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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 7, 2020 10:21am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

I am having problems also. I am using an older android tablet (version 5.0.1)

Bookreader shows black screen, home page missing header

I had to log in on my laptop to access this forum:

On my tablet, the home page is missing the header (everything above the "Internet Archive is a non-profit library . . ." text), user login, search bar, etc.

After copying in the link to get to this forums page, even though the link says details/texts?tab=forum, the blue bar is under Collections. When I click on About or Forums, the link changes to about or forum at the end, but it stays on the Collections page.

Collections show in all text, clicking the "show cover" button doesn't change the display.

In Bookreader, the display pane is black pane with no controls or anything displayed. (Same thing happened in early September)

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Poster: jimapplecore Date: Dec 7, 2020 1:10pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

Yes. I did the same to use the site. Waybackmachine used to show up at the top of the page. It's gone now. I suspect there has been a change in the front end of the website that didn't take safari into account. Ironic that an archive dedicated to obsolete pages cannot be accessed on a tablet only six years old. I don't know how to contact the webmaster to file a bug report. Do you?

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 7, 2020 11:25pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

is it still happening? there was a fix deployed today which should have fixed it.
This post was modified by Jeff Kaplan on 2020-12-08 07:25:22

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Poster: jimapplecore Date: Dec 7, 2020 10:35pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

It seems to be back to full functionality. The check buttons are working and properly labelled. Wayback is at the header again. The play button for video is working.
Well done. See my post on the parent thread.
Thank you. Archive.org has made covid quarantine significantly more bearable.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 8, 2020 3:47am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

For me it is only partly fixed:

- home page is back to normal with header showing
- book covers show when I search for a book
- the forums dsplay and I can reply on my tablet
- If I click through to a book in the public domain, I can read it.

The part that's not working:

- If I click through to a book that's available to borrow, I see the black pane, with no Borrow button or scrolling controls.

Seconding jimapplecore's thank you. I usually come out of my local library with a stack of books. I've been using Internet Archive instead, so I did donate!

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 8, 2020 9:44am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

thanks. what browser and OS have you tried?

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 8, 2020 5:08pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

The one that's partially working is an older android tablet, version 5.0.1.

Everything is working on my laptop, it's just easier to read with the touchscreen on the tablet.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 14, 2020 10:36am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

This is an ongoing issue - still unable to read any books that need to be borrowed. Android 5.0.1.

They show up in searches, but when I click through, there is a black pane where Bookreader should show up. No preview, page controls, or borrow button appears.

The book info does show up below the black part of the screen where Bookreader normally appears.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 14, 2020 11:03am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

right now the best i can suggest is to disable any adblock or privacy apps that are running.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 15, 2020 6:18am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

Would it would be so easy! The only app it shows running is android keyboard.

It's got something to do with the access-restricted status of an item, because I can load and read items on the always-available list.

For whatever reason, it's only the items that require a borrow that result in the reader-less Bookreader.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 15, 2020 10:28am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

sorry. i'll file a bug report. if you have a non-mobile device it likely will work there.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 7, 2020 3:06pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

Usually when Jeff Kaplan sees the post it gets fixed.

I know Internet Archive's policy is to try and keep content available even to older devices, which has to be difficult.