8mm Forum: Ebay's new look

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Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 15, 2009, 02:56 AM:

Is it just me but I dont get any 'description' at all. On most items I scroll down and all I get is a line saying "dont let this slip away". There is the new description 'Tab' but it contains nothing. Ive gone through the help sections or looking for a 'classic' view to revert to the old (like in win XP) but alas nothing. Its so frustrating that they changed it [Mad]

Graham S

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on August 15, 2009, 04:39 AM:

If the seller did put in a description it should be there. I'm not having problems here.

Remember, some sellers don't give much if anything in the way of description.

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 15, 2009, 01:18 PM:

Almost all of the items I look at dont say anything apart from the standard box that comes up telling me it the condition and format etc. Ive also looked at items from 777seymor as he always gived a detailed description shot by shot but theres nothing now. I seem to remember It was ok once then it disspeared the next time I clicked on ebay. [Confused]

Graham S

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on August 15, 2009, 01:26 PM:

Graham,

Just picking one at random:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EIKI-ELF-SNT-1-16mm-film-projector-Excellent-condition_W0QQitemZ160356000333QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_VintagePhotography_VintagePhotoAccessories?hash= item2555f6624d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Can you see a description on this item?

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on August 15, 2009, 01:29 PM:

6 of 777seymour checked at random; all good descriptions
Martin

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 15, 2009, 01:35 PM:

No I cant [Mad]

When you right-click and select 'Encoding' and change to windows or ISO, this seems to make a difference but it only makes the decription very long and blank (all white no text). The top of the page looks ok with the photo on the left as normal but under description I get nothing. The payment tab works ok though.

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on August 15, 2009, 01:42 PM:

I can see 777seymore's description:

Eiki/Elf SNT 1

Excellent condition Eiki 16mm film projector in perfect working order

Complete with standard 50mm f1.2 lens and extension speaker cover/case

Has been modified to 240v professionally by Elf UK presumably when they first imported them into the UK

These were the last models Eiki made and are of top quality

Quite a heavy item so collection preffered but will send at buyers risk by courier for £30.00

Thanks for looking

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 15, 2009, 02:34 PM:

This is what I get. Mabye its just something like Adobe flash or similar (even though its not a video file). I have also had a problem on Amazons marketplace pages but I just change the encoding and it works.

Graham S

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on August 15, 2009, 02:38 PM:

Thats strange.

Wish I could help you out there,Graham.

It's gotta be something simple.

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 15, 2009, 02:59 PM:

I just temporaly fixed it by reseting all Internet Explorer settings. It worked at first but has now gone back to not displaying it again.

I will find it eventually.

Graham S [Smile]

Posted by Paul Spinks (Member # 573) on August 15, 2009, 08:44 PM:

You could try downloading another web browser like Mozilla Firefox and then see if the pages load correctly.

Paul.

Posted by Keith Ashfield (Member # 741) on August 16, 2009, 03:20 AM:

Just a thought Graham - Have you tried deleting your "cookies" and "Temporary Folder"? You may have a corruption in there. I had a similar problem with "Yahoo Mail" not loading correctly. I just deleted the cookies that applied to that particular site, re-logged back in and it worked fine.

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 16, 2009, 07:01 AM:

Thanks Keith for that advice but I do that regularly. It didnt work this time. Last night I checked for updates and it downloaded and installed many but again this didnt help much.

What is happening now is weird. When I first run internet explorer and go strait to 8mm forum and then proceed to click on the link above, I get the full page WITH description opened in a new window - good. Then I close that window and click on the link again. This time It opens up WITHOUT the description.

Then I close down internet explorer totally and open it up again and click on the link above. The Ebay page opens up back WITH the full description. [Confused]

It seems it only works fully when I load up an ebay page for the very first tims. It seems like it changes some setting stopping me look at more pages. [Confused]

Any help.

Graham

p.s. mabye an upgrade to IE8 will do the trick (currently using 7)

Graham S

Posted by Keith Ashfield (Member # 741) on August 16, 2009, 09:17 AM:

Uploading to IE8 is probably worth a go Graham. I have been using it for about 6 weeks now - seems ok. However, my browser of choice is Firefox. Seems a bit more "secure" and "quicker" than Explorer. Just my opinion though.

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on August 16, 2009, 10:54 AM:

Keith and Graham,
I've never been able to get on with any Version of I.E; I find the toolbars much too cluttered. Firefox is easier to use and appears to work faster, but has the same cluttered appearence.
I'm now using OPERA (free download) which is absolutely simple to use, is very plain (the default browser is actually in monochrome, with dozens of bespoke alternatives available)and has menu selectable toolbars, one visible at a time or even turned off completely. I do all my emails directly from it (no need for Outlook Express or Windows Mail). There are some limitations, but I find it works very well for me.
Martin

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on August 16, 2009, 11:09 AM:

There have been all sorts of issues with Internet Explorer 7 & 8. It seems to be down to all the security settings and caches etc and the way that IE handles some scripts.

At work I suggest that users either use Firefox or Apples Safari which is also available for PC and I have far less complaints.

Kev.

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on August 16, 2009, 01:41 PM:

Thanks for all of your comments. I will try both IE8 and Firefox. Certaintly a lot of positive comments for Firefox.

Thanks
Graham S

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on August 16, 2009, 04:42 PM:

I noticed that Ebay.com (and some others Ebay worldwide) start using different setting. The different that I meant is that every page come with two separate boxes, i.e the main box and the description box. When the description box has fully loaded then it will merge (become one page) with the main box (background). Sorry I cannot explain in computer language because I am not expert in computer.

Graham, try this very simple way:

Ebay has a similar URL for every item depend where you open first.

For example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Eumig-Mark-610D-8mm-Super-8-mm-VS-Movie-Projector-610-D_W0QQitemZ110424498040

(can you see the desctiption)?

If not then try to see from Ebay Malaysia which is still using old browser. It is easy, just add "com" becomes "com.my" so it becomes like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/Eumig-Mark-610D-8mm-Super-8-mm-VS-Movie-Projector-610-D_W0QQitemZ110424498040

can yo see ther description now?

cheers

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