Weird browser behaviour
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I posted a link to this thread in our Admin Forum. There has been some debate in the hallowed halls about similar problems and I understand Danny and the geeks are working on a fix.
Please understand someone must pay for your PPRuNe forums and that presently comes from advertisements, although PPRuNe Administration has tried to keep the adverts as subtle as possible.
It doesn't give the Dunnunda Mods too much bargaining power when Dunnunda accounts for 13% of PPRuNe "traffic" whilst Aussie adverts accounts for less than a nominal percentage of the revenue.
Over the past ten years or so, PPRuNe, with 130,000 registered users and many more viewers, could have become a major cash cow, but that was never Danny's intention. He still aspires to an independent professional pilot's forum, not compromised by commercial allegiances and considerations. The Mods, Admins and systems guys are still all voluntary, despite the size of the site.
On the subject of browsers, I use Firefox. It appears to be a vast improvement over IE7. The only time I use IE7 is when I wish to log into PPRuNe under my personal users name, whilst I am also logged in as a Mod in Firefox.
Please understand someone must pay for your PPRuNe forums and that presently comes from advertisements, although PPRuNe Administration has tried to keep the adverts as subtle as possible.
It doesn't give the Dunnunda Mods too much bargaining power when Dunnunda accounts for 13% of PPRuNe "traffic" whilst Aussie adverts accounts for less than a nominal percentage of the revenue.
Over the past ten years or so, PPRuNe, with 130,000 registered users and many more viewers, could have become a major cash cow, but that was never Danny's intention. He still aspires to an independent professional pilot's forum, not compromised by commercial allegiances and considerations. The Mods, Admins and systems guys are still all voluntary, despite the size of the site.
On the subject of browsers, I use Firefox. It appears to be a vast improvement over IE7. The only time I use IE7 is when I wish to log into PPRuNe under my personal users name, whilst I am also logged in as a Mod in Firefox.
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You're a bit slow down there aren't you? 
This thread was started in the Computer Forum ages ago and the solution provided by Data Dad on 10th March.
This thread was started in the Computer Forum ages ago and the solution provided by Data Dad on 10th March.
ok I weakened and applied the "fix".
Doesn't work for me, still having the problem.
Maybe the great poms will fix it one day for us lowly colonials.
Doesn't work for me, still having the problem.
Maybe the great poms will fix it one day for us lowly colonials.
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I have no problems with PPRUNE obtaining revenue from adverts, BUT when it changes how my browser functions then I object!
I don't think them in old blighty care what we think down under anyway, so I eventually applied the fix also. It works nicely, but I dont really know how or what it does. I have no idea what the hosts file thingy is.
At least we smashed them in the cricket...SUFFER IN YOUR JOCKS!
Cheers,
Z
I don't think them in old blighty care what we think down under anyway, so I eventually applied the fix also. It works nicely, but I dont really know how or what it does. I have no idea what the hosts file thingy is.
At least we smashed them in the cricket...SUFFER IN YOUR JOCKS!
Cheers,
Z
