Images not showing in IE6...

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Images not showing in IE6...

irock

7:53 pm on Apr 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

Hi, when I try to view this page [everythingusb.com] on IE6 (Windows XP), tons of images disappear. However, this problem repeats on Windows 2000 w/ IE6. (ONLY IE6!)

Any graphics people know what's going on?

Thanks!

mivox

8:08 pm on Apr 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

Well, I've moved your post over to our Browsers Forum, where people may be a bit more familiar with IE6's quirks...

The only thing I can think of (being a Mac graphics person, who's never used IE6 ;) ) is that it may have something to do with IE6's new P3P privacy standards default settings... I think that may mess things up for you if the images are being pulled off a seperate server than the one the page is being served from.

(edited by: mivox at 8:09 pm (utc) on April 11, 2002)

Son_House

8:50 pm on Apr 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

Your not alone, this has happed to me as well using win2k and ie 6. I gave this a try and the images that did not show up at first are the ad at the top, the one on the left and one at the bottom. I took the image code for the one on the left and put that in the address bar and got it to show up by adding .gif Then I hit the back button and the other two showed up as well. Not sure why this happens.

tedster

9:02 pm on Apr 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

Son_House, the images you mentioned seem to be the ones that are served from a different domain. Don't know what that means exactly, but it was a noticeable common trait.

joshie76

12:11 pm on Apr 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

"are served from a different domain."

Yup, I think therein lies your problem. It's possible that those other servers are trying to set cookies on the client with the image response. This is one of the key things the P3P stuff puts a stop to. I think a cookie dropped through deep-linking to another domain is a "Third Party Cookie".

irock

7:16 pm on Apr 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

Son_House,

Did the tabs (Overview, User Reviews, Specs, Prices) show up?

Son_House

8:33 pm on Apr 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

Ya this is strange. Does this only happen on the win2k/xp ie6 combo? The P3P sounds like a good idea but the same thing should happen using win 95 up to me with ie6 right?

Did the tabs (Overview, User Reviews, Specs, Prices) show up?

Yes. The ones that don't when I first go to the page are the ones I mentioned in my 1st post.

irock

11:16 pm on Apr 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

No idea...

Windows XP/IE6: image problem
WIndows 2000/IE6: partial image problem

Windows 2000/IE5: no problem
Netscape 6: no problem

It would seem the problem only occur with IE6.

mivox

11:31 pm on Apr 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

Check our site search (in the links at the top of the page) for "IE6" and "P3P". I know this has been discussed here before... Previous discussions may include what to change on your browser to stop it from bliocking images, and/or what (if anything) you can do with your site to fix it for other IE6 users (besides getting rid of all third party cookie setting).

joshie76

11:52 am on Apr 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

I wonder if it is the P3P thing in hindsight - I'm sure it wouldn't stop the picture being shown, just stop the cookie being dropped.

When you say 'disappear' - do they appear and then disappear or never appear?

I've just tried it on my Win XP (home) box with IE6 and I didn't notice any problems.

irock

6:39 pm on Apr 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

joshie76,

My IE6 shows a bunch of red x's in the locations where the images should display.

I still don't know why only my co-worker computer's and my computer's IE6 are affected.

mivox

6:42 pm on Apr 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

I thought the P3P issue prevented content from being delivered to non-P3P compliant third party sites (or was it any third-party site content being shown on a non-P3P compliant primary site?)... including banners. That was the one big comment I recall being made about it: Banner networks aren't going to like it.

msr986

6:53 pm on Apr 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

I do not have this problem, but it seems to be fairly common. I have seen some fixes for this on the news groups.

Try this search:

[groups.google.com...]

-Marty

denis_irwin

4:42 pm on Apr 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

For what it's worth, the images all appear on my system using IE6 and Win98SE

irock

7:29 pm on Apr 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

You know something. I am starting to suspect it's Shaw (my cable service provider) is the cause of the problems. My friend and I share the same broadband service provider. So, if our ISP has problems caching the site, then we both have problems.

So, my question is: Does ISP (especially braodband) cache websites to speed up their client speed?