On 4 separate occasions while surfing PM, the font and look of the site has changed for no apparent reason. I have tried to no avail to force a reload on the suggestion that perhaps the CSS failed to finish loading. I am able to remedy the problem by opening a new tab, logging into one of the alternate domain names and closing the original tab. I am using FireFox 1.04.
I have heard a few other uses in the CB mention something similar but I do not know how widespread it is. Does anyone know what's going on?
Cheers - L~R
Doesn't happen often, but still see it occasionally...
Occurs in all these under W2k: FF 1.5.0.2, Moz 1.7.8 *and* IE 6.0.28nnnn; don't remember seeing it on Konqueror on Linux
Just to add another datapoint: I don't recall seeing this ever on Safari (pretty much all ever use; latest greatest all patched up version whatever that is)
If you're not using perlmonks.org, and you have some kind of DNS timeout, hitting refresh in your browser will probably resolve your current domain, but won't resolve perlmonks.org, so css/common.css won't load.
update: I started getting lots of DNS issues like this on a WinXP machine after putting it to sleep (used to work fine, but some update broke something %-p). The workaround is to restart the "DNS Client" service (services.msc) after hibernating.
Thanks for the insight. Unfortunately I am using perlmonks.org which works fine other than the mysteriously messing up CSS. This happens when I am actively browsing the site (ok, I admit it - when I am chatting in the CB).
Cheers - L~R
Well if a refresh generally fixes it for you I am not sure we are describing the same problem. I have did a shift-reload, reload, opened a link in a new tab, etc and the only way I have been able to correct the bizarre behavior is to log in to an alternate domain and close the affected tabs. FWIW - the bizarre font behavior isn't always the same - sometimes things are bold that shouldn't be - sometimes the font changes size, etc.
Cheers - L~R