Left-Field Posted April 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'm not sure if this qualifies as a question to be asked in this section, but I was wondering what it means when we see "Google" or "Yahoo" listed as a "member" either online or present within a thread. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted April 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'm not sure if this qualifies as a question to be asked in this section, but I was wondering what it means when we see "Google" or "Yahoo" listed as a "member" either online or present within a thread. Thank you. I too, have been wondering why they're listed as members.........and also what the heck happened to spell check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted April 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You to on spell check? It doesn't work at all on this netbook I have, but a computer I was working on earlier, it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted April 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You to on spell check? It doesn't work at all on this netbook I have, but a computer I was working on earlier, it worked fine. Yeah, spell check worked great until the change over. Now it doesn't work at all....can't even find a setting to change or anything. I haven't changed anything on my end so it's not something I'm doing........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Only Posted April 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I think those are search engine web bots. They lurk around forums to get information for their search engines or something. It's all confusing to me, but I see a lot of "Googlebot", Yahoobot", and "Bingbot"s around. Maybe they've dropped the bot in their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted April 30, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You shouldn't be able to see those in the users list as that option is disabled, they are search spiders as _Only mentioned above, their purpose is to crawl the forums to update our listings in the search engines. Regarding the spell check, what browser are you using - is it Firefox ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 30, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Can still see Google and Yahoo, btw. Not in the main list but as "users" reading this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted April 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You shouldn't be able to see those in the users list as that option is disabled, they are search spiders as _Only mentioned above, their purpose is to crawl the forums to update our listings in the search engines. Regarding the spell check, what browser are you using - is it Firefox ? Yes, I'm using Firefox 12.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium. Still no spell check, and still seeing Google and Yahooo as users.....Am I the only one with this spell check problem outside of ShadowSot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted April 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 30, 2012 The spell checker not working in Firefox is confirmed as a bug, Invision are awaiting a 3rd party fix for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted April 30, 2012 #10 Share Posted April 30, 2012 The spell checker not working in Firefox is confirmed as a bug, Invision are awaiting a 3rd party fix for it. Thank You! At least I know the problem is being addressed! Why are some people still seeing Google and Yahoo as users though? I know I am still seeing them this morning. BTW......I'm starting to get used to the new layout and I know once the bugs are all fixed this will be a better layout than the last one.... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted April 30, 2012 #11 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Why are some people still seeing Google and Yahoo as users though? That's another bug, it's also down on the list of things to look in to. Hopefully we'll be able to get these all sorted out soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted May 1, 2012 #12 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Well, updates always have bugs. So far so good, but i r hopfil teh speelchick'll bee up sune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted May 1, 2012 #13 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And here I thought we just had two new but VERY unimaginative members.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Only Posted May 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And here I thought we just had two new but VERY unimaginative members.... Lol, I wonder who secured the name "me" sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted May 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Spell checker in Firefox issue: If you are using Firefox and the browser's spell checker is not working when you are writing a post then the following should fix it: Right-click within the editor Select "Languages" and select "English / United States" or your preferred language Make sure "Check spelling" is also checked Usually this is done automatically however in some modern versions of Firefox this needs to be explicitly selected when using certain editors, once you have done this once you shouldn't need to do it again to keep the spell checker functioning on this site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted May 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted May 1, 2012 i get facebook and google cruising the boards with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseCuster Posted May 1, 2012 #17 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) I'm using Chrome 19.something Beta on a Mac and I can also see Google and Yahoo as reading the threads I'm on regularly. (I can see Yahoo as reading this topic right now). Funnily enough I haven't seen Bing which is odd because I thought these days Yahoo got it's results by licensing Microsoft's Bing search engine results. I'm also seeing Facebook as reading some threads I've been on. Are Facebook building a search engine? Edited May 1, 2012 by Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted May 2, 2012 #18 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Update: This issue should now be resolved, spiders should no longer show up on the users online list when viewing threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left-Field Posted May 4, 2012 Author #19 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Since people were asking about the spell check feature in this thread - could someone tell me where it is supposed to be located? I've searched for a few times when making a post, but have not come across it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted May 4, 2012 #20 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Since people were asking about the spell check feature in this thread - could someone tell me where it is supposed to be located? I've searched for a few times when making a post, but have not come across it. For Firefox users. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=225900&st=135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left-Field Posted May 4, 2012 Author #21 Share Posted May 4, 2012 For Firefox users. http://www.unexplain...c=225900&st=135 Is the spell check only available to Firefox users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorbia Posted May 4, 2012 #22 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Is the spell check only available to Firefox users? Firefox is the only browser that I know of that had problems with spell check. I would ask Saru on the Update Forum thread and tell him which browser you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted May 4, 2012 #23 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Is the spell check only available to Firefox users? The forum doesn't have it's own spell checker, the issue was with Firefox's own spell checker extension. Most other browsers have their own built-in spell checking solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left-Field Posted May 5, 2012 Author #24 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Ah, that explains my confusion, lol. I kept looking all over for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted May 5, 2012 #25 Share Posted May 5, 2012 3 user(s) are reading this topic 1 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users Paracelse I knew I had some personality problems but not multiple ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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