Re: Smileys don't animate [Solved again - Yes really!]
On 29/11/10 11:29:46, Camaleón wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:14:05 +0000, Barry Samuels wrote:
>
> > On 29/11/10 10:21:56, Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> > Well that 'cure' lasted less than 24 hours and the problem is back.
> >> >
> >> > What the hell is going on?
> >>
> >> We can't tell if you do not provide the requested data.
> >>
> >> Does it work using a proxy?
> >>
> >> Can you tell us the link?
> >
> > Going through hidemyass.com makes no difference - the smileys do not
> > animate.
>
> Okay. I was thinking the problem could have come from your own ISP proxy
> or caching service and using an external proxy should have render the
> site from scratch. But if does not work, then we can forget the ISP
> variable.
>
> > If you mean the link to the page with the smileys:
> >
> > http://www.beemthere-donethat.org.uk/bbHpp/viewtopic.php?
> > f=10&t=180&sid=531ee08ae92329873213f0568dd2830c
>
> I mean the "true" URI so we can check >:-)
>
> > It appears that only part of the GIF image file is being downloaded by
> > the browser. If I save one of the non-animated smileys and compare it
> > with a version that does animate then the size of the non-animated GIF
> > is much smaller.
>
> If we can't see it, we cannot tell.
>
> Are your experiencing the same problem from another computer?
The problem was Privoxy. There is a 'deanimate-gifs' setting and this was
the culprit. Adding my web site to the list of exceptions has cured the
problem.
Setting up a new browser profile cured the problem temporarily until I
remembered that I hadn't set the proxy. Doing that, which then routes
everything through Privoxy, brought the problem back but I hadn't realised
that until I tried disabling Privoxy today.
Ah well we live and learn. Well, I learn until I forget. (easy at my
age) :-))
Thanks to Sven and Camaleon for trying. Special thanks to Camaleon for
seeming very determined to solve my problem. :-))
--
Barry Samuels
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
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