# Missing links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453 "2006-09-20T18:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/1 "2006-09-20T18:29:57Z")
Over in [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388294&page=1) several people posted links to various vintage ads. Starting with post #27 **Dijon Warlock** complained that some of the links are not visible in Opera. Then it turns out some other links are missing for other people. I’m using IE right now, and can’t see a link in **Mr. Rosewater** ’s post. What is going on? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/2 "2006-09-20T21:29:18Z")
You don’t see any links (or smilies–or linked smilies) in either of **Mr. Rosewater** ’s posts because there are none; he didn’t include any. As for **Dijon Warlock** ’s problem, the links all show for me in Opera 9.01, Firefox 1.5.0.7, IE 6 and IE 7 RC1–and that’s true whether I’m logged in or logged out. It sounds, at this point, like the missing links (heh) might be a local browser issue for **Dijon Warlock**. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/3 "2006-09-20T21:36:53Z")
Thanks for the response. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/4 "2006-09-21T00:07:16Z")
Yes there are no links in my post (either of them) in that thread. I did not include any, as **SkipMagic** pointed out. I said there were becuase I thought the thread was a big whoosh and that there were no links. I appear to be having the same problem as **Dijon Warlock**. I see the same things, and don’t see the same things, he does. The word ‘this’ does not appear in the OP as far as I can see. Nor does it appear in any of the other posts where it is quoted. I was assuming that people were making things up as they went to make it appear they were looking at an actual link, but it appears that they were, in fact, all looking at the same thing, which seems to be the site linked. Sorry for any increase in confussion I may haver caused. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/5 "2006-09-21T00:20:17Z")
I have just downloaded Firefox and still no link. I have now tried my usual Yahoo browser, Firefox 1.5 and IE 7. No joy. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/6 "2006-09-21T13:35:05Z")
Hmm… a possible bug tied to certain user accounts? (Which, I suppose, could explain why you can repeat the problem with different browsers.) Do you have this issue with any other computers, or is it just that PC–and, have you experienced similar problems before with other links? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/7 "2006-09-21T21:44:32Z")
It seems to be related to my firewall. When I turn off Norton Internet Security, I can see the link, although not the content of the linked site. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-links/373453/8 "2006-09-22T00:11:14Z")
Ah one more reason not to use Norton Internot Security . 😃