Missing Lines

[malloyd]

This is a weird new glitch I'm getting on the forum. Various dividing lines are failing to show up, for example on the main display for any sub forum the horizontal line between the 3d and 4th post has gone away, they share a yellow box. On post view pages it's the vertical line between the 3d and 4th page number in the set that's in sequence. On a Topic Review page it's the underline of the title of the 5th post. It persists when I rescale the window, so I assume it's not a pixilation problem. Anybody have any ideas?

[Buzzardo]

Have you tried clearing your browser's cache?

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Buzzardo

Have you tried clearing your browser's cache?

Yes, but it didn't help. I'm pretty sure it's on my end since I don't see it on any other machine, but I can't even guess where, or why it only seems to affect this one site. Did somebody spill fnords on the server?

[Steven Marsh]

I don't have any special insight into the forums, but I can offer some troubleshooting techniques I've used over the years.

• Try a different browser on the same computer, if possible (especially going to something like Firefox or Chrome if you normally use Bing.) If the problem persists, it's some kind of universal issue ("universal" for your computer or setup . . . for example, it could be an example of your ISP doing something odd).

• If the problem seems constrained to a single browser, then the issue may be your extensions (for example, an ad-blocker doing something odd). On Chrome, I'd recommend opening an Incognito Window (File —> New Incognito Window) — which often disables most extensions — and reloading the page.

• If the problem goes away when loading in Incognito Mode, then the issue is probably with one of the extensions. Try disabling them one by one (or in batches), reload, and see if the issue goes away.

• If the problem persists across browsers, it's also possible you have some kind of "universal" software on your computer that's causing problems, like a firewall or malware. (For example, you could have malware that's trying to inject a banner to its own site, but an ad blocker on the browser that's then deleting it . . . resulting in the odd line.)

Fingers crossed one of these might yield some better results!

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by malloyd

Yes, but it didn't help. I'm pretty sure it's on my end since I don't see it on any other machine, but I can't even guess where, or why it only seems to affect this one site. Did somebody spill fnords on the server?

I have seen this happen with the page zoomed out or displayed smaller. Ctrl-Zero will reset the view to normal size, Ctrl-Plus to enlarge, Ctrl-Minus to shrink.