Not sure whether to post in this section or Bug Log, but figured I'd get more help here so here goes.
Problem 1
Since Andyson's National WGT Enquirer post at the beginning-ish of Feb 2011 I seem to be struggling to see images that have been posted. Sometimes I don't get to see them until about 2-3 days later. Not 100% certain if I then see them all the time after that or whether they disappear again - there is some ambiguity here.
I don't have problems with seeing my own images immediately, nor some other's images. So, I've come to the conclusion that anyone using ImageShack (like I do) are fine and are displayed immediately. But if images are displayed using TinyPic then it's hit or miss (usually miss) as to whether I see them or not. This is the case both in this main forum and the CC forum. I don't know whether some of you use other image hosting sites or whether they are a problem are not?
Like I said, the problem only became apparent in early Feb; if it was there before that it was definitely not apparent as I didn't notice any images 'missing' from posts. In my CC the other day someone put in a post which seemed ordinary enough. But when someone else later said 'Good card' I figured I was once again missing something. Now I'm not one for regularly clearing cookies or browser cache, but it's never been a problem before. Anyway, I wondered if this was the problem and so cleared them both and lo an behold the image in that particular post came up. So I immediately added to that thread that I could now see the image, but when I went back into the thread I couldn't see it any more. So, I'm not convinced clearing the cache or cookies really had any effect and it was just a coincidence the image was displayed.
In Andyson's thread "Be on the lookout for..." I figured there was an image in the opening post, but again I couldn't see it. So when I posted this and asked if it was in Tinypic, Andyson posted it again using ImageShack and that image displayed immediately. But then as soon as I saw that one I also saw the original image in the opening post. Just checked that thread now; I can see the ImageShack image but not the one in the opening post. I thought this was where the ambiguity lay as mentioned above as up to this point I thought I have been able to see both images, so I guess no ambiguity any more.
Another thought just occured to me. Is it because the images are large in size (people not resizing them to something smaller before uploading them to an image host) and therefore they are taking a long time to display. Doesn't explain the above scenario with Andyson's 2 images unless he resized the 2nd one before uploading it.
Anyone else having this problem. I find it hard to believe I'm the only one. And I'm pretty certain it has nothing to do with my computer, it's spec (it's pretty new and decent spec) or my ISP. Just did a broadband speed check and it is no worse than I've ever had before (in fact, probably the best I've ever seen):
