# Strange new "OneBox" behavior **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 15, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853 "2022-04-15T03:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/1 "2022-04-15T03:47:53Z")
“OneBox” refers to the previews that appear in a post when you post a link, showing the headline, a picture from the link, and a few lines of text. Something new has been appearing: There is now an additional picture next to the name of the site – it appears to be the site’s favicon. But it is being displayed vastly distorted, stretched excessively in the vertical direction. Is anybody else seeing this, or is it just me and by browser? Here is an example, a link copied from another thread. I see now, it looks completely normal in the preview pane. It’s the little “SN” icon I’m talking about. In the original post, as I see it, it looks awful. > **[Why Milk Curdles](https://sciencenotes.org/why-milk-curdles/)** > > Chemical reactions cause milk to curdle. Here's a look at the factors leading to curdling and how to prevent milk from curdling or cause it occur. Here is the link to original post where I saw this: > [@Chemistry of congealed milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-of-congealed-milk/962776/3): > > Yes, naita is correct. The acid in the coffee is causing the curdling, and this is more likely to happen as the milk gets closer to being spoiled. …This is because coffee and tea contain just enough acidity to tip the pH of milk to the point of curdling. The effect is most often seen in milk that is close to going sour or when adding milk to very hot coffee or tea, since the high temperature can coagulate casein. Side note: you’re making a [café au lait](https://coffeeaffection.com/cafe-au-lait-vs-latte/). That sounds much more sophisticated th… Is anybody else seeing the same thing? ETA: Okay, I’ve posted this here, and it looks right. What is going on here? ETA-2: Whoops! After posting the first ETA, it looks distorted now. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/2 "2022-04-15T04:52:21Z")
It looks normal to me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/3 "2022-04-15T10:10:25Z")
Yes, it’s browser-specific, and appears to be related to a Discourse update. It started happening recently on my Windows version of Firefox (which is somewhat out of date – an update might fix it) but it does not happen on my tablet under Firefox for Android. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/4 "2022-04-15T16:36:30Z")
I see it using Safari on my iPhone. Every link has a distorted icon image. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/5 "2022-04-15T18:59:12Z")
Looking normal in Chrome for Android to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/6 "2022-05-02T12:04:40Z")
Is anyone actually going to look into fixing this? It’s really annoying and looks terrible when reading the board on my phone, which is pretty much the only way I access it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-onebox-behavior/962853/7 "2022-05-03T04:27:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > . . . It’s really annoying and looks terrible . . . It’s even worse than that: Besides looking lousy, it also takes up a lot of unnecessary screen space, because those “OneBoxes” are much larger than they should be.