Is any other Mac user having this happen?

[luvmuslmen]

When was trying to help another member identify the guy he posted in New Posts, I switched from my Chrome browser to Safari, to use Tin Eye reverse image search. What I noticed was that the lists in New Posts were completely different. I couldn't find his post on Safari and the times of the latest posts were different. But, even checking posts that were added at around the same time, showed that there were different posts showing up. Moreover, on Safari, when I tried to click on page 2 to check more posts, I kept getting a message that said: Sorry no matches. Going from page one to page two was no problem on Chrome. Is this a common problem on Safari? I generally use Chrome as my browser, so I'm not sure if this is a regular occurrence. Thanks for any input you can give.

 

[gb2000ie]

I'm a Mac user, but I use FireFox rather than Safari, so I'm not much help.

One thing that may be relevant is that I think this site uses cookies for tracking what you have and haven't seen, so, if you change browser, you loose your cookies, so you loose your viewed/unviewed history.

If I'm right in that assumption, and I'm only about 66% sure of it, then simply changing browser will cause issues, regardless of your OS etc..

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[name_1]

Oh wow. @luvmuslmen, seems like you are right. I just did a check. I use opera on a regular basis, and since you mentioned your comparison was from chrome and safari, I did a check using chrome then safari.
Chrome showed the same thread results as Opera, which I assumed was the accurate depiction of the status of the forum threads.

Safari gave a whole different result. Do look at the screenshots: Opera first, then next two are from safari:







Note the huge number of sticky threads that is returned when using safari, but only three when using opera, which is the same from chrome.

Isn't interesting? Safari generating a totally different webpage than chrome/opera. I'm thinking it is something to do with the web protocol used. I recall reading that opera took on the same protocols as chrome, webkit? Not very sure. Maybe Safari is using a whole different protocol, resulting in a different page?

UPDATE: Just as I was about to post this, I went back and tried clicking post to see if there were issues with the functionality. I noticed the latest posts were only up till 2015. Then I went to the main page, which had links to the latest post, which was indeed the latest (today). I clicked that, loaded that latest post, clicked back to the Help Centre and hey! its the updated one:



I logged out, closed the windows, quit the application, restarted, login once more and its still the updated one in Safari.

So.. I don't think there is a problem, just a peculiar manifestation. Unless others have the same problem but did not get the same miracle 'cure'?

(What a roller coaster right? Sorry if I alarmed you/ the staff initially :cheers

 

[gb2000ie]

So.. I don't think there is a problem, just a peculiar manifestation. Unless others have the same problem but did not get the same miracle 'cure'?

(What a roller coaster right? Sorry if I alarmed you/ the staff initially :cheers

It's just cookies not being shared between browers.

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[name_1]

It's just cookies not being shared between browers.

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Cookies are shared between browsers? :? Didn't know that. Thank you for the information

 

[gb2000ie]

Cookies are shared between browsers? :? Didn't know that. Thank you for the information

Sometimes - it depends on the browser and the OS.

For example, OS X has a system-wide cookie store which some browsers do, and some browsers don't, use.

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