"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
02/23/2014 at 17:21 • Filed to: kinja help, kinja
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"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
02/23/2014 at 17:21 • Filed to: kinja help, kinja | 0
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Lately, I've often gotten these big, black rectangles obscuring the article's title and most of the lede photo. It's been happening for the past week or so, on various Gawker Media sites. Not all articles are affected, and it only seems to occur the first time I open an article. Refreshing the page seems to remove it. Has anyone else experienced this, and is there any way to remedy it? I'm using Windows Vista SP2, Google Chrome Version 33.0.1750.117 m
Samples - this is what I see when I first open some articles (
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
):
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
And after I refresh the page, it appears normal:
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
And !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Thanks in advance for any input.
Roberto G.
> lonestranger
02/23/2014 at 17:39 |
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Ads. I suggest you use FF with AdBlockerPlus, or install something similar to ABP for Chrome (supposed it exists).
hethoughtofcars
> lonestranger
02/23/2014 at 17:44 |
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I'm pretty sure they're ads, too. I am running something similar to your (xp and chrome). They are usually annoying videos, not sure why they aren't autoplaying...
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lonestranger
> Roberto G.
02/23/2014 at 17:47 |
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An ad for what, the colour black? And why would it obscure the article? Thanks for the reply, but I'm still at a loss.
ABP is available for Chrome, but I have little use for it. Also, I've very, very rarely ever seen any ads on Jalopnik, and they're infrequent on other Gawker sites.
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lonestranger
> hethoughtofcars
02/23/2014 at 17:51 |
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Are autoplay video ads a new thing on Gawker sites? I don't run AdBlock, yet in the six or so years I've been here, I rarely have ever seen any type of ads (except promoted articles), especially on Jalopnik. If they have added autoplay video ads, I'll be installing ABP for sure.
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Roberto G.
> lonestranger
02/23/2014 at 17:53 |
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Because dumb Chrome blocks the ad, but not completely. I'm not going into details here.
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hethoughtofcars
> lonestranger
02/23/2014 at 17:54 |
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Yeah, they're new. I haven't encountered one on Jalopnik yet, but from your screen shot it looks like they are already here.
And I don't run AdBlock either, I want the site to make money so they can hire me as a writer or something. :)
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lonestranger
> Roberto G.
02/23/2014 at 17:59 |
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Ahh, makes sense. Thanks.
Tony Kaye
> lonestranger
02/24/2014 at 14:46 |
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Hey Lone. Seems like this might be related to an ad. I'll do some checking and get back to you. Thanks!
Ernie @ Kinja
> lonestranger
02/24/2014 at 16:46 |
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Could I see a screencap of your installed extensions? I've only seen this one other time, from a member of our design team in office. He's on Mac 10.9, so the common factor here is Chrome. It would be a huge help to be able to compare the extensions on both browsers.
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lonestranger
> Ernie @ Kinja
02/24/2014 at 23:58 |
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Sure thing. Before I took the screencaps, I did have Adblock installed but it was not enabled:
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Ernie @ Kinja
> lonestranger
02/25/2014 at 10:35 |
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Nothing really stands out there. Can you visit whatismybrowser.com and copy/paste or screenshot your results? Make sure you remove the IP address field, for security reasons.
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lonestranger
> Ernie @ Kinja
02/25/2014 at 13:11 |
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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Your browser told us a few extra things about itself...
Possibly running on Windows Server 2008
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
This is your IP Address. There are many like it, but this one is yours.
XX.XX.XX.XXXX
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
This is your local IP address on your internal network
192.168.1.192
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
The dimensions and color depth of your screen.
1280 x 800 pixels
24 bit
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
This is the size of your web browser on your screen (resize your browser to see this change!)
1265 x 685 pixels
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
You can now request that websites don't track you...
Learn more about "Do Not Track"
"Do Not Track" is disabled or not supported
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Your browser announces that it has these extra addons installed.
Microsoft Silverlight v5.1
Ad Blocker
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lonestranger
> Ernie @ Kinja
02/25/2014 at 13:13 |
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I think we may have found a clue. whatismybrowser.com says that I have Ad Blocker installed, which I had disabled and removed.
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Ernie @ Kinja
> lonestranger
02/25/2014 at 15:07 |
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How often are you hitting the black box? Have you ever come across it in incognito or a different browser, like Firefox?
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lonestranger
> Ernie @ Kinja
02/25/2014 at 20:03 |
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Thanks again, Ernie.
I'm guessing maybe 5-10% of the "main site" articles that I click on have the black box. The new Jalopnik still gets them, too. The sub-sites such as Oppo and TAY don't suffer from them.
I tried Chrome Incognito, and still got the black box. However, after using Firefox for a few hours, I haven't seen any with Firefox. Interestingly, Firefox does display a VW ad on Jalopnik, whereas Chrome very, very seldomly shows me any ads at all on any Gawker Media sites. Any ads on Jalopnik are for VW, ones on Kotaku are for Call of Duty or Future Shop. It's been that way for years. I've suspected that it's because I'm in Canada.
Chrome:
Firefox:
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Ernie @ Kinja
> lonestranger
03/14/2014 at 19:57 |
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Hey, are you still seeing this with any frequency?
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lonestranger
> Ernie @ Kinja
03/14/2014 at 20:30 |
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No, it seemed to stop happening maybe a week or so ago. Sometime after Jalopnik switched to Tiger, but before the other sites did.