Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Aug 21, 2015 5:08:42 GMT
Has anyone else had this ? I have never had it happen before and it only happens here on TSF not on any other site.
When I scroll down the page the bottom part turns black, and if I scroll quickly to get to a certain point the whole screen goes black for a second or two. It is not a huge problem but just irritating to see 'black' every time I am on the forum.
As I said, it is ONLY on TSF.
Does anyone have any ideas ?
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Aug 21, 2015 5:57:18 GMT
No, this is something I've never seen on this site. I run an ad blocker and because I'm logged in, it only finds two things on any TSF page that it needs to block. Perhaps it's one of those blocked items that causes your problem? If that was the case, though, you'd expect many other users who don't use ad blockers to also have the same problem.
I've come across sites that bog down when trying to load some sort of Java script nonsense, but that typically locks up the whole page and stops me from scrolling at all. I've also seen small elements that don't load quickly and turn black while they're waiting (such as an embedded video clip or something like that) but I've never seen what you describe on any site.
Ryan
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 21, 2015 7:09:16 GMT
Nothing here Michael,
I have "Little Man " theme
I see no search box either, I think "Ghostery" may be blocking, that's OK, I like Ghostery, and I find it easy to search via the top box.
Received your Auction Lot today, Lb1, Many Thanks.
Also for the (as always) the free gifts. You are very generous fellow.
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Jerry B
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Marietta, Georgia USA
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Post by Jerry B on Aug 21, 2015 9:48:21 GMT
Hi Lononbus1
I have had it happen on other sites as well as TSF. If you are using Chrome it might be that. I do not have it happen in IE8.
Jerry B
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zipper
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What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Aug 21, 2015 11:06:17 GMT
No.
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Post by jimjung on Aug 21, 2015 11:11:37 GMT
not me, neither
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,263
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 21, 2015 12:03:16 GMT
Michael, I have never experienced that problem here or elsewhere (I use the 2.0 theme and Chrome). ... I see no search box either, I think "Ghostery" may be blocking, that's OK, I like Ghostery, and I find it easy to search via the top box. ... If you'd like to give the search box a trial run, enable the tracker "Google AJAX Search API" in Ghostery. |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 4,864
What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Aug 22, 2015 6:59:24 GMT
So I went to check other Proboards sites to if this was the problem and I checked around 10 and no Black Screen from Hell. I did notice on my tour that the maximum number of posts I found on a page was 10 !! Again no connection but interesting nonetheless.
In the meantime, still in a quandary.  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2015 7:03:25 GMT
So I went to check other Proboards sites to if this was the problem and I checked around 10 and no Black Screen from Hell. I did notice on my tour that the maximum number of posts I found on a page was 10 !! Again no connection but interesting nonetheless. In the meantime, still in a quandary.
Nothing much we can do as onlookers, Michael. We hope you can get a fix, soon. If you do, please advise what caused the irregularity. For reflection: Have you installed any subsidiary programs recently? For me, I would try a "restore" and go back to another safe and workable system (Win7) |
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khj
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Post by khj on Aug 22, 2015 7:17:24 GMT
You may have mentioned this elsewhere, but could you post your System software version, the browser & version, and how much memory you have installed?
This is a known problem for some situations, usually related to memory usage. You can try starting your browser in safe mode (if that option is available) and see if you still run into the problem on TSF.
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2015 7:31:32 GMT
You may have mentioned this elsewhere, but could you post your System software version, the browser & version, and how much memory you have installed? This is a known problem for some situations, usually related to memory usage. You can try starting your browser in safe mode (if that option is available) and see if you still run into the problem on TSF. If any members want to know what their computer consists of..... SPECCY (Free) Simple to load, and returns info in a nanosecond www.piriform.com/speccy |
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