Login Problems

December 11, 2003 11:56 AM

Can't log in via the blue using Firebird 0.7+.
I was able to log in, however, via Metatalk.
posted by signal to Bugs at 11:56 AM (12 comments total)

STBU

Did you try deleting all your metafilter cookies and trying again? The logins should work across all sites, so I don't know why the mefi one would not work and the metatalk one would.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:16 PM on December 11, 2003

STBU?
posted by BlueTrain at 12:29 PM on December 11, 2003

Deleted all my cookies, still no dice. I fill out the login/pass on the blue login page, but the "login" button does absolutely nothing. Grey login works just fine.

STBU?
posted by signal at 1:48 PM on December 11, 2003

weird. STBU is a joke term from help desks in the corporate word (sucks to be you), said when someone has an odd problem that can't be replicated and that no one else reports.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:51 PM on December 11, 2003

I just logged out and logged back in again via the main Metafilter page. I'm using Firebird 0.7 on Linux.
posted by Voivod at 2:12 PM on December 11, 2003

I'm using 0.7+, the latest build, on XP Pro.

So yeah, STBM
posted by signal at 2:32 PM on December 11, 2003

i have noted weird behavior on the part of firebird 0.70 occasionally links, buttons, link bar buttons etc all cease to have effect. closing the browser and reopening has been the only workaround i've found.
posted by quonsar at 3:16 PM on December 11, 2003

weird. STBU is a joke term from help desks in the corporate word (sucks to be you), said when someone has an odd problem that can't be replicated and that no one else reports.

I thought it was shorthand for "shut the blue up", but I'm a stupid mother bluer.
posted by The God Complex at 3:22 PM on December 11, 2003

I've found Firebird (any version) to suck at logging on with some sites (Mefi isn't one of them), while Mozilla handles it just fine. Just for a giggle I tried one of them with Opera and it didn't work there either.

Conclusion: wierd.
posted by John Shaft at 8:16 PM on December 11, 2003

I get the same problems that quonsar mentioned. If I go to the 37 signals weblog, none of the links function. The only thing I can do is open them into new tabs. It's really annoying. Perhaps a CSS bug of some sort.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:53 PM on December 11, 2003

Switched back to 0.7, problem solved, so I guess there's a bug in the 0.7+ release.
posted by signal at 5:53 AM on December 12, 2003

I guess so. Firebird 0.7 on XP Pro here, no problems whatsoever.
posted by tomorama at 5:00 PM on December 13, 2003