How do people make questions that you can't click on?
And can they be fixed
It is a bit annoying to have to go to their user profile and then click on the question. I am not sure I even know how they are doing it, much less (I assume) by accident.
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It isn't them, it's you. Actually, it is your browser. You are using Internet Explorer, IE, correct?
Open a new browser in Firefox (free from Mozilla) or Chrome (free from Google) and you will see what I mean.
It will also make a big difference in which pictures you get to see in the answers and celebration threads. Seeing a lot of .... alt text .... where there should be a picture?
Download one of those other browsers and try again.
Okay, I figured it out. The problem is both the server, and the browser. When the first line of the post contains quote marks ", the question link's pop-up tip text gets defined using that first sentence of the post -- and the HTML expression being used to give the browser forms bad syntax. It puts quote marks inside a quote-mark delimited expression, but does it wrong. IE doesn't figure it out, but Firefox knows how to interpret it (most of the time).
This thread is getting interesting with all the comments going on! And all technical! I love it! I think that Stadt, who started this thread, who only has 2 votes, deserves more Votes. I voted for him, and I think it would be a common courtesy, to him for starting such an interesting thread, if he got more than 2 votes! Let’s all give him a vote!
I am using Internet Explorer in Window 7, with automatic updates, occaisonally I look at the optional updates- maybe last a week or two or ago and I did not see a new version so I assume I have whichever is most up-to-date.
Okay, I installed Firefox. I just opened both Internet Explorer and Firefox at the same time. All links were valid on the first five pages anyway, but on page 6, 3 of the questions were in black and unlinked in Internet Explorer- they were all valid in Firefox. I just wanted to give feedback that this solution worked, and can be tried by anyone else having the same problem. It also seems to have added a spellchecker to this answer box- it has underlined in red all my typos (fixed) and anything I try to type in Spanish. I therefore assume it is from Firefox and not this site.
Hi Stadt
Yes - try Chrome - it is faster - BUT - it gives me problems when using the "Translation" feature - it can't decide which language to use.
Yeah, sorry. That is the problem. I use IE for most of my work aps. If I try to sneak a peek at SD, it takes no time at all to realize I used the wrong browser. Grab one of those free downloads.
You can have windows open in multiple browsers, so it doesn't mean you have to give up the IE, it is just more SD friendly in the other browsers.
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Hello Stadt:
I have to disagree with the other answers. I make my living with computers and have been programming since they used COBOL and BASIC. I am assuming that you are talking about when someone asks a question, but you can’t click on it. There is no hyperlink. I am not sure why this sometimes happens. It would seem to me that it has nothing to do with a browser. More than likely it has to do with the server. The hypertext creation programming originates on the server, not on the client end. If a hyperlink does not work, it has to be a problem on the server end, not the browser.
what are you doing
