start a new thread in any of the forums, I can't send someone a PM to start a thread for me.

What can I do ??? Help me, I'm just a little big oger.

Greetz,

Hi,

Go to the forum you have to start your thread and try to move your mouse over the "New Thread Button" (obvioulsy you won't see it so here you have a picture to help you find the button.

Good luck!!!

DKRR

Hi Dark Raider,

The problem is not to find the button, but when I click on that 'button' he wants to direct to a new view where you can write your thread, but it never comes to that page.
It just stays black... stunning. The same for sending a new PM.

Hope you can help me,

.: Shrekkie :.,

Mmm... weird. I really don't know what the problem could be. I just can say that you log out from AO, delete your cookies and your saved Internet cache files, reboot your PC, log again in AO (i mean putting your nick and password again) and see if the problem is solved. Maybe it was a "broken" cookie or something similar. I have just tried to create a new thread and it works fine for me.

Good luck!!!

DKRR

OK Thnx Dark Raider,

I'll try this , I'll let you know.

greetz,

no, the screen stays black because it is loading the images. this happens to me but i disable the images so it doenst stay black for that long. the only way i know to stop this is useing opera as your browser. you can disable the loading of images completely, or you can set it to load only the images that are enabled offline(this happens more and more as you visit a page)
i set it to load offline pictures cause i still get my avatar and various other pics that dont change on AO. also with opera, if the pics are turned off completely, it will show a box where the pic is supposed to be and it will say what it is meant to show. ie, at the botom of this page is a post a reply button. but instead it has a box and "post a reply" in the box. click on that box as if it was the image. simple

Thnx Dark and Trust,

What you've said gave me a hint. I went in my explorer to Tools - Internet Options - Advanced - Under the tab Multimedia you can deselect Show Pictures and Show Image Dithering. After deselecting I could post a new thread. Also I could see the boxes again (without image of course). Thnx to both of you.

I hope this will all be fixed soon...

Greetz,