[backstage] Firefox curio: please help.
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/
Re: [backstage] Firefox curio: please help.
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/
Re: [backstage] Firefox curio: please help.
Cheers Neil. Ok, so a is appended to nothing, searching also searches nothing (both search results pages show all content on the site). Two- character strings are appended to Pr (giving no search results). Yes it's only happening on the Blast site, and no it's not case- sensitive (both EDINBURGH and edinburgh became appended in the expected way). The other two user accounts work completely normally, and, curiouser still, if I control the Mac with Apple Remote Desktop and lock the screen from the user, the problem disappears. Jim On 2 Jul 2009, at 17:01, Neil Phillips wrote: 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
