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Oh god, what has happened to my interface?

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 13:04

It's horrible! It's all Times New Roman and all the frames have gone to pot so it's a huge linear scroll and I haven't seen this happen before except with the new government department websites just after the election and I don't know what to do.

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Melty · 16/05/2011 20:18

Mine is doing it as well (At work), and its done it here at home a few times this evening.

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LadyWellian · 16/05/2011 12:29

It's still doing it Sad. I had a brief breakthrough when I clicked on My Mumsnet and the login screen looked normal, but as soon as I logged in to my profile it went back to crapola-view again.

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 17:49

Thanks Damian. I tried the security thing but to no avail. I've rebooted a couple of times too. I don't work on Fridays so I'm going to toddle off now and see if it has resolved itself by the time I get back on Monday. Although if the problem follows me home (not that it should, as it seemed to happen here regardless of whether I was logged in or not) then I will start to feel properly victimised.

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DamianTech · 12/05/2011 17:09

How perplexing. Perhaps try resetting your security properties? Double-click where it says "Internet" in the bottom-right corner, then choose "Reset all zones to default level".

I would guess that you've re-started your PC since encountering this issue? If not, the tried and tested turn-it-off-and-on-again diagnosis is always worth a shot. ;)

~D

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 16:33

OK, found'page', but it was already on 'default style'.

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 16:27

Bless you huggly. Yes, Damian, it does look like that - thanks. Where do I find 'page'?

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hugglymugly · 12/05/2011 16:18

I don't have any more ideas, sorry, other than maybe you could bump this thread a bit later to get the attention of the "evening shift".

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DamianTech · 12/05/2011 16:18

Hi LadyWellian,

Does your page look anything like this? If so, please try going to Page -> Style -> Default Style, and see if that fixes it. If this isn't the problem you're experiencing, please let us know.

~D

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 16:00

No, huggly I actually tried the mobile version - it looked better than this but the writing ws very small, so I went back to the not-working 'standard' version.

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hugglymugly · 12/05/2011 15:56

Have you by accident clicked on the mobile version? If you scroll down to the very end of the screen, is there an option to view the standard version?

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 15:45

Having upgraded my browser I tried using the 'compatibility view', but it made no difference.

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 15:43

No, everything else is working fine. It's just MN.

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hugglymugly · 12/05/2011 15:40

Are you getting the same effect on every website you look at?

I don't use IE, but I think there's some sort of accessibility option that allows a user to override the style sheet or fonts/colours used by the website.

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 15:21

Is a side-effect of this interface problem that I also become invisible?

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 14:35

Pretty please?

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 14:16

Pleeeeease help! I've done everything I can think of.

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 13:52

And now I've begged our IT people for an upgrade, got IE8, restarted and it's still like it

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 13:22

Hi Damian. I'm using IE6 - at work, and systems horribly outdated. I haven't tried the old 'turn it off and on again' yet, though I've closed the window and opened a new one several times.

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DamianTech · 12/05/2011 13:10

Hi LadyWellian,

Can you tellm us which browser you are using? And have you tried re-starting it?

BertieBotts · 12/05/2011 13:10

Oh ok - then I don't know, sorry!

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LadyWellian · 12/05/2011 13:07

Bertie I've refreshed and refreshed, and even gone straight to pages I know won't be cached - nothing's made a difference so far Sad

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BertieBotts · 12/05/2011 13:06

That happens sometimes, if you refresh it usually goes back to normal.

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