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If you are having trouble with the Instructables website, try using Firefox

Officially, we support Firefox, IE6, and IE7. Unofficially, everyone here uses the site on a daily basis with Firefox. If there are bugs specific to another browser, we often won't notice them right away. This is particularly true of Safari, where lots of things are known not to work. So, if you are having trouble with something (uploading images, operations within your library), try doing the same thing with Firefox and confirm that it's not a browser specific bug. Thanks for your patience as we aim to make everything work perfectly all the time!

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bucklipe says: Feb 16, 2012. 7:16 PM
Since the last comment here is from 2009, I'm wondering if this is monitored.
Here goes...
I made some changes to video handling in Firefox.
Playing videos was choppy until I changed everything over to different player.
I didn't change anything other than videos to the player.
As far as I know, no Javascript things were changed.
But since I changed the settings I can't change between pictures on a step.
What do you think I did?
What happens when I click pictures?
What is the process?
I'll post this around to see if anyone knows what I did...
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mikeasaurus says: Feb 17, 2012. 1:37 PM
see my reply to your same question here
bucklipe says: Feb 19, 2012. 7:48 PM
In my case, I'm just looking at an Instructable and trying to look at the other pictures under main one on a step...
bucklipe says: Feb 20, 2012. 3:10 PM
I restored all the video handling settings to their defaults.
Result?
No change, I can't click over to the next picture on a step.
The orange border lights up when I mouseover it but when I click it it does not change to the next picture.
HELP!?!?!?
bucklipe says: Mar 9, 2012. 3:51 PM
I finally found that Adblock was the problem. I disabled Adblock for Instructables only and now I can open the additional images.
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sharlston says: Sep 20, 2009. 1:29 AM
i use firefox but i still cant post on peoples orangeboard
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mhkabir says: Sep 18, 2009. 1:25 AM
Google Chrome works well too.
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mhkabir says: Sep 18, 2009. 1:26 AM
At least better than IE8. Nothing works in IE8!!(I use it) Kabir
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yourcat says: Sep 12, 2009. 10:27 AM
I use Opera 10 and it works perfectly (and a little faster, I think).
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Drew956 says: Nov 18, 2008. 9:00 PM
Hi! I am new to this community and made an instructable. My instructable for some unknown reason will not show up in results when searching. I added many tags, published it, and even searched for it when logged out. If it helps here is a link...

http://www.instructables.com/id/Ipod_touch_Howto_replace_icons_with_images/

Any help would be appreciated thanks!!!
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kelseymh says: Nov 18, 2008. 9:46 PM
It usually takes several hours for an I'ble to be processed by a human being and added to the database. Since you created it several hours after close of business (your post was at 9 pm PST), it may not show up in the system until tomorrow morning. However, as you've demonstrated, the link above works just fine (that part is automated). In addition, rather than adding a comment to a forum topic about Web browser usage, you may have wanted to create a new topic under "Feedback" or "Bugs" (follow the "Help" link at the bottom of every page). You can also scan the topics on those fora to see if someone else has already asked your question, and had it answered. Good luck, and welcome aboard!
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Drew956 says: Nov 19, 2008. 5:32 PM
Thank you for your kindness!! Umm... I made it at least a month ago... But that may mean nothing! I will attempt to find it by searching one more time. Thank you for your help! I will report back soon.... drew956~out..
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sharlston says: Sep 12, 2009. 8:32 AM
ok search your name does your ible come up? if it does then its ok if it dosent search your name in the members search box and click on yours then see if its there
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sharlston says: Sep 12, 2009. 8:30 AM
ive got firefox but the orangeboard bug is still there
hcold says: Dec 5, 2008. 7:04 AM
Ahhhh, man that feels good. Using Opera 10 Alpha, and it's working great, the site is fast and responsive and all the Javascript stuff is working. This includes comments, the yellow-image-text-boxes and the changing pictures function, all of which previously didn't work.
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BurningSandman says: May 10, 2007. 6:21 PM
I have being using internet explorer 7 and after pubplishing my article I logged out and serched the site for it but it didn't come up! I even looked at my profile while i was logged out and it said I published it please HELP
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trebuchet03 says: May 10, 2007. 8:19 PM
It might be in queue to be read by robot :p Pre screening :p
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Brennn10 says: Apr 29, 2007. 11:42 AM
Well, I have an unpublished Instructable that I want to get rid of. I have been trying to delete it without any luck, and a few days ago the picture dissapeared, and when i press edit, I get a java code. What is this? Thanks -Nick
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Everfalling says: Apr 27, 2007. 1:11 PM
i've tried using both firefox and IE to upload pictures to the site, and both attempts failed. i just keep getting stuck at the loading symbol. and the pictures are only like 200kb each, and i'm trying one at a time. the email uploader doesn't work either.
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ewilhelm (author) says: Apr 27, 2007. 2:30 PM
Try clearing your cache. We've also had some javascript errors that prevent your library from loading.
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lemonie says: Apr 29, 2007. 8:21 AM
I've tried clearing the cache, and using Firefox too, it hasn't yet fixed the add images / files problem.
Will try again though.
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Everfalling says: Apr 28, 2007. 9:34 PM
i cleared my cache, nothing works any better. and what of these javascript errors? how do i fix those on my end? or are they something you're still working on?
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ewilhelm (author) says: Apr 29, 2007. 11:24 AM
Are you still having trouble? Can you submit a bug with your complete setup? I am not able to duplicate your problem.
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Everfalling says: Apr 29, 2007. 12:02 PM
my setup as in my computer stats or what?
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ewilhelm (author) says: Apr 30, 2007. 3:05 PM
Your browser including version and operating system.
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Everfalling says: Apr 30, 2007. 2:48 PM
Firefox v. 2.0.0.3 windows XP Professional, version 2002 SP2
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lemonie says: Apr 29, 2007. 11:47 AM
Hmm, now it just seems to be IE. OK I'll use Firefox L
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LasVegas says: Apr 26, 2007. 11:15 PM
I have tried publishing my instructable with Firefox and Safari on two different Macs and then I tried to publish it from Windows in Virtual PC! Every time I get an Error 500. No go.
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Honus says: Apr 27, 2007. 9:59 AM
Try using Camino- works fine for me using MacOSX. It seems to be quite a bit faster than Safari as well.
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LasVegas says: Apr 27, 2007. 10:54 AM
Absolutely not! I can't stand being forced to use Firefox for some sites. Safari is full featured and as fast as I need. I don't think I'd be happy with three browsers. The problem must have been with the server. My Instructable published the first try this morning.
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ewilhelm (author) says: Apr 27, 2007. 2:29 PM
Yeah, we're looking into that. Thanks for the complete set of errors you sent offline.
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