May I be permitted to add another g-mail oddity ?
For the past two days I was unable to access my g-mail on Big Computer (XP, Browser 8) since as soon as I entered my password the page refreshed (note: the password was not rejected).
Cleared the cache, chastened the cookies, entered
www .google.com as a preferred site.
Nothing helped.
Finally reset Big Computer to two days ago and everything works perfectly again.
During this time Little Computer (7, Browser 8) worked fine as did Mr Android and Mr Fedora.
Needless to say, I hadn't made any change to Big Computer (other than the usual oaths and curses fundamental and necessary to using Microsoft products).