Why are some questions unreadable

Question

Sometimes I come across a question that seems to be written in a smaller type font and when I click on it, nothing happens. Is there a way to view these questions? I see some have answers. What's going on?

Answer 1

Hi, Ron - this is a known bug on the site, caused by posts that use quote marks " " in the first sentence or two of the body text. Internet Explorer does poorly rendering the defective page, but Firefox does okay.

As a workaround, until you get a browser that doesn't suffer from this symptom, you can click on the profile of a post's author, and find a link to the post in his(her) recent history.

Hey, they seem to have implemented a fix! It appears they now stop capturing the initial text at the first quote mark encountered. Makes for short tool-tip summaries, but it is a step in the right direction. - webdunce, Feb 7, 2011

Hover over "is it near the centre" and "Does "no te aguites" mean "don't get depressed?"" - webdunce, Feb 7, 2011

It's not fixed. Sorry. :( - pesta, Feb 7, 2011

I see! You are right. I jumped the gun on that one! :( - webdunce, Feb 7, 2011

Answer 2

Google Chrome is also another browser that can work well /effectively with SpanishDict.

Thanks, Feliz - I've been meaning to try Chrome too. - pesta, Feb 7, 2011

Get a Mac! - Leatha, Feb 7, 2011

Is there an ad blocker available for Chrome? - 005faa61, Feb 7, 2011

Julian, creo que sí pero no puedo dar asurancia de que - FELIZ77, Feb 7, 2011

Answer 3

Gracias Pesta y Feliz.

I used to use Firefox but then it had the nasty habit of poping up a box that said ''you have another copy of Firefox running'' and I would have to go through all sorts of gyrations to get control back again. When it started doing that 3 or 4 times a day I switched to IE7, and then IE8 when it came out.

A few weeks ago I tried Google Chrome. I really liked it for the most part, it seemed very fast, but it had a big problem with one of the Facebook games I play, so when I saw the ad for a free IE9 browser I went to that. My game is working better, but it has the problem that I reported above.

I have a pretty good fix going now. I still have IE9 for my default browser, but when I want to run SpanishDict, instead of clicking on the shortcut, I click on my Chrome browser and then go to SpanishDict from there. Hmmm. maybe I will go the other way and make Chrome my default.

On the other side, since I have found SpanishDict I don't seem to be playing my game much anymore.

SpanishDict is the best game in town! - pesta, Feb 7, 2011

Lol, Pestra... Yes !but highly addictive since i am still in here late 12;30am writing this - FELIZ77, Feb 7, 2011

I have had problems using IE with Spanish Dict it doesn't seem very compatible /doesn't work well as Heidi and others have attested. - FELIZ77, Feb 7, 2011