things that are weird...

Every time I post to a thread, my browser decides to go to the top of the page
My "z" key doesn't skip to the next new post, if it does anything it does the same as above
All my stuff is up to date....
Mac, OS-X, Safari...
I know I know.. just switch to firefox... No I don't want to switch.

almost 3 years ago Christopher See 24 comments 0 recs |

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Same thing for me

Also tried Firefox, was the same. But! Not always. Almost every time yesterday, almost never today.

Note that the navigation keys (z or c) do work, ie. the right message gets focus or gets marked read, it’s just that the page scrolls up. And yep, same thing happens when posting a new message. That makes the site rather unusable. I reported it to SBnation via the contact form.

My theory is that the javascript from some ads interferes with the javascript for navigation.

by tedvdw on Jul 19, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions

possible solution w/Firefox (I was having the same problem for a while)

I’ve found that if I scroll down into the meat of the thread, click my mouse somewhere in a message (or in the grey bar to the left), then hit Z it all works fine. I’m blaming some of the ads as well. Once I get it back to working, it’s fine.

by bruyere on Jul 19, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

that's a different problem.

Happens with old version of Safari, with Firefox, etc.

The other issue is not transient, and there’s no ‘go around’ that I’ve found, yet. I can use an old version of the OS / old version of Safari on the clunker desktop, I can switch to firefox on my laptop or the new computer at work, but the newest MacOS / Safari seems not to be compatible with the “Z” function of this site—not on the new desktop at work, not on my laptop at home.

by JFS_PGH on Jul 21, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Consistently?

I use newest MacOSX+Safari and haven’t had any problems for a few days now.

by tedvdw on Jul 21, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I've had identical problems.

I also have Mac, OS-X, Safari. I don’t want to switch either.

by Seahorse on Jul 20, 2009 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Same for me. Exact same.

I’m using firefox, under protest, just for this site, and hoping the next Safari update will fix it. Or that I will like Chrome for MacOS “if and when.”

I notice that the “z” does (at least sometimes) still unmark a post, it just doesn’t bring me to the post—it kicks me back up to the top of the page, so I can’t read or find the (now unmarked) post.

by JFS_PGH on Jul 19, 2009 2:24 PM EDT reply actions

I just can't use safari

until I find a good “mouse gestures” add-on – makes browsing so much easier IMHO

sometimes life is a false flat

by Willj on Jul 19, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

That Z problem is why I switched to C, X instead.

That way I don’t miss any posts by unmarking them before I get to read them.

I’ve had the problem of being brought up to the top of the page instead of the new post when I hit C or Z, but usually it goes away if I leave the thread and come back, or sometimes (not always) if I refresh instead.

by majope on Jul 19, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

using Mac here

Firefox and no problems

BUT – I did have Fred Marx on my leg today

sometimes life is a false flat

by Willj on Jul 19, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

same here

but using xp with chrome or firefox

"I had a cameraman filming me on the back of a bike, I rode up to him and
said: 'hey, this is a pretty shitty situation, why don't you just leave me alone with my misery? I was close to punching him off his bike … but I didn't, of course."" Jens!

by jsallee00 on Jul 19, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions

i use a mac with firefox

i’ve seen this a couple of times but i thought it was related to having the page open with two computers in the house. Shut one of the browsers down – or at least the pdc page, on one of the puters and the problem went away. But then another time it seemed to be there with only one computer. Seems like i re-started the browser that time and the problem went away. It’s only been rare and recent that i’ve seen this.

by yeehoo on Jul 19, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, it's been intermittent before.

But this is a different order of magnitude.

by JFS_PGH on Jul 21, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I had this problem with Safari on my Mac

Only seems to have started happening since I downloaded a new version last week.

Not happy with it either, for other reasons – the blue ‘progress’ bar that moves across the web address has disappeared.

Wah.

by Mark T1979 on Jul 19, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions

Totally agree about progress bar

by Seahorse on Jul 20, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions

yep both of my browsers do all of that, and they're both up to date.

I also noticed that something from admt or somesuch takes for &^%^%# ever to load. Slows my entire page load to a crawl.

by Christopher See on Jul 19, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions

Having same problem here. Safari especially but has done it in Firefox also.

on mac OS X Leopard

by ZoeRochelle on Jul 19, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions

happened to me once

closed it, reopen, and it’s all fine.

Google Chrome at home.

by rbjhan on Jul 19, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions

similar on occasion

that i’ve noticed the z key didn’t work (and took me back to the top of the page), couldn’t figure out what was different about those times and other times when it works fine.

by guidemd on Jul 20, 2009 1:04 AM EDT reply actions

Me too!

Just now.. Mac + Firefox: After a couple of seconds the PdC screen goes blank, sort of. Can’t read it at any rate. I then hit refresh and everything’s fine. This is just a PdC problem. Hey… have SN been hiring CTV folks lately? ’)

by ursula on Jul 20, 2009 1:08 AM EDT reply actions

So I think we can conclude that it is NOT a Mac/Safari typical issue

Anyway, haven’t experienced it for a good while now.

by tedvdw on Jul 20, 2009 8:28 AM EDT reply actions

not so.

There’s something in the code that affects a variety of platforms and browsers intermittently, but I’ve been frozen out on this function, consistently, since the last Safari update, a couple of weeks ago. It has not worked for me once, in all that time. And I’m here a lot, and I usually use Safari for everything, so I end up bumping into this several times a day (and then remembering to switch to Firefox).

by JFS_PGH on Jul 21, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions