White box around flag cont.level?

reply to post by alyosha1981


I do not see a box and I'm on FF.

reply to post by alyosha1981


No I don't see it, but it sounds like a nice horror movie tag line,lol. "Do you see the box?" I do not know what is going on, others said they see it too, coould it be ISP or anti-viral software related? Who is your service provider?

What about in the links? did you guys see the box there? I not kidding, check the links, this is exactly what I see on every post every thread and even public profile. I'm trying to laugh it off but jeesh now I feel crazy.

reply to post by AshleyD


AshleyD could you please host the images on the media portal and post them here in this thread before people think I'm a nutcase?

reply to post by alyosha1981


Yes I saw the box in those, I just do not see it on my own computer. When did you notice this, when you logged in tonight?

reply to post by jkrog08


Ya just tonight, and I'm at work so I thought maybe it was the comp so I restarted and.....same thing and I refresh and ...same thing I dunno it's just weird and I want to know what it is, I appreciate your help though.

reply to post by alyosha1981


Yea unfortunately I am no computer expert, AshleyD is better than me at that, as are MANY members on ATS. LOL, 49 replies and not one bit closer to a solution. Why don't you post this on the 'issues' thread? It might get more attention there.

I agree with AshleyD -it's most likely a problem with the image format. Since you're on IE7, it's not the browser itself - is it possible that your company/work uses a proxy that compresses images? In that case it might forget to compress the alpha layer as well.. A wild guess :p

o.k. Here's what you see

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/2e560d46ea80f1b1.png[/atsimg]
And here's what I see

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/3ab8fc32694128bc.png[/atsimg]

I'm also with Ashley and the rest. This is clearly the container for the flag contribution level. I have no idea why it is not displaying properly for you but it is definately on your end and not the ATS site.

Although I think your suspicions that we might be in for some more new changes will surely prove to be correct if you wait a while. The local powers seem to be unable to resist tinkering with their toys. I still don't even know what the level means or how it is figured, and about the time I ever get curious to find out it will probably be changed

If it is happening at home you might have to do some more investigating but if it is a work problem, I would blame it on them

Here's an easy way to check whether it is some kind of image compression service from your ISP or company proxy:
Does teh banana have a black background?
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/f47750a851d9.png[/atsimg]

[edit on 6-6-2009 by scraze]

Ok so i'm at home now and I do not see the box, I'm using FF. No the banana does not appear to have a black background. I think now it's got something to do with my computer at work, Thanks for all the help guys.

I use IE8 - and do not see it. So it could very well be a IE7 issue....and AshleyD's theory sounds about right.

This really does sound like some line in a psychological thriller movie: doctor in white lab coat interrogating man in dingy dark cell in basement with one tiny little light bulb hanging overhead... "do you see the white box?" "no, I do not see it" "are you sure you do not see the white box?" "no, I swear, im seeing no white box" .....