Helllo.
I am fairly new to the forums, and have been asking a lot of questions recently, but this has me quite confused.
I am using an old windows 7 computer with microsoft edge as a browser.
I have had several discussions in the forums with others about links in the forums and where they lead me.
In particular, in a discussion about registering old games I was given an address that would "list all the medals available", but that generally didn't work for me.
I tried it several times but never got to where I was told it led.
After a bit more experience, I finally noticed something that should have occurred to me much earlier.
Each time I had tried to type the address as given into the browser, it had led me somewhere else, completely different from where I was told it would.
When I just "clicked" on the link, it led me to the place I was told it led.
Typing the address link in precisely as given, I never got there.
Clicking on it got me to the site I was told it would.
I have now observed this in several different links on this site.
If I type in the link given, precisely as given, it will lead me to somewhere different than if I click on a link.
Since I would often copy the link information to use later, that explains some of my confusion.
I am not sure if it happens only when I am already connected to the forums or if it also happens before I am connected to them.
It is quite possible that it is some kind of fault in my computer, and that nobody else is having the same effect occur, but I thought it worth pointing out in case there is something systematically "odd" in how the links run that might need looking at or clarification.
It is possibly there may be some differences in the way the different browsers function and read the information.
I have already mentioned in my other questions that when using "internet explorer", the button to press on for the "cookie" message never appeared onscreen, and I could never find it.
When I started using the edge browser, it always showed up.
All these may simply be problems with my computer, but I suggest you have somebody look into the possibility it at your end as well.
This occurred to me partly because in the reply to my question about the availability of old mods, I received a reply and when I clicked on the link, it led me to a site I had never been able to find or get to before.
The possible implications of that only occurred to me much later on.
If I am the only person getting this kind of thing happening, and the fault is in my computer, then I must apologise for some of my comments about the difficulties of navigating the forums.
I cannot escape the feeling that computers do not like me, and are showing it.
I hope I am the only person this is happening to.
It could be causing significant confusion otherwise.
ALEXVK3BQN
I am fairly new to the forums, and have been asking a lot of questions recently, but this has me quite confused.
I am using an old windows 7 computer with microsoft edge as a browser.
I have had several discussions in the forums with others about links in the forums and where they lead me.
In particular, in a discussion about registering old games I was given an address that would "list all the medals available", but that generally didn't work for me.
I tried it several times but never got to where I was told it led.
After a bit more experience, I finally noticed something that should have occurred to me much earlier.
Each time I had tried to type the address as given into the browser, it had led me somewhere else, completely different from where I was told it would.
When I just "clicked" on the link, it led me to the place I was told it led.
Typing the address link in precisely as given, I never got there.
Clicking on it got me to the site I was told it would.
I have now observed this in several different links on this site.
If I type in the link given, precisely as given, it will lead me to somewhere different than if I click on a link.
Since I would often copy the link information to use later, that explains some of my confusion.
I am not sure if it happens only when I am already connected to the forums or if it also happens before I am connected to them.
It is quite possible that it is some kind of fault in my computer, and that nobody else is having the same effect occur, but I thought it worth pointing out in case there is something systematically "odd" in how the links run that might need looking at or clarification.
It is possibly there may be some differences in the way the different browsers function and read the information.
I have already mentioned in my other questions that when using "internet explorer", the button to press on for the "cookie" message never appeared onscreen, and I could never find it.
When I started using the edge browser, it always showed up.
All these may simply be problems with my computer, but I suggest you have somebody look into the possibility it at your end as well.
This occurred to me partly because in the reply to my question about the availability of old mods, I received a reply and when I clicked on the link, it led me to a site I had never been able to find or get to before.
The possible implications of that only occurred to me much later on.
If I am the only person getting this kind of thing happening, and the fault is in my computer, then I must apologise for some of my comments about the difficulties of navigating the forums.
I cannot escape the feeling that computers do not like me, and are showing it.
I hope I am the only person this is happening to.
It could be causing significant confusion otherwise.
ALEXVK3BQN
