Why work on some browsers but not others?

[caladrius]

Why do some plugins work on some browsers but not on others?

This probably has either a short answer or a long one. 

One of my plugins (which isn’t supported, I don’t think) works with Firefox but not with Safari. It’s the poker plugin. In Safari, it just shows five broken image icons (it’s those boxes indicating your image can’t load). But I suspect this is a universal issue with many many plugins.

[Kami]

Sept 23, 2020 7:55:32 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Why do some plugins work on some browsers but not on others?

This probably has either a short answer or a long one.

One of my plugins (which isn’t supported, I don’t think) works with Firefox but not with Safari. It’s the poker plugin. In Safari, it just shows five broken image icons (it’s those boxes indicating your image can’t load). But I suspect this is a universal issue with many many plugins.

This is a really open-ended question because there are multiple factors -- sometimes singular, sometimes a combination -- that could affect a plugin's cross compatibility. Some reasons (but by no means a comprehensive one) are: the browser doesn't natively support the plugin's functionality, the browser is not up to date, the plugin has not been updated to accommodate for the browser's updates, the plugin is using outdated technology that the browser no longer supports.

For the case of the poker plugin, the safari issue is actually a known thing as per the opening post of the support thread for it:

Possible Bug: Safari Browser gameplay

The last update was also 5 years ago. It's likely that if this plugin isn't deprecated in other browsers right now, unless Pastuleo returns to update for modern browsers / when v6 is released, this plugin will eventually become unusable anywhere.

[caladrius]

Well, my poker plugin which didn’t work with Safari before suddenly worked with Safari this morning. I know I didn’t do a thing different.

[Kami]

Sept 24, 2020 7:29:38 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Well, my poker plugin which didn’t work with Safari before suddenly worked with Safari this morning. I know I didn’t do a thing different.

It could be an intermittent issue. The thread above only states the possibility of a safari conflict, which implies that the bug isn't 100% reproducible.

[caladrius]

Sept 23, 2020 8:40:50 GMT -8 Kami said:

Sept 23, 2020 7:55:32 GMT -8 caladrius said:

For the case of the poker plugin, the safari issue is actually a known thing as per the opening post of the support thread for it:

Possible Bug: Safari Browser gameplay

The last update was also 5 years ago. It's likely that if this plugin isn't deprecated in other browsers right now, unless Pastuleo returns to update for modern browsers / when v6 is released, this plugin will eventually become unusable anywhere.

I just realized after clicking on your link that the plugin you referenced is not the same as the plugin I installed. I don't have the monetary system plugin so I didn't download/install the poker game you referenced. Instead, I downloaded and installed something Todge recommended in the thread:

support.proboards.com/thread/661319/card-game-similiar-vdice

I'm not sure if your referenced poker plugin is the same as the one Todge recommended.

[Bennett 🚀]

Sept 23, 2020 7:55:32 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Why do some plugins work on some browsers but not on others?

This probably has either a short answer or a long one. 

One of my plugins (which isn’t supported, I don’t think) works with Firefox but not with Safari. It’s the poker plugin. In Safari, it just shows five broken image icons (it’s those boxes indicating your image can’t load). But I suspect this is a universal issue with many many plugins.

Images used in the plugin may no longer be publically available / host went down / non-https which I believe Safari is cracking down on. Could you link to the forum & post in question?

[caladrius]

Sept 24, 2020 10:32:39 GMT -8 Bennett 🚀 said:

Sept 23, 2020 7:55:32 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Why do some plugins work on some browsers but not on others?

This probably has either a short answer or a long one. 

One of my plugins (which isn’t supported, I don’t think) works with Firefox but not with Safari. It’s the poker plugin. In Safari, it just shows five broken image icons (it’s those boxes indicating your image can’t load). But I suspect this is a universal issue with many many plugins.

Images used in the plugin may no longer be publically available / host went down / non-https which I believe Safari is cracking down on. Could you link to the forum & post in question?

I'm using my own images which I loaded into WordPress. (WordPress was the only hosting site I could find -- and I looked at about a dozen -- that kept the exact filename that I uploaded. All other hosting sites hashed out a new filename for each image, with no ability to rename them.)

[Bennett 🚀]

Sept 24, 2020 11:30:12 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Sept 24, 2020 10:32:39 GMT -8 Bennett 🚀 said:

Images used in the plugin may no longer be publically available / host went down / non-https which I believe Safari is cracking down on. Could you link to the forum & post in question?

I'm using my own images which I loaded into WordPress. (WordPress was the only hosting site I could find -- and I looked at about a dozen -- that kept the exact filename that I uploaded. All other hosting sites hashed out a new filename for each image, with no ability to rename them.)

Could you provide a link to your forum with a post that is showing this behavior? It's hard for me to diagnose without anything to go off of.

[caladrius]

The poker plugin I used was recommended by Todge. I don't think it's a ProBoards-supported plugin. I found it in this thread:

support.proboards.com/thread/661319/card-game-similiar-vdice

[caladrius]

Well, I tried it again on Safari (both desktop and iPad) and it works. I don't know why it didn't work the first time. My guess is that it had something to do with the WordPress server at the time I played it on Safari.

[Todge]

Sept 24, 2020 11:55:45 GMT -8 caladrius said:

Well, I tried it again on Safari (both desktop and iPad) and it works. I don't know why it didn't work the first time. My guess is that it had something to do with the WordPress server at the time I played it on Safari.

You are probably correct..

Nine times out of ten, if you see broken image icons, it's because the browser cannot gain access to those images. This could be because you either entered the info incorrectly in the plugins' settings, or an issue with the image host. As the plugin worked for you when using other browsers, it had to be the later.

Now that Safari has managed to get those images, the chances are that you'll not have this issue again.

[caladrius]

I have not tested this with other browsers. I may have to make a trip to the library just so that I could test it on Microsoft IE on a PC. It would be the first time in, like, 10 years I've been to the library.

LOL!