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Twitter profile widget appears blank in IE9
I have a website which uses the Twitter profile widget to display recent Tweets. This has been working fine up until today when i noticed that it was blank. The widget appears but no tweets.
My browser is IE9 and I immediately checked it in Firefox where it displayed the tweets normally. I then checked it in IE8 and it was fine there also.
Obviously this must be IE9 related as it appears to be working fine in other browsers. I have emptied the browser cache and tried starting IE with no addins but this does not help.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
My browser is IE9 and I immediately checked it in Firefox where it displayed the tweets normally. I then checked it in IE8 and it was fine there also.
Obviously this must be IE9 related as it appears to be working fine in other browsers. I have emptied the browser cache and tried starting IE with no addins but this does not help.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
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That maybe the settings in your browser. Displaying script errors is turned off by default in IE9:
Close internet explorer ...then run this fixit.
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/ie_performance_and_safety/
Reboot computer and then check.
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http://support.microsoft.com/mats/ie_performance_and_safety/
Reboot computer and then check.
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Darude1234: I now have the script error notifications turned on but still get no error message.
ded9: Useful fixit but doesn't change anything with regard to the blank widget.
It does appear that this is a Twitter problem with IE9. If I go to their Widget creation page the sample widget there is blank also. I don't think this happened with the earlier versions of IE9 but has started since some recent updates were applied.
Anyone with an up to date IE9 and a Twitter account should be able confirm that this behaviour is not limited to my experience.
I am hoping Twitter will fix this soon.
ded9: Useful fixit but doesn't change anything with regard to the blank widget.
It does appear that this is a Twitter problem with IE9. If I go to their Widget creation page the sample widget there is blank also. I don't think this happened with the earlier versions of IE9 but has started since some recent updates were applied.
Anyone with an up to date IE9 and a Twitter account should be able confirm that this behaviour is not limited to my experience.
I am hoping Twitter will fix this soon.
Might be user account is corrupted...create a new user account ..reboot the computer and then login under the new account..now check the twitter widget.
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But then it would surely be blank in all browsers. this only happens in ie9.
Actually I do have access to more tnan one Twitter account and the behaviour is the same for all.
Actually I do have access to more tnan one Twitter account and the behaviour is the same for all.
You need to create a new user account in your computer..from control panel.
not a new twitter account...you can use the same account.
This is just check whether its windows 7 user account corruption issue.
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not a new twitter account...you can use the same account.
This is just check whether its windows 7 user account corruption issue.
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I have tried this from other user accounts on completely different machines. The problem is with IE9 and the Twitter widget. See Pradeep08 81 above.
Trying a new account will not break anything..but if u do not want to try it then lets wait for other suggestions
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Darude1234: This looks interesting but how exactly is that code implemented. The widget uses Javascript not PHP.
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It does look as if the problem lies with the fact that IE9 has recently been patched in such a way that it no longer accepts the application/json MIME type for json-p requests. The developers are in the process of changing this to application/javascript which they say will solve the problem.
B-) Glad to see that others have this problem too. Now let's wait for the bug correction by #Twitter themselves.
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The problem does now appear to have been solved at the Twitter end. Thanks for all the input guys.
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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:
Accepted answer: 500 points for fibo's comment http:/Q_27277495.html#36450850
Assisted answer: 0 points for grigorovsky's comment http:/Q_27277495.html#36516387
for the following reason:
The problem was with the Twitter system and has now been resolved. Helpful info was received but ultimately Twitter were the ones who solved it.
Accepted answer: 500 points for fibo's comment http:/Q_27277495.html#36450850
Assisted answer: 0 points for grigorovsky's comment http:/Q_27277495.html#36516387
for the following reason:
The problem was with the Twitter system and has now been resolved. Helpful info was received but ultimately Twitter were the ones who solved it.
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At Fibo's request i have split the points. Workarounds were found but ultimately Twitter fixed it themselves which has to be the preferred solution.
B-) Thx.
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