Okay, the board isn’t “remembering” my name and password, the lightbulbs are not showing up (neither lit nor unlit) and the pink/red “new since last visit” folders are not showing up either (all topics show an open yellow folder).
That’s been happening to me, too. Every time. It’s driving me bonkers. I keep deleting the old cookies and installing the new, but it keeps on happening.
I would appreciate it if someone could tell me which cookies are related to this site. My cookie folder gets filled with junk and I tend to just wipe them all out at once. This is the only site for which I actually want to retain cookies, and I would do so if I could decipher the lingo.
I don’t know if this is a cookie problem or not, but often I am in the middle of jumping around the message boards on this site and my “back” button (IE5) just up and quits. Why does this happen?
Another question, unrelated to cookies: Why is it that sometimes a link opens up another window, and sometimes it replaces the current active window? I see no pattern.
I need answers all you smart computer-types! (Louie?)
My cookie folder shows a “ubbcgi” cookie and another called “preferences”, but no mention of “straightdope.” I’ll try deleting all but those two and see if my preferences are still set.
Louie, if one chooses to code it as such, an html link can also be set to open in a new browser window. All it requires is that you type target="_blank" at the end of the url in your code.