When I Clear The History, To See If It Affects The Speed Of The Computer

emmie | 19:29 Fri 17th Mar 2017 | Technology

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it logs me out of A/B. Any idea why. I have to keep on logging back in,
Also the font keeps on changing, no idea why either.

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Buenchico

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AB only knows who you are because it can see the cookie which it's placed on your computer. When you clear your cache you erase that cookie, so AB can't recognise you until you've signed in again. I can't see why the font should change unless details of the old site were stored in your cache (meaning that you've been seeing the incorrect font on the new site up until...

19:34 Fri 17th Mar 2017

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Buenchico

AB only knows who you are because it can see the cookie which it's placed on your computer. When you clear your cache you erase that cookie, so AB can't recognise you until you've signed in again.

I can't see why the font should change unless details of the old site were stored in your cache (meaning that you've been seeing the incorrect font on the new site up until now).

emmie

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i have to sign in again, so it doesn't recognise me, oh.
the font changes at will, also no idea why. I have to change it back so i can see it. fun and games...

Buenchico

Firefox stores details of the fonts which you'd like it to use but, by default, allows websites to take control and substitute their own custom fonts. It seems as if Firefox is sometimes picking up the information from websites (and thus using their chosen fonts) but at other times using the fonts which you can pick yourself. (If you want to see what those are, click the three lines at the top right, then Options and Content. That will show you the main default font; click 'Advanced' for the full set).

The intermittent missing font information could come about because of either
(a) a problem with Firefox ; or
(b) the data being held back by your anti-virus program. (Once again Kaspersky is under suspicion here).

If you want to rule out a Firefox problem, reset it as per my previous instructions but remembering to note down the names of any extensions you're using FIRST. (Resetting Firefox to its default state removes any extensions you're using, so you'll have to reinstall them afterwards. However things like your bookmarks will remain untouched).

I still think that it's Kaspersky that's causing the problems though!