Samsung Internet Browser on Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra


So before anytime I'd been away from the site when I would visit I would go directly to new posts. Now when I click it it immediately gives me a you must wait 5 seconds before you can refresh error message.

Also before, after reading a thread, I could click the New Posts button at the bottom and it would take me right to the list if new threads no issue, now it too tells me I have to wait 5 seconds before I can refresh.

This issue started about 3 days ago for me. Also sometimes users' post text is the same color as the background on dark theme so I see blank posts on Mobile like this.....

 

Here's the message I get when I click New Posts....

 

No issues on Android Google Chrome btw.

 

There are two different issues.

1. Regarding the post text is the same color as the background on dark theme. This is a known issue with mobile and occurs when someone specifically hard-codes a text color. This can occur if the poster copies and pastes. That is the case for your example. The poster used the text color #333333, which happens to be a dark gray and so it blends in with the background.

2. Regarding the refresh error. It's possible your browser is using a VPN. Or, is it refreshing in the background when you open that tab? It's also possible it's simple a cache issue with your browser.

 

Edge desktop browser just started doing this for me. Never did before.

Did you folks make a change to the software settings? That wait is certainly configurable in vBulletin.

 

Very well aware of the settings. There has always been a flood control and that's pretty standard, too. So changing that, short of disabling it, won't do anything for the issue you're reporting. It still sounds like a cache issue or possible VPN with the browser. It would also align with the OP's comment of not being an issue with Chrome.

 

Well aware of it as well, as I ran vBulletin forums for decades, I'm the Director of IT for my $300M/yr company, and I have been in IT for ~35 years. I've been on these forums for 12.5 years.

I was just sharing that this JUST started happening at the same time the other user mentioned it, and NOTHING was changed on my end (not a caching issue, not using VPN). It's happened on multiple devices with multiple browsers.

Take it for what it's worth, but perhaps don't take it personally.

 

I didn't take it personally, which is why I didn't state any qualifiers However, I do have some personal and professional experience with the software for the last 20+ years. Additionally, the vBulletin software and Internet Brands are part of the same company.

We're looking into the issue.

Thanks.