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[WCH]

I'm sure this is a known issue. Has to be; I use Firefox, and so does everyone... and I don't have anything that crazy going on. Anyway, whenever I load the site, the newest comic never shows. Previous ones do, and if I set the comic ID then I can read it... but it's annoying to do that every time.

In Firefox 2 there was a gap where I could right click and hit "view image" and that would work... but in Firefox 3 the display has changed just enough that this is impossible. Hence finally registering, because I don't want to have to put the effort of hitting "previous" and then changing the URL manually every day.

So... what's going on, and how do I fix it?

[jeph]

Problem's on your end. I've never heard of it happening to anyone else.

[est]

I personally wouldn't call this a "known issue" because you're the first person I've seen report it.  Have you tried flushing your browser's cache, or holding down the Shift key when you refresh to force it to bypass the cache?

[JReynolds]

The other day, I was looking for the funny sequence Jeph did in comics #1205-1223. I kept typing in the comic ID, but nothing worked. It wouldn't display.

Is this another browser issue?

[WCH]

The assumption that it was known comes from the fact that I get this problem with no other comic, use no special settings, and use a common browser. That is... I would assume that I'm not the only person who's experienced this. And since I've never been on this forum before, figured someone probably reported it before. Apparently that's not the case, oh well.

and no, refreshing cache doesn't do anything.

[benji]

Do you link in through an RSS reader? I've found that the RSS doesn't always update reliably. Clicking on the banner at the top of the page usually causes the current comic to come up.

[britMonster]

I'm on firefox 3, never had an issue. Nor with firefox 2

[WCH]

No RSS.

[chASS]

Sucks for you.

xkcd won't appear on firefox for me, I'm not sure why... I have to view it on internet explorer.
it is probably because computers are horrible.

[WCH]

XKCD works fine for me. As does every other comic except the current one. For instance, just now I loaded http://questionablecontent.net/, hit "previous comic" and that one displayed fine (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1168), then I changed the 8 to a 9 and saw the current one, which also displayed fine.

So, Jeph, what's the difference between http://questionablecontent.net/ and http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1169 ?

[GenericName]

I just took a peek at the sauce.

Home Page:

Code: [Select]

...
<br>

<img src="http://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/1169.png">
...


[...]?comic=1169:

Code: [Select]

...
<br />

<center><img src="./comics/1169.png"></center>
<br />
<p>

  <p />
...
Since that's the part with which you have a problem, I'm ignoring the rest. But I can't see a reason why that change would affect anything. Any ideas?

EDIT: Just realized I never said the important part: check the source on your browser and see if those lines are any different for you. They're both at line 145 of the code.
 

[britMonster]

You could always try downloading the internet explorer tab option for firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 and see if viewing it in IE helps.

Also, instead of changing the 8 to a 9, why don't you hit back and then next? Just wondering. I know its still a pain in the ass. Also another option you might want to try, since none of us have this problem http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question

the support people at firefox may be able to assist you better than any of us.

[WCH]

From the page source:

Code: [Select]

<li><a href="http://www.ohnorobot.com/random.pl?comic=32">Random</a></li>
</ul>


<br>

<img src="http://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/1169.png">


<ul class="navcomic">
<li><a href="view.php?comic=1">First</a></li>


[GenericName]

Can you see both this


And this?

[WCH]

@GenericName
I can see the second but not the first.

[GenericName]

As I suspected. What add-ons do you have that might be affecting anything by blocking images or something?

[WCH]

None that I know of. It seems pretty bizarre, this is the only image I've had trouble viewing.

[GenericName]

The only thing I can think of would be to clear the browser cache, but that's been suggested before so I assume you've done it. Either that or reinstall Firefox.