Develop Bugs

Adverts "pulling" page downwards

Have noticed this for the last few days using IE6 at work.
When reading the forums the page jumps to the Google Ad at the bottom, which means I have to scroll back up to the where I was.
Anyone else noticing this with IE6 or other browsers?

artesea said:
Have noticed this for the last few days using IE6 at work.
When reading the forums the page jumps to the Google Ad at the bottom, which means I have to scroll back up to the where I was.
Anyone else noticing this with IE6 or other browsers?
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Have noticed this as well on IE7.
I thought it was just me.

I am using Opera 9.63, this did not happen for me. Sure its not something else doing the trick ?

Addicted2xda said:
I am using Opera 9.63, this did not happen for me. Sure its not something else doing the trick ?
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Nope only happens on this site. Think it's linked to the new type of Google ad which www.Swoopo.co.uk are running.

I can confirm this too, IE 7 Windows XP SP2, thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
I'm looking to see what I can find...
Where's neoobs when I need him.
Ta
Dave

artesea said:
Nope only happens on this site. Think it's linked to the new type of Google ad which www.Swoopo.co.uk are running.
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Funny, just to check, just tried IE 7.0.5730.11, did not happen for me!

Very funny! Tried Dave's Link, did not happen for me this time also, I don't know could be because of slow internet connection, Prehistoric PC (P4 2.0 Gig )! No idea! But funny all the same, and thank GOD!

Addicted2xda said:
Very funny! Tried Dave's Link, did not happen for me this time also, I don't know could be because of slow internet connection, Prehistoric PC (P4 2.0 Gig )! No idea! But funny all the same, and thank GOD!
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Still happening to me
Dave

Pretty sure it the one ad which is doing it, I've tried to contact Google to see if they can sort it out. The other option is for the Google Ad Admin of the site to block ads from www.Swoopo.co.uk
Guessing for those outside of the UK won't have the issue as Google change the ads depending on which country you are in.

artesea said:
Pretty sure it the one ad which is doing it, I've tried to contact Google to see if they can sort it out. The other option is for the Google Ad Admin of the site to block ads from www.Swoopo.co.uk
Guessing for those outside of the UK won't have the issue as Google change the ads depending on which country you are in.
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That must be the reason! Both you guys are from UK. And actually we have ads on top of the page (big bum me !) unlike yours (bottom of page)

all ok here
im having no problems here in birmingham @ home and work is fine

Firefox 3.0.5 and IE 6/7/8 beta are all working OK here is the US.
Add'l Info:
Tested on Vista Utimate x64 SP1 and XP SP2.

This is driving me mad, clicking on the link for the newest post just doesn't work with these ads as it moves the page.
Can anyone who has the Google Adsense admin add www.Swoopo.co.uk to the blacklist.

artesea said:
This is driving me mad, clicking on the link for the newest post just doesn't work with these ads as it moves the page.
Can anyone who has the Google Adsense admin add www.Swoopo.co.uk to the blacklist.
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Hi,
The site admin is aware if the issue, and it will be looked into further on Monday
Thanks
Dave

Cheers, luckly the issue doesn't affect me with Firefox which I've got at home.

kill the adds Firefox & Adblock Plus

[Q] mobgifts.org (Possible browser hijack)

I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...

BlueBagodah said:
I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...
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I am getting this too, it started a couple of weeks ago, at first I thought it was a pop up from the site I had been visiting, but now it's happening with other sites. I am on a stock rom bell Canada Galaxy S II. Anyone have any ideas?

I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?

BlueBagodah said:
I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?
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I got it on XDA as well but I am getting it on other sites with increasing frequecy, for example, icefilms.info, and demonoid.me. I dont think it's an issure with just the xda website

It's just a clever popup on the internet. A lot of people here will see it because a lot of people visit XDA.
There is nothing wrong with your phone and no need to panic or wipe.
There was also a thread about this yesterday.

uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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its just the ad supplier that multiple sites use.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.

Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?

Druter said:
Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?
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When I find the link, sure.
You can get rid of it by not using the internet.

joshnichols189 said:
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You can get rid of it by not using the internet.
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Not very helpful

Druter said:
Not very helpful
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Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
---------- Post added at 11:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 AM ----------
It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.

yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one

Druter said:
yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one
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Then what do YOU honestly think is happening?

actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart

Druter said:
actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart
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Fair enough haha. Here read this, there's some plausible causes.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/uzpb8/when_did_this_start_happening/

Here is the other thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706480&page=2
I'm starting to think that it's Google Adsense serving these ads to people. All of these sites almost all use Google Adsense in some form to back fill ads.
This is happening to both Android and iPhones - only through mobile browsers. My guess is that this shady ass advertiser is targeting mobile browsers through Adsense.
From what I can tell, the ads are somehow attached to a site called blueAds.com, at least that's where they redirect from.

joshnichols189 said:
Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
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It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.
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Not to say that I'm glad to hear, but at least there's some corroboration. I tried to do some research, and the whois record isn't helpful, and all that comes up for any search on mobgifts is a site called downocean(or something like that).
My Scam alarms just started going off.

I concur on that point, a lot of the searches on this topic. Bring the downocean name up again and again. Especially when you type how do I get rid of. Its definitely got some javascript going on, when I turn JS off I don't seem to get the the pop ups.

joshnichols189 said:
I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.
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I wonder if browsers such as opera show pop ups.

Anyone Else Not Seeing Attached Thumbnails??

I don't know why but all of a sudden, within the last few days, I can't see attached thumbnails, on any browser I try on my computer for this site.
Everything is updated, this is a custom built super 'puter! lol

HipKat said:
I don't know why but all of a sudden, within the last few days, I can't see attached thumbnails, on any browser I try on my computer for this site.
Everything is updated, this is a custom built super 'puter! lol
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They show for me, try turning on your monitor. Lol (JK)
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001

jamieg71 said:
They show for me, try turning on your monitor. Lol (JK)
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
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It's just the weirdest thing that I can't fix....
I don't like things that I can't fix lol

If you turn off NoScript, do you see them?
Try to allow *.xda-developers.com for your Javascript.

I'll give that a shot. Oddly, sometimes if I refresh the page they show up... sometimes

I also can't see any attachments for any threads. I noticed this about 2 weeks ago (or so). I figured it was just me but I see that it is still happening. I'm using Chrome.

I'm having the same problem, also using Chrome. Anybody figure out a fix for this?
Edit:
AdBlockPlus was doing it

Thanks geniustheanimal.
I added forum.xda-developers.com to the whitelist in Adblock Plus and now it works!

jeffreii said:
Thanks geniustheanimal.
I added forum.xda-developers.com to the whitelist in Adblock Plus and now it works!
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Thanks to you,
Finally I solved this problem from ur guide... :laugh:

yeah same problem here..
i'm too using chrome..
any solutions?

Destim said:
yeah same problem here..
i'm too using chrome..
any solutions?
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Yes, see post 7 & 8
Facepalm
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Deadly. said:
Yes, see post 7 & 8
Facepalm
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No need to facepalm, I have it too on different machines. Both Chrome and both without Adblock Plus.

Sku11y said:
No need to facepalm, I have it too on different machines. Both Chrome and both without Adblock Plus.
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Face palm because there was a solution in post 7&8
I never said people can't get that issue.. read his post I quoted.. read 7th & 8th once
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Deadly. said:
Face palm because there was a solution in post 7&8
I never said people can't get that issue.. read his post I quoted.. read 7th & 8th once
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it won't work for me cause i didn't install any adblock on my chrome...

Destim said:
it won't work for me cause i didn't install any adblock on my chrome...
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Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside
tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding
@@||forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php$document
@@||forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php$document
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to the filter.
Downloading firefox now.

roofrider said:
Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside [hide ] tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding
to the filter.
Downloading firefox now.
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But Firefox won't show bbcode explicitly to edit.
I mean when you quote a post with image.. it won't give image link.. but it will show image itself.. ie acts the same way:banghead::banghead:
I tried settings.. but couldn't find how to make it show bbcode
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Deadly. said:
But Firefox won't show bbcode explicitly to edit.
I mean when you quote a post with image.. it won't give image link.. but it will show image itself.. ie acts the same way:banghead::banghead:
I tried settings.. but couldn't find how to make it show bbcode
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Disable wysiwyg in xda settings and you'll be able to see those, also there's a toggle button to switch the editor mode in ffox when posting a reply. That's the plus side of using something other than chrome, wysiwyg does not work on chrome without an extension. I prefer chrome though.

roofrider said:
Disable wysiwyg in xda settings and you'll be able to see those, also there's a toggle button to switch the editor mode in ffox when posting a reply. That's the plus side of using something other than chrome, wysiwyg does not work on chrome without an extension. I prefer chrome though.
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OK.. I will see that.. I do have chrome, opera, Firefox, ie, safari.. but I use chrome only(browsing).. anyway thanks.. will see how it goes.. when I reverse tether next time..:thumbup:
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roofrider said:
Use firefox. Even i'm sick and tired of thumbnails and spoiler content inside (hide) tags not showing up on chrome with adblock and even after adding to the filter.
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If I am not mistaken that problem exists only when we set xda to "xda 2013 beta" format at the bottom. I think all other display formats, including "xda 2013 beta-1024", work okay.
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Lookout! In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday...

NYLimited said:
If I am not mistaken that problem exists only when we set xda to "xda 2013 beta" format at the bottom. I think all other display formats, including "xda 2013 beta-1024", work okay.
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Lookout! In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday...
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Yup it happens only with the 2013 theme, i don't use the 1024 version. Also switching between themes when that happens will temporarily fix it. But it's a pita to do that always.

DevDB uploader broken?

Is the DevDB uploader broken right now? I've been trying to upload a new build of my ROM for a few hours and every time it fails at the verification step. Not sure where to post this kind of thing but this seems like the most appropriate place; if not, feel free to move my post. Thanks!
Edit: took a look at the javascript console and it seems like the torrent creation script is throwing a 500 error, if that helps at all.

iofthestorm said:
Is the DevDB uploader broken right now?
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Edit: took a look at the javascript console and it seems like the torrent creation script is throwing a 500 error, if that helps at all.
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Hi iofthestorm
Found the same behaviour on my thread (not DevDB).
I've noticed that 500 is raised over attachments (images too) only when using desktop browsers. Control panel shows my attachment but it's not accessible. Tested with: Crhome, FireFox and IE ... logged and as anonymous ... same 500.
But, browsing the same thread with xda-app shows up perfectly.
Weird!
.

iofthestorm said:
Is the DevDB uploader broken right now? I've been trying to upload a new build of my ROM for a few hours and every time it fails at the verification step. Not sure where to post this kind of thing but this seems like the most appropriate place; if not, feel free to move my post. Thanks!
Edit: took a look at the javascript console and it seems like the torrent creation script is throwing a 500 error, if that helps at all.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Had an issue on the devdb file server the other day and it looks like when things came back up the MySQL server didn't start properly which prevented new uploads. This is now fixed and I've tested it, so let me know if you still see any issues with it.
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Hi iofthestorm
Found the same behaviour on my thread (not DevDB).
I've noticed that 500 is raised over attachments (images too) only when using desktop browsers. Control panel shows my attachment but it's not accessible. Tested with: Crhome, FireFox and IE ... logged and as anonymous ... same 500.
But, browsing the same thread with xda-app shows up perfectly.
Weird!
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This is a separate issue - it seems like the thumbnail wasn't created properly, but if you click on the file the actual attachment was created properly. I'm going to do some testing to see what is causing that problem.

Testing attachments... should be good to go now.
Edit: Yup - everything good. Let me know if you have any other issues with attachments.

bitpushr said:
Testing attachments... should be good to go now.
Edit: Yup - everything good. Let me know if you have any other issues with attachments.
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Thanks!

bitpushr said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. Had an issue on the devdb file server the other day and it looks like when things came back up the MySQL server didn't start properly which prevented new uploads. This is now fixed and I've tested it, so let me know if you still see any issues with it.
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Hello,
It seems I am getting the same error now.
CARBON-LP-5.1.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150911-1602-Z00A.zip
Upload Error: 500
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From DevDB http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11126#downloads.
Thanks.

joel.maxuel said:
Hello,
It seems I am getting the same error now.
From DevDB http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11126#downloads.
Thanks.
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I also can't upload anything to http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=7379#downloads
At least since yesterday I get the error
Nightowl-cm12.1-20150912-n7000.zip
Upload Error: 500
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or
Nightowl-cm12.1-20150913-n7000.zip
Server (IO) Error
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bauner said:
I also can't upload anything to http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=7379#downloads
At least since yesterday I get the error
or
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Should be OK now.

bitpushr said:
Should be OK now.
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Thx! It is working again

bitpushr said:
Should be OK now.
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Was working for a while. This time I am getting an error to the effect of "error processing on this server - not authorized".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11126#downloads
I have no account issues I am aware of (I can still post).
Thanks in advance!

joel.maxuel said:
Was working for a while. This time I am getting an error to the effect of "error processing on this server - not authorized".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11126#downloads
I have no account issues I am aware of (I can still post).
Thanks in advance!
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I redid the downloads server a week or so ago, there are some new security measures in place and that is probably what caused the not-authorized error for you. I just downloaded one of your old files and re-uploaded it without issue. Can you let me know what browser you are using, or if there are any extensions that might be blocking in?

bitpushr said:
I redid the downloads server a week or so ago, there are some new security measures in place and that is probably what caused the not-authorized error for you. I just downloaded one of your old files and re-uploaded it without issue. Can you let me know what browser you are using, or if there are any extensions that might be blocking in?
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Thanks, the plugins are probably doing it. I use unbranded FireFox (IceWeasel) with the NoScript plugin (although xda has been allowed for a long time - I may need to whitelist something else, or use Chromium/Chrome).
UPDATE: it appears that Chrome is handling uploading fine (Chromium was a bust due to the lack of Shockwave Flash support, as the Upload button was dead). Is there a predictable server for the authorization I could whitelist back in IceWeasel - that way I don't have to switch browsers? (Seems that the authorizing server loads at the last moment, preventing me from determining it's name.)

Disabled open in a new tab by scroll-wheel click

I don't know why but such useful browser feature doesn't really work on XDA-Developers forums. For example I see a itneresting new on the right side widget. I middle mouse button click it, but it won't open in a new tab, but instead it will open in the current tab just like I would left click it. I can give you numbers of similiar behaviours like that over the xda. That's really annoying.
Why is that happening and are you guys ever going to fix it?

olokos said:
I middle mouse button click it, but it won't open in a new tab, but instead it will open in the current tab just like I would left click it. I can give you numbers of similiar behaviours like that over the xda. That's really annoying.
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What browser/OS?
Works fine for me in Firefox 32 on Win8.

ST Dog said:
What browser/OS?
Works fine for me in Firefox 32 on Win8.
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Win 7 x64/Chrome

olokos said:
Win 7 x64/Chrome
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Suggest you try an alternate browser.
Also try a fresh profile in case something in your current profile is the cause.

Its not working for me can you suggest me an other way ?

Does it still work correctly on other sites?
Not a Chrome user so can't really help with it.
General troubleshooting though. Try other sites. Try a clean profile.
Try other tools with the problem site.

ST Dog said:
Does it still work correctly on other sites?
Not a Chrome user so can't really help with it.
General troubleshooting though. Try other sites. Try a clean profile.
Try other tools with the problem site.
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It does work correctly on every other website. There's no "clean profile" option in chrome and I have no idea what do you mean by "other tools".
This issue happens with particular stuff, like the widget with the news on the right side of the thread view.

olokos said:
It does work correctly on every other website. There's no "clean profile" option in chrome and I have no idea what do you mean by "other tools".
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Chrome user profiles:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142059?hl=en
Other tools in this case would be other browsers, like IE, Firefox, or Opera.
This issue happens with particular stuff, like the widget with the news on the right side of the thread view.
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I tried everywhere on the page on several pages (home, threads, single thread, profile, etc.) and all worked.

Are you using the new 2015 theme? I think there were one or two links on the old style which were like that, but it should be resolved now on the new style

pulser_g2 said:
Are you using the new 2015 theme? I think there were one or two links on the old style which were like that, but it should be resolved now on the new style
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Just middle button pressed "XDA PORTAL POSTS" news and it still opens up on the same tab. Even on 2015 / 2015 dark theme :/
I'd actually would prefer to use the old theme either way so I could use Dark XDA Stylish theme by @GermainZ as for me it looks much better. Just a presonal preference.

@bitpushr

Fixed

bitpushr said:
Fixed
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Can you elaborate a bit?
PM if you don't think it's germain to the thread.
I'm just curious what would cause that issue in one browser but not others.

bitpushr said:
Fixed
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Thanks a lot! I'm out of thanks for today, but I'm glad it's fixed now. xda experience is now flawless IMO

@bitpushr
I'd also would love it if you could make the new xda look an option for logged in users, just like the forums are.

ST Dog said:
Can you elaborate a bit?
PM if you don't think it's germain to the thread.
I'm just curius what would cause that issue in one browser but not others.
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We had additional google analytics code on those links, my guess is that was blocking the open in new tab option. We made this change a long time ago so this must have been long-standing.