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downstage replied on November 11, 2008 09:23 to the problem "iPlayer has stopped working on my Wii" in BBC:

Still no luck but I have found a way round the issue for anybody experiencing it. Just keep clicking through until you reach a 'page not found' (I think they appear if you click 'TV' and then when you choose certain channels). There's a search box on the error page, and you can type the name of the program in and it takes you back to the old interface and you can keep browsing from there.

It's a shame not to be able to browse using the new Wii-friendly version, but hopefully they will fix it soon.

downstage replied on October 28, 2008 21:02 to the problem "iPlayer has stopped working on my Wii" in BBC:

To be honest, I'd spotted the official BBC forum and was going to post on that but saw the sign up form and couldn't be bothered. Sorry!

Not having any luck with iPlayer on the Wii yet, but I'll keep checking back.

downstage reported a problem in BBC on October 23, 2008 19:46:

iPlayer has stopped working on my Wii

I was thrilled when I found out I could watch iPlayer on my Wii and have used it religiously ever since. But it's completely stopped working.

I go to the iPlayer homepage and instead of the normal page it has only a few items displayed. This seems like a great idea for browsing with the Wii but none of the links work. Either I click something and nothing happens, or I get page errors. When I browse by channel, the lists are empty, and on any pages with programme lists the scroll buttons don't work.

I just performed a Wii system update - I don't know if that's got anything to do with it? All other sites have been working as normal.

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downstage replied on July 23, 2008 14:03 to the question "Google thinks we are a spyware application and won't let us search!" in Google:

Well, regardless... Shouldn't there be an "enter" button to submit the CAPTCHA? It makes it look like you can't get past it! Plus, when you hit enter the first time, nothing happens. Only when you try again can you get past it.

downstage replied on July 22, 2008 09:00 to the question "Google thinks we are a spyware application and won't let us search!" in Google:

Yeah, unfortunately doesn't help. That is explained on the page itself but I've tried deleting the cookie and we definitely do not have malicious software - we have a very strict systems administrator!

downstage replied on July 21, 2008 11:19 to the question "Google thinks we are a spyware application and won't let us search!" in Google:

Incidentally, I've tried typing the captcha, which temporarily re-allows searching, removing the cookie and searching again. A short while later it reoccurs regadless.

downstage asked a question in Google on July 21, 2008 10:46:

Google thinks we are a spyware application and won't let us search!

Since Friday, everyone in our office is frequently getting an error message saying that Google thinks we are spyware when we try to do a search.

We are presented with a page asking us to enter a captcha. There is no submit button but if you tap in the captcha and hit enter, it works (sometimes!).

How can we solve this?

downstage replied on May 23, 2008 10:42 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

Mine is still performing flawlessly since I reset the cache a couple of days ago, after the fix. Thank you so much for this.

downstage replied on May 22, 2008 14:53 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

Much, much better today. No random activity to report! Perhaps it is fixed!

downstage replied on May 21, 2008 08:34 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

The worst and most frequent offender is still Boxes and Arrows (http://www.boxesandarrows.com/)

downstage replied on May 21, 2008 08:32 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

I thought things were much better, but all of my feeds have just refreshed and it's saying I have 26 unread items (but I've read them). Is this a problem that just affects firefox users? I'm running FF2 too. Also I wondered if it might get worse if you have too many feeds, as I've seen it getting worse recently. Is there a maximum recommended number of feeds?

downstage replied on May 20, 2008 13:36 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

I've cleared my cache again. The following feeds are still misbehaving:
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
http://www.456bereastreet.com/
http://www.lukew.com/ff/

But perhaps, as you say, it will just take a little time. I'll report back if the problem continues.

downstage replied on May 20, 2008 09:30 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

Immediately following that post, all 15 (read) items in another feed have appeared as unread! The feed is Boxes and Arrows: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/

downstage replied on May 20, 2008 09:29 to the discussion "Read items are randomly appearing as unread" in netvibes:

It really is quite random; I wouldn't say it can be "reproduced" exactly because it seems that it can happen to any item(s) in any feeds, at any time!

This morning I logged on and supposedly had 16 unread items across 5 feeds, of which only two were genuinely unread. I cleared those again. Just now (a little over an hour later) NetVibes reported 8 unread items on one feed (http://www.etre.com/blog/), and only two were unread. Sometimes it can happen even when there are no new items on the page whatsoever.

It isn't exactly stopping me from using NetVibes, it's jus ta little irritating.

downstage started a conversation in netvibes on May 19, 2008 14:00:

Read items are randomly appearing as unread

I have a tab on my Netvibes page that has a number of RSS feeds. Periodically, these feeds will revert to being "unread" although I've read all the items. Some feeds reset in this way over and over again.

Strangely, some feeds have just recently started having just some of their items marked as unread, rather than every item in the feed; these appear to be quite random!

It's a little frustrating when I'm trying to see what is genuinely new, unread comtent. I reported the fault when I first noticed it to NetVibes and they said they'd look into it. But that was when it was just occurring on one feed; now it's happening all over the place. I've cleared the cache etc but as yet have found no solution.

Does this happen to anyone else?