Hi Jim, just out of interest, what happens when you search for a string less than two characters long? e.g. does "a" become "Pr" ? does "" become "Pr" ? is the "Pr" case sensitive?
does this only occur on the blast site? Cheers, Neil 2009/7/3 Jim Tonge <jim_d_to...@yahoo.co.uk> > Hello, just wondering if any of the bright sparks on the list could offer > some help? > > I'm creating an image to be deployed across 32 Macs - basically I'm having > a really weird issue with Firefox where it appends "Pr" to the last two > letters of any search query at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/ (in the "Search > Blast" function"). For example, a search for 'Liverpool' would end up as > 'LiverpoPr' > > It only happens in one user account (unfortunately the account that took > the most configuration and has a user-tied Ableton Live licence), and only > happens under Firefox. I've tried deleting cookies and history, user prefs > files, updating, completely uninstalling and reinstalling FF with no luck. > > Weird huh? > > Could anyone shed any light on this infuriating issue before I resort to > building the account again? > > Thank you. > > Jim > > > On 2 Jul 2009, at 08:35, Nico Morrison wrote: > > Appreciate the discounted offer & the explanation, times are hard I >> guess. Hope it goes well. Unfortunately this is still out of my >> pensioners' finances, no matter. >> >> Regards, >> Nico Morrison >> London >> >> >> >> 2009/6/29 Nico Macdonald <nicol...@spy.co.uk>: >> >>> At 11:13 +0100 26/6/09, Brian Butterworth wrote: >>> >>>> Ł150? If you are going to post ads for commercial conferences to >>>> backstage, how about some free backstage passes? >>>> >>> >>> At 21:47 +0100 26/6/09, Nico Morrison wrote: >>> >>>> My thought precisely! I would love to come & cannot afford it. >>>> >>> >>> Hi Brian and Nico: >>> >>> Thank you for your interest in the event -- and your feedback. >>> >>> I appreciate both the value that backstagers would add to this >>> discussion, and also the financial constraints under which many operate. >>> >>> As you may be aware, BBC Future Media & Technology kindly underwrote and >>> ran the event last year, and we were able to waive any booking fee as a >>> result. I had originally hoped we could at least set aside a block of no >>> cost tickets this year, but unfortunately we couldn't carry this through due >>> to lack of sponsorship (recession, media sector crisis, blah, blah, blah). >>> >>> That said, I am keen for backstagers to take part in the event and we >>> have created a Ł75 ticket just for people on this list. You can use this at >>> the Booking page: >>> http://www.mediafuturesconference.org/2009/Booking.html >>> >>> or go directly to Eventbrite where the code will be pre-filled: >>> http://mfc09.eventbrite.com/?discount=MFCBSTG >>> >>> I hope this offer is sufficient to enable some list colleagues to attend >>> and look forward to you joining us on Friday. >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Nico Macdonald >>> >>> Programmer and Chair, Media Futures Conference >>> +44 7973 377 897 >>> >>> Media Futures Conference 2009: Beyond Broadcast >>> 3 July 2009, Bloomberg Auditorium, London EC2 >>> http://www.mediafuturesconference.org/2009/ >>> >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >>> please visit >>> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >>> Unofficial list archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >>> >>> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > > Jim > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >
