New Forum Software

[admin]

The pop-up balloon text still works for me. The new software may have changed so that the "title" attribute is used for image description pop-ups, instead of the usual "alt". The HTML standard actually says that "title" should be used for these types of pop-ups, not "alt" (which is the text to be displayed when images are turned off). The reason everyone uses "alt" attributes is because of a bug in Internet Explorer that showed "alt" tags as the pop-up balloon. If you are using an old browser, that only supports "alt" tags, then this may be the source of your problem.

Firefox, for example, only displays the "title" tag, not the "alt" tag, whereas IE 6 displays both (shows "title" first and if it doesn't exist, then show "alt"). There might also be an option somewhere in your browser that enable/disables this.

[jm1647]

@admin - thanks for the info - I'm using IE6 and I did not make any changes to it, maybe something else did. I'll poke around in the settings to see if there is something I can change to make the pop up balloons show again.

[blutach]

IE6 user here jm (silly me) and no problems with balloon descriptions

Regards

[jm1647]

IE6 user here jm (silly me) and no problems with balloon descriptions

Regards

I just poked around and changed the accessibility to always expand alt text for images and that didn't make a difference....I wonder what it could be...

les - Thanks for the reply and info !

[jm1647]

@blutach and admin - Again thanks for the replies

Hmmm, mighta had a gremlin here on my end with the ballon pop ups...my 'puter was not shut down for about 3-4 days. I did a reboot and the pop up balloons are working fine again. I also unchecked the accessability thing I checked and they are still working.

[cynthia]

A little update on my problems with that it takes longer time to load/open a thread and to post and get a new load after the forum software update.

I installed Firefox - and now it's running fast. No more 10 seconds waitings until the new page is loaded - it loads instantly.

Sorry, but goodbye IE6.

[jm1647]

A little update on my problems with that it takes longer time to load/open a thread and to post and get a new load after the forum software update.

I installed Firefox - and now it's running fast. No more 10 seconds waitings until the new page is loaded - it loads instantly.

Sorry, but goodbye IE6.

cynthia, I had the same trouble a couple times after the update, I was even getting page not foud errors due to time outs, I guess. I haven't changed anything and IE6 is loading things real quick too.