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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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 Posted - 05/22/2010 : 18:57:03
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We discussed this recently in another thread. The story so far...
I replaced my PC a few weeks ago. The new iMac is finding it difficult to provide new FWFR avatars. Initial advice was that certain browsers work better than others. So instead of using Safari, which comes with the Mac, I tried others, notably Opera and Google Chrome.
I thought I'd found a solution: insist that the pic saved to the Mac has a gif filename extension even when the Mac wants to call it a jpg. It worked. But it hasn't worked since.
I thought I'd found the answer a few minutes ago. The iMac normally doesn't show file extensions. I checked the box so that now it does. I still found I couldn't load my new avatar, the error message being that the pic must be a jpeg, gif or bmp file. Well, it is - but FWFR still says 'no'.
Have other Mac owners found a way round this? Please? |
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/22/2010 : 19:32:55
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| I don't have a Mac, unfortunately, but I find that F.W.F.R. cannot cope well with anything other than Explorer. I use Google Chrome in general, but lots of features of this site don't work with it. |
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Koli
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 05/25/2010 : 20:36:38
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What? No one?
Fortunately Benj is on the case. Watch this space. |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 05/25/2010 : 23:14:27
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There have been other Mac users here in the past, I recall some had issues with avatars. But my foggy memory prevents me from remembering who they are/were.  |
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benj clews 
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 01:11:56
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Okay... it was pretty fiddly and took longer than I expected but the avatar upload code should be cross-browser and Apple Mac compatible now. You'll find it works slightly differently to before though- you click your avatar in your details page to select and upload your picture but you'll still need to click Save afterwards to finalise the new avatar.
Let me know if anyone finds any problems with this  |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 01:42:52
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Originally posted by benj clews
Okay... it was pretty fiddly and took longer than I expected but the avatar upload code should be cross-browser and Apple Mac compatible now. You'll find it works slightly differently to before though- you click your avatar in your details page to select and upload your picture but you'll still need to click Save afterwards to finalise the new avatar.
Let me know if anyone finds any problems with this
I just changed my avatar with Firefox for the first time ever. It went like clockwork. Thanks mate.
Now I will (hopefully) never need to use that poxy I.E. again.  |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 01:44:00
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And on the subject of avatars, isn't it time that cake grew another couple of candles?  |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 07:15:52
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| Well, I also had an easy time changing my Avatar. Mind you, I did it from work using IE7, but still... really good! |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 07:46:45
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Originally posted by Se�n
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Originally posted by benj clews
Okay... it was pretty fiddly and took longer than I expected but the avatar upload code should be cross-browser and Apple Mac compatible now. You'll find it works slightly differently to before though- you click your avatar in your details page to select and upload your picture but you'll still need to click Save afterwards to finalise the new avatar.
Let me know if anyone finds any problems with this
I just changed my avatar with Firefox for the first time ever. It went like clockwork. Thanks mate.
Now I will (hopefully) never need to use that poxy I.E. again.
Big thanks, benj! Have just changed my av on Firefox ... I'm with Se�n here - yay the Fox! BTW - I'm on a PC, not Mac.
One thing, though - benj, have you tweaked the finalisation? Because when I clicked Save, my old av returned. But when I just changed it and clicked the pop-up box, the new one stuck. Maybe I'm using the haunted version
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 08:18:06
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Not a haunted version. Just refresh the page and it will come back just fine!
(Did for me.)
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benj clews
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 08:35:20
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
[quote]One thing, though - benj, have you tweaked the finalisation? Because when I clicked Save, my old av returned. But when I just changed it and clicked the pop-up box, the new one stuck. Maybe I'm using the haunted version
Yep- this would have been the cached version of the image. I've just made it so the image is forced to reload after saving. |
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Larry 
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 11:58:58
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Originally posted by benj clews
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
[quote]One thing, though - benj, have you tweaked the finalisation? Because when I clicked Save, my old av returned. But when I just changed it and clicked the pop-up box, the new one stuck. Maybe I'm using the haunted version
Yep- this would have been the cached version of the image. I've just made it so the image is forced to reload after saving.
This is wonderful! Makes changing avatars so much easier. Thanks, benj. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 17:13:41
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Originally posted by benj clews
Okay... it was pretty fiddly and took longer than I expected but the avatar upload code should be cross-browser and Apple Mac compatible now.
Great news, Benj. Thanks.  Does this apply to accolade trophies as well as personal avatars?
(Another browser issue is that some categories of reporting don't work on Google Chrome; don't know about other browsers.) |
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benj clews
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 18:08:44
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Originally posted by Cracovian
Great news, Benj. Thanks. Does this apply to accolade trophies as well as personal avatars?
Not at present- that's fiddlier still but I'll take a look and try and get that sorted too.
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(Another browser issue is that some categories of reporting don't work on Google Chrome; don't know about other browsers.)
Wasn't aware of this- I'll have a look at this also. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 18:16:23
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Originally posted by benj clews
Wasn't aware of this- I'll have a look at this also.
It happens in the more complicated ones, where after selecting the review you have to go and select another review or film. |
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benj clews
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Posted - 06/03/2010 : 18:18:23
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Originally posted by Cracovian
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Originally posted by benj clews
Wasn't aware of this- I'll have a look at this also.
It happens in the more complicated ones, where after selecting the review you have to go and select another review or film.
Ah, okay. So is it on the actual selecting of the extra review or film that's not happening? |
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Techie help needed: iMac and avatars
