Monday, November 24, 2008

A short, slightly technical, explanation (but not very)...


Some of you visiting this site using Internet Explorer (IE) as your browser may very briefly see a short error message at the bottom left corner of the screen. That yellow triangle-based message usually disappears once the current page loads and you see the Done message. This is just to let you know that there's no true error, which I believe is true based on two sources.

First, Blogger provides its users with information on certain technical issues that may affect some or all users. One recent notice indicates that certain - but not all - Blogspot pages are affected by apparent errors in downloading. But, again, they're not true errors, it is likely simply an issue with the way IE interprets some Java Script. Or perhaps it is due to some other temporary incompatibility between the programming used on Blogspot and IE. This appears to be the case as the Blogger engineers are said to be working on it.

Adding to this possibility as the likely source of the alleged error is that Firefox browser users who come to this site do not see an error message, fortunately. I also took my own steps to ensure that there's no error in the content displayed. I spent quite some time removing each post, each news widget, each photograph before reposting them. As the error message still displayed on IE, I know the fault is elsewhere. Also, this type of error message only began to display itself a few days ago and, therefore, it should not be visible when visiting older posts. But it is, which only adds to my view that this is a temporary issue that - with luck - should soon be fixed by the great engineers at Blogger.

Patience and courage should see us through. If not, Alaskan Amber Ale often helps.

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