The Blue Flash: Vanilla, Browser, Ad Blocker, Network, Internet... or aliens?
mhardy6647
Posts: 34,208
Something weird is happening at the Polk forums.
No - @polkfarmboy isn't back (well, not that I know of).
It's even weirder than that...
When accessing* a page on the forums, there's a momentary "flash" of a blue bar across the top, just before the page content loads.
It looks like this:
What is up with this?
Maybe it's a signal from beyond the confines of this Earth?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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No - @polkfarmboy isn't back (well, not that I know of).
It's even weirder than that...
When accessing* a page on the forums, there's a momentary "flash" of a blue bar across the top, just before the page content loads.
It looks like this:
What is up with this?
- Is it a Vanilla glitch? That's never happened, of course.
- Is it specific to a particular browser or device platform? e.g., I am seeing it using Firefox on a "Wintel" laptop PC.
- Is it related to an adblocker suppressing some content? I am using Adblock Plus.
- Something to do with Polk's (or my) network?
- Something funny going on with the Internet? (Can Al Gore check into that?)
- or...
Maybe it's a signal from beyond the confines of this Earth?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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* access
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I noticed this for the first time yesterday on my pc/firefox and tablet/silk. Maybe they'll make the background blue and leave all the links blue, so you can't see them.
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It is happening on Mozilla, Edge and chrome. I also wish they would remove whatever they did that makes it so you cannot see who is clicking insightful, agree, like, and lol stuff at the bottom of a post... It's so ridiculous someone decided to made it anonymous to everyone else on the platform to see.
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I am not seeing it on Chrome.--Gary--
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I am not seeing it on Chrome.
interesting. Thanks for the report, @halo71 (and nice to see your post!)
I will check Chrome here.
Apropos of nothing: I stopped using Chrome a while back because of their privacy shenanigans.
(but I still have it installed on some 'putes here for troubleshooting purposes -- like this one)
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Just checked on Chrome on this same Wintel lappie (Win10, by the way).
Same deal.
also: Chrome updated itself to the latest version when I opened it.
"Version 122.0.6261.129 (Official Build) (64-bit)"
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We use it (chrome) at work....I'm on a desk top win 11 BTW
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Great. Now all I see on the forum is that blue flash. Damn you Hardy.
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Yeah, I'm not seeing it....
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Open your eyes, it's there.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Yep it’s there!! Does it every time..
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Gotta be honest here......I have never seen what y'all are talking about. Not even just a flash. The forum is running like normal, except for the seeing of who liked a post and whatnot.
Mesh network, Firefox and a laptop. FWIW.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Interesting.
Do you use an adblocker @treitz3 ?
It does seem odd that you're not seeing it with Firefox.
What O/S are you using?
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I have no idea. Microsoft (latest version as of 2 years ago) for the OS. If I use an ad blocker? Again, I have no idea. How would you even look that up?
As you can tell, I am not too computer savvy.
All I know is that I am not seeing what you fellas are describing.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Even on my phone....still.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
A blue flash on microsoft edge and a bit more than a brief flash using firefox on my desktop. Adblock plus is being used on edge and no adblock on firefox.
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motorstereo wrote: »A blue flash on microsoft edge and a bit more than a brief flash using firefox on my desktop. Adblock plus is being used on edge and no adblock on firefox.
Strange and I wonder what it could be?
I'm still leaning towards aliens.
@treitz3 thanks for the info!
A "couple of years ago" Windows version probably Windows 11.
Still using 10 here.
You're not using an adblocker unless you installed one. If you're not (using an adblocker), you're seeing a lot of crud that you don't need to on the internet.
FWIW (not much, I realize!) -- Not entirely sure it's identical in Win11* but in Win10 and earlier versions, opening "Settings" (the gear on the windows top-level menu) and then "System", and then "About" will display the scoop on the O/S.
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None of the buttons or links work. Please repost.mhardy6647 wrote: »I'm still leaning towards aliens.
Definitely aliens. I've seen it a million times.
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Just realized that the “Hardy Flash Phenomenon”, or “Blue Flash Of Death”, appears to be resolved.
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No, it's still a thing on my end, @Kex
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See?! Y'all thought I was like Billy Shatner in that ol' Twilight Zone episode, didn't you?!
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I only see it on forum links or main pages/sections. I don't see it when I tap to go into a thread.
On those links/pages where I do see it, it also displays on page refresh.
Confirmed in Opera for Android and iOS.
No complaint.
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