My Tablet is A Democrat

June 20, 2018, 10:28 PM

NK402

In the last two days, my Samsung tablet refuses to download Drudge Report. My desktop has no problem with it, nor does my Samsung phone. I hit the bookmark on the tablet..nothing. It says Drudge Report in the URL line but screen remains blank. Google it and click on the result..nothing. I tried un-installing and re-installing the bookmark, same thing. I type it into the URL line and same result. All my other favorites work fine. It's a conspiracy I tell you.

June 20, 2018, 10:42 PM

dsiets

My Kommie Kindle Fire tablet loads it. Maybe something else is going on.

June 21, 2018, 06:29 AM

Johnny 3eagles

Posting from my Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1.

June 21, 2018, 01:50 PM

SpinZone

Which browser are you using? Samsung's browser or a 3rd party browser like google or Firefox?

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June 21, 2018, 03:00 PM

NK402

quote:
Originally posted by SpinZone:
Which browser are you using? Samsung's browser or a 3rd party browser like google or Firefox?

I believe it is Samsung Internet. Chrome is also on the tablet but I haven't tried it. Question is no matter what it is why has it worked the last 5 years but not this week ?

June 21, 2018, 03:19 PM

joel9507

quote:
Originally posted by NK402:
quote:
Originally posted by SpinZone:
Which browser are you using? Samsung's browser or a 3rd party browser like google or Firefox?

I believe it is Samsung Internet. Chrome is also on the tablet but I haven't tried it. Question is no matter what it is why has it worked the last 5 years but not this week ?

Could be anything. Some slimy ad with fancy programming brought in by ad networking that your browser/tablet doesn't like, new code in the page at Drudge that doesn't work with your browser/tablet, etc., etc. etc. (sorry, channeled Yul Brenner for a moment there.

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Bottom line - try it on a different browser and see if that clears it up.

I have at least two, generally four browsers set up on my systems - combination of poor programming/testing practices by the web developers, incompatibilities amongst browser makers, and odd tricks brought in by ad content breaks sites. It is an unusual day that I can get by with only using one browser.

June 21, 2018, 03:31 PM

NK402

Thanks for the advice. These things drive me crazy
the way they have a mind of their own. I have a new Samsung S9+. Every day, it changes something on its own. Yesterday the MESSAGE icon was on my home page, today, it is on Page 2. I set notification tones and it resets them to something else. Frustrating !