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  • #1

    Why?

    I seem to recall discussion about this in the past, but, foolishly, I didn't pay attention. I run both Netscape and IE 4.5. IE handles this site quicker than Netscape. Problem is, when I'm using IE, the site refuses to acknowledge it has met me before. I don't get the date and time of my last visit, I don't get the little coloured boxes telling me which forums have had posts since I last visited. You get the drift.

    Now, I have set IE to accept cookies. I've done everything. As far as I know. In the address line, I get, apart from the usual stuff, "intro+BypassCookie=true". Which I don't get with Netscape.

    Any (relevant) thoughts most welcome.

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    • #3
      Done that. Any further thoughts?

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      #33984591
      " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
      "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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      • #4
        Could it be related to your security settings?
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        • #5
          Well, I just checked the security settings. Nothing seemed untoward. Is there anything in particular I need to check?

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          Founder, ACS Pedantry Institute
          Founder, ACS Gourmet Recipe Exchange
          Troll & Hydey Wrangler
          Mono Rules!
          #33984591
          " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
          "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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          • #6
            Mmm. Not sure how, but I seem to have fixed the problem. I changed a couple of the settings - telling IE never to check for changes to pages in the cache, etc. Oh well, the mysteries of the internet.

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            Founder, ACS Gourmet Recipe Exchange
            Troll & Hydey Wrangler
            Mono Rules!
            #33984591
            " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
            "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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            • #7
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              </font>telling IE never to check for changes to pages in the cache
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              There's the problem: Internet Exploder does a very bad job of cache management. If a copy of the page is available in the cache, it should check to see if the version is out of date, and fetch a newer copy if it is. However, it never does.
              <font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Lews Therìn (edited November 21, 2000).]</font>
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              • #8
                Okay. Thanks for that. On the whole, I've always preferred Netscape because it does everything it's meant to do. It's just slower than IE 4.5, with this site anyway.

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                Founder, ACS Pedantry Institute
                Founder, ACS Gourmet Recipe Exchange
                Troll & Hydey Wrangler
                Mono Rules!
                #33984591
                " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                • #9
                  I had the exact problem that finbar had - except it was with Netscape 6. Then for reason, it began working...

                  But then now I'm back to IE 'cause Netscape's too slow!

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                  • #10
                    Well, I've avoided Netscape 6 after what I've read about it on this and the OT forum. With 4.6, the recognition thing is simply a matter of setting it for cookies to be accepted. IE seems to be a lot more complicated. You're right, though, IE is quicker with this site. Damn it.

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                    Founder, ACS Pedantry Institute
                    Founder, ACS Gourmet Recipe Exchange
                    Troll & Hydey Wrangler
                    Mono Rules!
                    #33984591
                    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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