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# 1  
Old 01-30-2019
Private Messages.

Well I have just noticed over the years that I have PMs that I have not seen or even known about.
Apologies if any of you have not had any replies to your PMs. It is too late now as some go back to my early days on here.
The notification that comes up currently has notified me of a couple recently...



Bazza...
# 2  
Old 01-31-2019
Hahaha
You are not the only one... I am culprit also, just noticed yesterday.... Shame on me... wasnt there warnings at one time on the site itself? I seem to remember something of the sort but my memory is playing with me lately...
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Old 01-31-2019
I also remember some indicator for the existence of PM's. But, I have been on the site for so long, do not remember when it may have ended.
# 4  
Old 01-31-2019
When you log on to the site you are autmatically notified when there are new PMs. Since i always clear all cookies and every web content when i close the browser i have to relogin every time i start a new session here and i am notified that way. I found that it is a good ide to whitelist unix.com from the pop-up blocker so that the PMs are getting opened in a separate window.

Wolf
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Old 01-31-2019
As I recall, and record shows, wisecracker and a few other regular forum members use the Firefox browser:

Code:
UA:Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:65.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/65.0

As a very experienced web developer, I have mentioned many times here at unix.com that Firefox as serious problems as a browser.

The recommended and supported browsers for this site are:
  1. Chrome
  2. Safari

The following browsers are not recommended and therefore not supported:
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Other Browsers

Some may feel like Firefox's blocking and anti-tracking features are good, but I can assure you, as a very experienced web developer, that the Firefox browser causes many basic Javascript functions to break and it is very difficult to disable the bad things that Firefox does in the name of "privacy". I can block and set up whitelists very easily on Chrome and Safari, but trying to get Firefox to work correctly and consistently is very difficult. This is why Firefox is not supported and I will not support web development for Firefox until this situation with Firefox changes.

So, if you use Firefox because you are worried about "privacy" and wish to block features by default which are difficult to configure, by all means use Firefox. But if you want to get the full features of UNIX.COM today and the future, you need a browser which supports modern web standards consistently and Javascript. So, the best solution for diehard Firefox users is to browse the web with Firefox but browse these forums with Chrome or Firefox.

If you have disabled Javascript or are blocking Javascript, this site will not work properly.

We do not support Firefox. This is based on day-to-day web development and the fact that Firefox breaks things, blocks standard Javascript functions; and I simply do not have the time or the energy to spend my time coding "Firefox workarounds". I am sorry.

Install Chrome or Safari and browse UNIX.COM.

It takes about two minutes to install Chrome or Safari on your system, and there is no reason to restrict yourself to browsing with only one browser.
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Old 01-31-2019
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Originally Posted by joeyg
I also remember some indicator for the existence of PM's. But, I have been on the site for so long, do not remember when it may have ended.
The PM indicators work fine.

I received a number of them yesterday.

If you are not receiving indicators the problem is more than likely your browser configuration.

Code:
UA:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0

However, we cannot know for sure your browser from the US string, as often it is not accurate.

Is that you? Using Windows and Firefox?

PS: I just replied to a member using a PM and they were immediately notified and read my message, so again, the PM notification system is working fine.
# 7  
Old 01-31-2019
Not to belabor the point, but I just received a PM a few minutes ago.... the notification system works fine on Chrome, Safari and even my version of Firefox and even Opera ! Smilie Smilie

Occasionally we get lucky and Firefox works as it should even though FF is not officially supported here, LOL

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