It may not be the cause of this problem but it is a good idea to have at least a few web browsers installed.  Things like this can happen where after an update to your primary browser, it no longer works well or at all for your needs so you use another until an update finally comes around and fixes things.  I have experienced things just like that on this site and simply using another browser fixed the problem.  I have 4 browsers installed on my main computer for this reason.  Internet explorer is almost always clunky and slow so I rarely use it.  The others are Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.

Another problem can be hardware.  Even relatively simple tasks like browsing the web requires more and more resources and that can cause problems.  I'm sure most of us aren't upgrading our computers every few years and we aren't buying the latest and greatest when we do upgrade.  This means that a computer that did fine 5+ years ago won't necessarily do so great today.  Opera can actually help in this case because it is less resource hungry than other browsers but it doesn't quite operate in a way that most people are used to so there is a learning curve.  A clue that it could be a hardware problem would be that it works correctly on another computer or device.

I'm thinking it's a hardware or software problem on the user's end since most of us are not experiencing these issues.


Lawrenceville, GA

When using Internet Explorer, the site doesn't recognize me, calls me a guest.  I'm not able to post or reply, a screen comes up telling me to login or register, but it won't allow me to do either.  I had problems a few years ago and quit trying to view the site.  Then all of a sudden it started working, and I returned with full benefits.  Guess I'll have to lay low for a couple more years and see what happens.  I used Chrome to post this.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

9-14-2018 page jumping to bottom again

9/12/2018 working normally now.

I’m still using Explorer without any obvious problems surfacing.  I have FireFox as a backup if it comes to that though.  Never loaded Chrome on this particular computer.
  
As far as I know, there have been no software changes to the YBF site.  There was a problem a couple of weeks ago with GoDaddy (site host) and the site software had to be reloaded.  It’s always possible that the problem lies with GoDaddy which would be invisible to me on this end.
 
If Jim sees this, maybe he can give some more information?

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

For some reason I am no longer recognized when I sign in and am unable to post when I use Internet Explorer.  I used Chrome this time and I can obviously post again, but I prefer the site layout that Explorer gave me.  I did have to log in to even do this.  What changed?

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Forum software or format seems a little odd sometimes though - I've noticed - NO advertising, spam, pop-up videos, the site doesn't hijack my device and send it off to some infinite loop malware script telling me "Congratulations! You've Won a Free Gift!"

This happens to me upon occasion.  If I remember correctly, mostly when viewing a picture.  I'm using Firefox.  The most annoying thing that happens, and I've reported before, that when writing out  a post or a reply,  in the middle of typing  it restarts by itself at the beginning.  And this is the only place where this happens.  Not all the time either, as it did not do it when writing this out


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Midland Park, NJ

Have windows 10 x 64, happens in firefox and chrome.

First I’ve heard of this.  What operating system or device are you using?

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)