What is this "checking your browser" crap?

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FunkyPunky
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22 Dec 2017, 4:45 pm

What is with this "checking your browser" crap? It's ruining these forums. Let me give an example what trying to post something is like...

*brings up website*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*clicks on forum I want*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*clicks on topic*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*clicks post reply*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*types in reply*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*gets brought back to reply box, but everything I typed is gone*
*types it again*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*it's gone again*
*types it again*
"Checking your browser before accessing wrongplanet. Please wait."
*is deleted again*
*gives up*



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23 Dec 2017, 9:07 am

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What you’re seeing is an effort by the website owner to mitigate spam traffic from botnets and otherwise malicious traffic. It is part of a service called Cloudflare which offers a layer of protection for websites concerned with this type of invasive traffic. Your browser is simply being checked by this service to gauge the likelihood of your traffic being part of an attack; this might include indicators like your (approximate) location, browser user agent, and others.


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24 Dec 2017, 11:13 pm

If you're frustrated with the deleted typed messages:
Have at least two tabs for WP -- one where you type your posts or messages, and one is pretry much at any part of the forum; whether it's your profile page, index board, or another thread.

Before posting or sending your typed message, refresh the tab where you don't type your messages at.
If it doesn't trigger the "Checking Your Browser" Crap, :lol: it's safe to send/post/preview without the risk of having to type it all over again.
If it does trigger, just wait for it to end. Then go back to your typed messages, and send/post/preview.

If the whole thing triggered after you click send/post/preview, click 'go back' on your browser's interface. Then refresh on the other tab before going back at the typed message to send/post/preview with.

Alternatively, if you really wanna play safe, select your whole message then copy it. Or type it somewhere else, copy/paste it where you want to send/post/preview it within the forum. So that if it triggers, you won't had to retype again.


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24 Dec 2017, 11:19 pm

Edna3362 wrote:
If you're frustrated with the deleted typed messages:
Have at least two tabs for WP -- one where you type your posts or messages, and one is pretry much at any part of the forum; whether it's your profile page, index board, or another thread.

Before posting or sending your typed message, refresh the tab where you don't type your messages at.
If it doesn't trigger the "Checking Your Browser" Crap, :lol: it's safe to send/post/preview without the risk of having to type it all over again.
If it does trigger, just wait for it to end. Then go back to your typed messages, and send/post/preview.

If the whole thing triggered after you click send/post/preview, click 'go back' on your browser's interface. Then refresh on the other tab before going back at the typed message to send/post/preview with.

Alternatively, if you really wanna play safe, select your whole message then copy it. Or type it somewhere else, copy/paste it where you want to send/post/preview it within the forum. So that if it triggers, you won't had to retype again.


Good idea.

Under my prior username, i sometimes just quit going to the web site, sometimes for weeks or months.



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25 Dec 2017, 12:04 am

what browser are you using?


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25 Dec 2017, 12:25 am

Not likely to be Firefox - unless it's an older version. I use Firefox and only get the browser check when I first log in here.


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25 Dec 2017, 1:30 am

alex wrote:
what browser are you using?

Not sure about the OP's.

I'm on Chrome mobile browser.
And, never tried to update for the last several months. Otherwise, accessing WP with minor setbacks won't be the only problem I'd have because of the browser's crappy updates.


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25 Dec 2017, 2:26 am

of all the things that have been "ruining the forums" as of late this is probably the very least intrusive.


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27 Dec 2017, 10:12 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:
of all the things that have been "ruining the forums" as of late this is probably the very least intrusive.

I can't imagine many problems worse than the website itself refusing to let you use it.



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27 Dec 2017, 2:01 pm

alex wrote:
what browser are you using?


I use Google Chrome for the most part on this computer running the OpenBSD operating system. On the computer on my desk which runs Linux, I usually use Opera.