Malc2098 wrote:9fingers wrote:Malc2098 wrote:Thanks, Bob.
I still don't know where I am with this.
I suppose I should be thankful that I've accessed the images, but I would like to somehow prevent it recurring.
Never mind. If anyone else has any ideas, that'd be great.
Are you able to see Mike's earlier pictures on those devices now?
Given that I can see all of them on my iPhone and Andy can see them on his Apple platforms and no one else is complaining of not seeing the pics in what is our most followed topic, then it rather suggests the issue is with your devices.
Are you running safari on both? Is it up to date? - clutching at straws......
Bob
Yes, I have UTD Safaris on both devices and I can see them on both devices now after just putting one image url code into a new browser tab and then going back to the original post.
That's because of the way Safari works. It will pre-fetch all the images as I understand it (which, incidentally explains why sometimes it seems very slow). So when you access the Imgur website I think it is possible that Safari has downloaded in the background all the photos and stuck them in cache. So when you then g to view the photos via the forum thread they appear to be OK.
To prove my theory, delete Safari cache on your Mac Mini. You should be able to do just the cache as opposed to the whole lot, history, cookies etc, as Bob correctly says, if you are doing this on an iPhone.
Then view the image using the direct Imgur link.
Go back to Safari and view the thread. Images should be there.
Delete the Safari cache again. View the image using the direct Imgur link. Delete Safari cache. Now view the thread. I think you will find that the images aren't there.
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