Can't download any big files

[hlvr]

I've got some ideas on how to fix this up a little better when I get back from the trip I'm on at the moment. Hopefully tomorrow.

 

Okay, thanks a lot man! :D

 

Didn't know you were on a trip. Hope you're having an awesome time!

[Chee7ah]

I also have the same problem. Instead of choosing a mirror, the popup only loads a grey page. The last few days I've been browsing among the mods, so I'm fairly sure it started yesterday. I use firefox, with adblock plus.

Now I found out that if I turn off adblock, it works again. The only difference is that before there were no ads on the server choosing page (maybe only because of adblock, or there was none to begin with till yesterday), now there are.

So my guess is that either the ad or some ad block is causing the problem.

[Lisnpuppy]

I run AdBlock and I can download fine. I don't know if that I am a premium makes a difference?

[Dark0ne]

Yes it does, Lisn :P

 

Basically the page content starts off hidden. The adcode uses javascript to display a video ad and then reveal the page content that was hidden. If you have an adblocker/noscript/javascript disabled it will stop the javascript and never actually reveal the content. It tends to be my policy that I don't help people with adblockers but I'm looking at coding in a system whereby you can skip the video ad but your download speed will be considerably lessened as a result of not supporting the sites. It'll also mean dial-up users, who would have spent a long time streaming the ad and won't have good download speeds anyway, can skip it without remorse.

[hlvr]

But I don't got any adblocker/noscript/javascript or anything...

I use google chrome with no addons or anything.

All I got that is blocking things is cookies; I don't allow 3rd party cookies and a few known cookies from big ad companies (playwire not included).

I've tried allowing all 3rd party cookies, but that didn't help...

 

:S

Whyyyy?

 

Anybody got any idea what I can do?

[DeadMansFist849]

Ah, Chrome's not so good with dynamic pages. I recommend you switch to Firefox.

[Dark0ne]

I have a dev box setup with just the essentials; latest stable versions of Chrome, IE8 and FireFox with only AVG installed. Default settings (i.e. no settings changed). I cannot reproduce any problems with the adcode on any of the browsers.

 

If any code I write doesn't work on any of the browsers on my dev box it won't go live; but this code does, which means you have something on your system that is blocking that ad.

[hlvr]

I have AVG too, and Comodo Firewall. But the firewall doesn't show any intrusions (and therefore not blocking anything), and I also tried to disable it temporarly.

 

Anyway, I looked at the JavaScript-console while I tried to download again.

Here's what it showed: http://img829.imageshack.us/f/sadakd.png/

 

I have no knowledge about scripts or anything, so I don't know if this is the problem or not...

[Argomirr]

It seems your browser (or an extension, don't know) is blocking the cross domain scripting. Maybe you have it disabled somewhere in your settings?

[Thandal]

Here's a general troubleshooting technique I use when a website doesn't seem to behave the way I expect, (especially when, "I *know* it worked before!")

 

1. I maintain a generic, NON-Adminstrator account on my PC.

2. Like Dark0ne, I have essentially "out-of-the-box" installs of IE and FF under that profile.

3. When encountering a "why does this suddenly not work" event, I swtich to that account and see if I can access/use the site in "plain vanilla" mode with either one.

 

If so, then I know that it's something in my normal browser config that's causing the issue, and can go from there.

 

(Full disclosure: I actually use one browser as my priimary, and it's locked-down pretty tight. I keep a fairly generic install of the other under my usual profile as well. When I first have a problem, I'll try using the "other" browser first, before switching to the secondary account for a more detailed examnination.)